Hehe, I actually learned the word fane from Diablo and successfully used it once in a Scrabble game. Someone challenged me and they lost. They thought I was adding the e at the end just to reach the triple word score.
good one.
see diablo helped you, but then again its diablo not some over the top violently gory FPS or GTA, as it seems these are the games that are apparently the ones that cause the problems.
always wondered how they so called experts came up with that, they test the effects games have on people right? bet they only test FPSs, give a kid diablo for a week, then give him say gears of war for a week, bet he learns something in the week he plays diablo. even if it is something like just becuase you can do something doesnt mean you should. i.e identifying an item in diablo 1, sometimes it was x item of the pit, meaning -x to stats, hell it was worth more before you got cain to identify it.
kinda rambling, but i find i learn stuff from an RPG or RTS, FPSs seems just "if it moves it dies" "shoot first ask questions later" "people are easier to search when they are dead"
you try that shit in NWN/IWD/BG and you will get no where fast. hell you kill enough innocents and the guards turn up to smash your face in.
You sir, are an intellegent person. I played Diablo 1 the first time when I was 8, and Diablo 2 not too long after. Its all in the parenting, if your kid goes out and kills others its not because of chemical imbalances or anything else. It's because as parents they failed. An interesting fact about kids who kill others is that the parents were not always there.
its easy to blame video games, people have been doing it with music, movies, television for years, if i go out as shoot a bunch of people it was my decision, just becuase i play some video games had nothing to do with it, course id say they did in my defense to try and get an insanity plea.
I saw two X-Rated movies and more R-rated movies when I was like 8 and I played stuff like Quake and whatever... I think people who watch or do stuff like that at early age either don't comprehend it or ignore it...
yes, desensitisezation (wait is that a word?) either we dont care or dont understand. we see it but are pretty much oblivious to it.
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-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
As soon as you think that real life gets in the way of playing games, you've got problems.
aw come on man, you know life is still a poor substitute for video games. lol.
i might say that RL gets in the way of my gaming and i think that it sucks, but i need to work (so i have the money to game).
but no, i agree with you.
It should be the other way around, or at least that you play to relax from the hardships that youth goes through at that point, even if it just comes down to being school kids. If you can establish that in your head, you're gonna be a responsible person that can handle playing games and still being there for others and yourself.
yes indeed, it used to be like a reward, do some hard work, then relax playing diablo, as i got older work got bigger, harder and longer. enjoying diablo stayed the same, just less time to do it in.
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-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
History and Discovery are pretty much the only redeeming qualities on television.
And sometimes History Channel isn't much better either
kinda rambling, but i find i learn stuff from an RPG or RTS, FPSs seems just "if it moves it dies" "shoot first ask questions later" "people are easier to search when they are dead"
But that can be quite fun as well. Just today I found myself to play Unreal Tournament and just blow opponents up. It's great fun, not specifically because people die, but because it's fast paced, require quick reflexes and aiming. Killing is just the easiest way to design a game through which those results are reached.
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but because it's fast paced, require quick reflexes and aiming.
something those games do very well, yes, but they get repeditive much quick that an RPG does i find. pretty sure someone will go on about how repeditive diablo is, but im not talking about the clickidy clickidy click to kill something, im talking about the talking to npcs, doing quests of epic proportions (not the boring lamo fed-ex ones), character development/story, game story aspects of RPGs, thats what draws me in to them, FPS, while enjoyable definitely are what there name suggests shooters.
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-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
i think the article is pretty accurate. over exposure to video games is turing the youth of america into social retards and dulling there senses to violence
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Alrighty, I'm in the process of making the first draft. Its due this thursday apparently... Thanks for your input it is helpful and reassuring that I'm making sense:D I'll post my draft in here if you guys want to read it.
The history channel is very interesting, but I rarely ever catch myself going striaght to that channel to look for something to watch. The only time i catch myself watching that channel is when I am at school and when I am just flipping to the channels and notice that there is a documentary on the medival days , a brutal murder or something along them lines, which usually turn out to be quite good.
I was watching the History channel one time, there was this show about the Battle of Canaan or Kardesh or something, and part of it is done in CGI, and i was looking at it and thinking, OMG Age of Empires!!! it was actually pretty bad ass graphics.
made me actually go play Age of Empires after i saw it. you can (almost) never go wrong with a good RTS game that teachs you about the history of the world.
Rise of Rome - about the mid 15th century is probably my most favourite time periods, all the best games are (somewhat) set during this time.
but i do enjoy a game like Starcraft too.
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We watched History Channel videos in our history class, I think they were quite good.
It's authentic and all, I'll give you that. But sometimes, especially when it comes to programs about WW2 there's an awful lot of flagwaving and praising of the American army/navy/air force. There's no shortage of shows dealing with the paranormal either, like the Loch Ness monster, Ailen sightings, mysterious cow deaths, doomsday dates etc. Quite fun to watch, indeed, but I question the scientific worth of them.
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I'm more into medieval/colonial, I don't like WW stuff anyway.
same.
is that not why were are here, love of a game series set in a medieval-esque time period?
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give me a good medieval fantasy RPG anyday. nothing like you and a bunch of your friends, swords in hand slaying the denizens of hell. *insert crazed battlecry here*
but I love the deep stories too. The stories in RPGs are (mostly) always these huge epics, full of everything you could want, murder, betrayal, romance, intrigue, corruption, , seems like a lot more thought goes into something like Diablo, than say Doom.
Im not saying FPSs dont have good story, because some do, but it seems like a lot of them are your basic click click bang bang no real point to them sorts of games.
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-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
give me a good medieval fantasy RPG anyday. nothing like you and a bunch of your friends, swords in hand slaying the denizens of hell. *insert crazed battlecry here*
but I love the deep stories too. The stories in RPGs are (mostly) always these huge epics, full of everything you could want, murder, betrayal, romance, intrigue, corruption, , seems like a lot more thought goes into something like Diablo, than say Doom.
Im not saying FPSs dont have good story, because some do, but it seems like a lot of them are your basic click click bang bang no real point to them sorts of games.
are you a WoW player? i dont think i ever recall seeing you post anything about it... just curious
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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
~Aeschylus :cool:
im not big on paying $25 a month in fees when the majority of the the time i barely scrap together 4 hours a month. Im more into a really good single player RPG, that i can if i wish to, go multiplayer with friends, and do so at no additional cost.
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-Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth.
It's authentic and all, I'll give you that. But sometimes, especially when it comes to programs about WW2 there's an awful lot of flagwaving and praising of the American army/navy/air force. There's no shortage of shows dealing with the paranormal either, like the Loch Ness monster, Ailen sightings, mysterious cow deaths, doomsday dates etc. Quite fun to watch, indeed, but I question the scientific worth of them.
What bugs me a lot about the Hisory Channel is the way they constantly dramatize what they're talking about. I don't need to see two actors in cheap looking costumes in a poorly designed set discussing something I can't hear while the narrator of the show is actually talking about what the actors are pretending to discuss. Just give me photos or something and narrate over that. History Channel just tries to hard to make it entertaining, but all the fluff kind of is distracting I think. That's why I like the really dry PBS documentaries. They lack the flare, and that's the way I like it.
I also think Modern Marvels is a really boring show, but that's just me.
What bugs me a lot about the Hisory Channel is the way they constantly dramatize what they're talking about. I don't need to see two actors in cheap looking costumes in a poorly designed set discussing something I can't hear while the narrator of the show is actually talking about what the actors are pretending to discuss. Just give me photos or something and narrate over that. History Channel just tries to hard to make it entertaining, but all the fluff kind of is distracting I think. That's why I like the really dry PBS documentaries. They lack the flare, and that's the way I like it.
I also think Modern Marvels is a really boring show, but that's just me.
They need a way to keep the uninformed or otherwise ignorant viewer interested. If they roleplay the events then the lesser learned people will grasp better what is going on.
Modern Marvels is actually what I'm watching atm.
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good one.
see diablo helped you, but then again its diablo not some over the top violently gory FPS or GTA, as it seems these are the games that are apparently the ones that cause the problems.
always wondered how they so called experts came up with that, they test the effects games have on people right? bet they only test FPSs, give a kid diablo for a week, then give him say gears of war for a week, bet he learns something in the week he plays diablo. even if it is something like just becuase you can do something doesnt mean you should. i.e identifying an item in diablo 1, sometimes it was x item of the pit, meaning -x to stats, hell it was worth more before you got cain to identify it.
kinda rambling, but i find i learn stuff from an RPG or RTS, FPSs seems just "if it moves it dies" "shoot first ask questions later" "people are easier to search when they are dead"
you try that shit in NWN/IWD/BG and you will get no where fast. hell you kill enough innocents and the guards turn up to smash your face in.
its easy to blame video games, people have been doing it with music, movies, television for years, if i go out as shoot a bunch of people it was my decision, just becuase i play some video games had nothing to do with it, course id say they did in my defense to try and get an insanity plea.
yes, desensitisezation (wait is that a word?) either we dont care or dont understand. we see it but are pretty much oblivious to it.
aw come on man, you know life is still a poor substitute for video games. lol.
i might say that RL gets in the way of my gaming and i think that it sucks, but i need to work (so i have the money to game).
but no, i agree with you.
yes indeed, it used to be like a reward, do some hard work, then relax playing diablo, as i got older work got bigger, harder and longer. enjoying diablo stayed the same, just less time to do it in.
But that can be quite fun as well. Just today I found myself to play Unreal Tournament and just blow opponents up. It's great fun, not specifically because people die, but because it's fast paced, require quick reflexes and aiming. Killing is just the easiest way to design a game through which those results are reached.
something those games do very well, yes, but they get repeditive much quick that an RPG does i find. pretty sure someone will go on about how repeditive diablo is, but im not talking about the clickidy clickidy click to kill something, im talking about the talking to npcs, doing quests of epic proportions (not the boring lamo fed-ex ones), character development/story, game story aspects of RPGs, thats what draws me in to them, FPS, while enjoyable definitely are what there name suggests shooters.
~Aeschylus :cool:
You mean by its addictive qualities? True, I may sit down and watch one show only to be lured in by the beginning of the following one.
made me actually go play Age of Empires after i saw it. you can (almost) never go wrong with a good RTS game that teachs you about the history of the world.
Rise of Rome - about the mid 15th century is probably my most favourite time periods, all the best games are (somewhat) set during this time.
but i do enjoy a game like Starcraft too.
same.
is that not why were are here, love of a game series set in a medieval-esque time period?
but I love the deep stories too. The stories in RPGs are (mostly) always these huge epics, full of everything you could want, murder, betrayal, romance, intrigue, corruption, , seems like a lot more thought goes into something like Diablo, than say Doom.
Im not saying FPSs dont have good story, because some do, but it seems like a lot of them are your basic click click bang bang no real point to them sorts of games.
are you a WoW player? i dont think i ever recall seeing you post anything about it... just curious
~Aeschylus :cool:
im not big on paying $25 a month in fees when the majority of the the time i barely scrap together 4 hours a month. Im more into a really good single player RPG, that i can if i wish to, go multiplayer with friends, and do so at no additional cost.
I also think Modern Marvels is a really boring show, but that's just me.
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They need a way to keep the uninformed or otherwise ignorant viewer interested. If they roleplay the events then the lesser learned people will grasp better what is going on.
Modern Marvels is actually what I'm watching atm.