On 19/12/10 4:41 PM, Caligo wrote:
You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why
some of them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to
escape reality, and game companies exploit this to make money. Game
companies use all kinds of psychology in their games to
On 19/12/2010 14:21, Ary Borenszweig wrote:
Seeing the enemy being literally eaten by hundreds of upgraded
zerglings has no comparison. :-)
I'm more of a Protoss guy myself... Reaver drop FTW!
(I'll need to re-evaluate things with Starcraft II)
BTW, its funny to try to make some parallels
On 12/20/2010 08:43 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
bearophile wrote:
Many games are like drugs.
Not for me. I get bored with games. You don't get bored with drugs.
You didn't play StarCraft when you were a teenager.
On 12/19/2010 09:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Assuming you meant that as a sarcastic counter-example: There may be ways in
which they make life suck less, but *overall*, they're generally considered
to make life suck *more*. So the make life suck less rule still holds.
Although, if you
Caligo Wrote:
You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why some of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to escape reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing
On 12/20/10 04:25, Max Samukha wrote:
On 12/19/2010 09:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Assuming you meant that as a sarcastic counter-example: There may be
ways in
which they make life suck less, but *overall*, they're generally
considered
to make life suck *more*. So the make life suck
On 12/19/10 14:00, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why some
of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to
Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
Yea, and another thing is the matter of art in general: If you're an
ultra-utilitarian like Christopher seems to be (and even most programmers
aren't ultra-utilitarian), then art can be seen as lacking significant
contribution to society.
I think, the effect of art
Christopher Nicholson-Sauls Wrote:
That's a (sadly common) problem with people, though; not with games.
The same can be validly stated for television (which I usually avoid,
anyhow), sports, over-reliance on restaurants (a personal pet peeve),
and checking the D newsgroups... oh shi-
I hope
On 12/19/10 14:52, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote:
You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's
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On 12/20/2010 08:43 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
bearophile wrote:
Many games are like drugs.
Not for me. I get bored with games. You don't get bored with drugs.
You didn't play StarCraft when you were a
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On 12/19/10 14:52, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
Interesting. I don't think I would go so far as to claim that WoW was
unethical...just uninteresting ;) But that's just me. This is at least
one
On 12/18/10 14:12, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes
Christopher Nicholson-Sauls:
So no, games in and of themselves don't contribute anything -- if you
don't count fun, and honestly, I do count it -- but they have been a
driving force behind a lot of innovation.
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of warcraft
:-)
On 12/19/10 04:19, bearophile wrote:
Christopher Nicholson-Sauls:
So no, games in and of themselves don't contribute anything -- if you
don't count fun, and honestly, I do count it -- but they have been a
driving force behind a lot of innovation.
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours
On 12/18/2010 10:03 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
society. I've rarely played any,
I gotta jump on this as being a
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Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of
warcraft :-)
rather The Battle for Wesnoth ;-)
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Seeing the enemy being literally eaten by hundreds of upgraded
zerglings has no comparison. :-)
bearophile Wrote:
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of
warcraft :-)
He does however write games sometimes: http://www.classicempire.com/
You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why some of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to escape reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as
Patrick Down wrote:
bearophile Wrote:
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of
warcraft :-)
He does however write games sometimes: http://www.classicempire.com/
I've never played WoW, but I have played Empire, and let me tell you,
it wastes a lot more than 6
Caligo:
Game companies use all kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as possible. That
is why to me there is no honor in game development. Also, I never said it's
worthless; they make tons of money, and that's almost always at the expense
of people like you.
Many
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IMO there is no honor in game development as it
Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
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You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why some
of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to escape
reality,
and game companies exploit
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Patrick Down wrote:
bearophile Wrote:
Yet I hope Walter will not waste 6 hours every day *playing* World of warcraft
:-)
He does however write games sometimes: http://www.classicempire.com/
I've never played WoW, but I have played Empire, and let me tell you,
it
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote:
You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why some of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to escape reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all
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You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why some
of
them choose to play video
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote:
You are absolutely right;
You are absolutely right; life sucks for many people, and that's why
some of
them choose to play video games. It gives them a chance to escape
reality,
and game companies exploit this to make money. Game companies use all
kinds
of psychology in their games to keep you playing as long as
Games as worthless as movies and music or any kind of art.
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bearophile wrote:
Many games are like drugs.
Not for me. I get bored with games. You don't get bored with drugs.
Caligo iteronve...@gmail.com wrote in message
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IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
society. I've rarely played any,
I gotta jump on this as being a giant load of pretentous bullshit. First of
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IMO there is no honor in game development as it contributes nothing to
society. I've rarely played any,
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