Video Games Thread

[Haris]

Randomly came across this thread when I was searching for something.

Video gimes is time loss! All the time you play You could learn something important or enjoy nature and life!

I respectfully disagree Tjanaparh. From a young age I had played historical strategy games like Age of Empires, Age of Empires II, Empire Earth, Pharaoh, Cossacks, Age of Mythology, Rome: Total War, Medieval II: Total War, Stronghold: Crusader, Civilization IV etc. I learned many things that I still remember and was inspired to learn many more.


So basically, It depends what sort of game it is. If you are picking up hookers & shooting random black people then I would agree but if you are learning about strategies employed by old armies, historical figures, religions, civilisations, wars etc then that's a different story. Of course, moderation is key.

I still remember feeling really sad & empty when I learned about Joan of Arc's fate when I played Age of Empires II as a kid with my brother.

after posting in this thread i went back to civ and damn i lost a ton of time there.

they are coming out with a new expansion pack with new civs and a united nations kind of diplomacy system which should be cool. its called brave new world.

You play civ? IV or V?



As for me, I own a 360 but I don't play it (actually have never played it online despite having it for like 4 years). I very rarely play video games these days.

[randolph85]

You play civ? IV or V?

I play V, but i have a love/hate relationship with that game. I was in the same boat as you with the 360, barely touched it. I looked at some of the older games in the arcade section, or some other section and found castlevania symphony of the night. it wasn't really my type of game but i heard good things about it, so i thought what the hell. i dl'ed it and its easily one of my top 3 games ever. i love finding the older gems that i never played in the past.