Opinion on gaming?

[Nicklibergamer34]

Back when I was in High School one of my friends tried to get one of the teachers at my school into gaming but the teacher said he doesn't want to be associated with kids who kill. This was around the time Doom came out. Is that how people view gaming? If so the video game industry needs a massive PR campaign. Do you have any negative feelings on this form of entertainment?

[pcosmar]

I am an old phart.
I play World of Warcraft (when I have a game card)

[tangent4ronpaul]

NUKE VEGAS!

Oh Wait! You said gaming, not gambling....

-t

[KCIndy]

Back when I was in High School one of my friends tried to get one of the teachers at my school into gaming but the teacher said he doesn't want to be associated with kids who kill.

Was it really that, or did your teacher just not want to hang out with a bunch of... um... (no offense!) gaming nerds?

[Czolgosz]

Treat people as individuals and nonsense like this becomes noise, nothing more.

[juleswin]

I do have a negative view of PC gaming especially soul, time and money stealing genres like MMORPG's and mobile games(especially the free ones that end up costing you more than PS3 triple A first week release titles). But I am totally ok with console games.

I play console games when I can on PS3. I play games like Borderlands 2, Far cry 3 atm so if any of you noobs need someone to play and chat with while killing mobs. I also have battlefield 4 but I am yet to start playing it. I picked up so many titles for cheap that at the rate I am going, I would be 60 before I complete them all. But I am most established in borderlands 2 if anyone wants to play with me on PS system.

Btw that is one heck of a 1st post. I hope you not going to be talking about gaming all the time like that GOPround guy inserted gay issues with every topic

[2young2vote]

There is nothing wrong with gaming. Some people like to read a book, others like to watch movies, and even more like to game.

Can't wait for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Thats only the first step on the path to total immersion - all five senses will eventually be used.

[brandon]

Great thread

[Cleaner44]

I am pretty good at Team Fortress 2.

I am pro gaming.

[asurfaholic]

I like soul time and money stealing mmorpg's.

I just don't have a soul, time or money to do it as much as I used to. Life... :/

Love some battlefield too.

[tod evans]

I don't appreciate video games but I've got nothing against 'em either...

My son on the other hand is really into them...

[pcosmar]

I like soul time and money stealing mmorpg's.

WoW

And I thought I had it tough.
The cost of the game is less than one could spend on a night out and a few beers.
A game card cost's $30,, That is .50 cents a day. (Assumes you have internet capability)

edit,,

It is my occasional escape from politics/religion.

[jllundqu]

I am a gamer... been gaming since Duke Nukem, Doom, Dune, Command and Conquer, Unreal, Quake, Half-Life, Homeworld, etc...

Gamer for life, y'all

[dannno]

You should checkout Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore some time.

[pcosmar]

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/characte...etree/advanced




And it is also a social outlet.. (besides here)
Especially in the Winter.

[FindLiberty]

I loved HL2 (then I also played lots of HL2-DM) or better yet, just play L4D2 (Zombie FPS) to prepare for surviving an Ebola outbreak panic

[Feeding the Abscess]

I do have a negative view of PC gaming especially soul, time and money stealing genres like MMORPG's and mobile games(especially the free ones that end up costing you more than PS3 triple A first week release titles). But I am totally ok with console games.

I play console games when I can on PS3. I play games like Borderlands 2, Far cry 3 atm so if any of you noobs need someone to play and chat with while killing mobs. I also have battlefield 4 but I am yet to start playing it. I picked up so many titles for cheap that at the rate I am going, I would be 60 before I complete them all. But I am most established in borderlands 2 if anyone wants to play with me on PS system.

Btw that is one heck of a 1st post. I hope you not going to be talking about gaming all the time like that GOPround guy inserted gay issues with every topic

FPS were initially PC games. All three of the titles you mentioned are also on PC, too.

[phill4paul]

In the winter when I am not as busy the ole lady and myself travel through Middle-Earth in Lord of the Rings online. F2P.

[amy31416]

Dorks. The whole lot of you.

[jkr]

TRON!

[heavenlyboy34]

Way too old for games, but I admire the artistic skill of most game designers.

[pcosmar]

Way too old for games, but I admire the artistic skill of most game designers.

One of my Guild mates is 70 (+).
Most are 40s up. A few kids too,, but intelligent and well behaved kids. (*family Guild)

(*I am adopted)

[Natural Citizen]

I used to like that game called Riven. And then Myst which was a sequel. Or maybe the other way around. I don't remember. Besides those two I liked the Age of Empires series.

As far as an opinion on gaming itself, I suppose you get out of it what you put into it. For me it was just something I'd play once in a while if I was bored and had some downtime and didn't have any place to be or anything to do and so it would sometimes take me a few weeks to finish a level or whatever. Save...play later...save again...play later...that kind of thing.

[heavenlyboy34]

One of my Guild mates is 70 (+).
Most are 40s up. A few kids too,, but intelligent and well behaved kids. (*family Guild)

(*I am adopted)

Fair enough. Guess I should say that I "grew away" from games. (that is, I lost interest in them while exploring other things)

[heavenlyboy34]

I used to like that game called Riven. And then Myst which was a sequel. Or maybe the other way around. I don't remember. Besides those two I liked the Age of Empires series.

As far as an opinion on gaming itself, I suppose you get out of it what you put into it. For me it was just something I'd play once in a while if I was bored and had some downtime and didn't have any place to be or anything to do and so it would sometimes take me a few weeks to finish a level or whatever. Save...play later...save again...play later...that kind of thing.

I've played Myst, and I'm pretty sure Riven was the sequel.

[CPUd]

This is a really good documentary about gaming:



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3214002/


Spacewar on the PDP-1.



The Odyssey was slightly before my time, but I remember seeing one in action, with the overlays you had to stick on the TV screen to play:

[oyarde]

There is nothing wrong with gaming. Some people like to read a book, others like to watch movies, and even more like to game.

Can't wait for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Thats only the first step on the path to total immersion - all five senses will eventually be used.

I like books .

[pcosmar]

Dorks. The whole lot of you.

Don't make me post the Ron Paul Run through Azeroth.

[pcosmar]

I like books .

You remind me of another Old Phart in my Guild.

[pcosmar]

To the OP,, who has not responded yet

Back when I was in High School one of my friends tried to get one of the teachers at my school into gaming but the teacher said he doesn't want to be associated with kids who kill. This was around the time Doom came out. Is that how people view gaming? If so the video game industry needs a massive PR campaign. Do you have any negative feelings on this form of entertainment?

Not much of a teacher then.
This has been a reality since Cain and Able.

As has been a constant battle between good and evil, to put it in it's simplest terms.

I certainly hope he is not a teacher of History.