Posted on 07/08/2017 1:07:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
One night in the mid-1990s I tried out a computer game called “Civilization.” You started with a screen that was completely black, except for one square of land. As you pushed outward from this base, you’d make discoveries about the land around you and its inhabitants. You’d start to build a society, first primitive stuff like granaries, then advancing to roads and weapons.
Trade-offs would arise: Should I build a library or a cannon? As your world advanced, you’d run into other civilizations. It was disconcerting to discover somebody else had a battleship while you were working with catapults. As I was journeyed through all of these fascinating challenges, I discovered to my surprise that the sun had come up. Something had gone haywire with time. It was already 7 a.m.
If you had asked me at any point in my relationship to “Civilization” whether I was happy, I would have said no. I was ecstatic.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Who wants grandchildren of these self-indulgent, nasty women?
I find parents waste their sons’ childhood becoming simply game “controllers” (ha ha ha). I did differently. I never used video games as a reward. Thus it was just a part of life, not something they would jump through hoops to be able to do.
I didn’t let them get the shooters until they were about 14. Then I would literally buy them for them (since you had to be 16). Interesting to watch how they would organize with their friends as they played. I did not find it a bad thing at all.
Civilization was a game I learned about when I went to college in '92 at the non traditional age of 30, desiring to improve the life of myself and my family.
I have played plenty of computer games, I taught my kids to play computer games (my daughter could read the Zelda intro by 5 'cause I taught her to read it, though she isn't a gamer) and my son plays WOW to this day. I still play Civilization to this day.
Now, having said that, neither my family or I let computer games interfere with earning money. Methinks this author's angst is more of an individual issue than a collective issue. The group of twenty somethings I work with further disproves the assertion.
Painting young men with the same brush is wrong and foolhardy.
People who complain about how immerse the games are, they apparently don't remember all night poker games or D&D gaming groups.
At least with computer gaming you are probably not ruining your liver with whiskey or lungs with cigarette smoke.
I hate to say it, but you are dead right. Games are the one thing left that allows unadulterated victory as the player sees fit.
Well we have lost multiple generations of women to selfies, narcissism and inflated self worth, so, why not play video games?
I’ve been playing BF4 a lot lately.
Had the game sitting in a draw for almost 2 with about 1/2 play time on it before actually getting into it.
I was so addicted to Battlefield 2142 i wasn’t even interested in the new game.
I have like 2000 hours invested in 2142
yea, i know....
2 YEARS 1/2 HOUR playtime
The underwater city of Rapture was quite an impressive place to explore.
hadn’t heard of the re-mastered version i’ll have to check it out.
Well I am not so devoted gamer as I used to be. Now I have time only for work and friends (sometimes). I think such long games are more for people who have enormous amount of free time or have no job :)
When I have free time I can play only some small game like Extreme Rally or Angry Birds on http://www.friv5online.com/ . These games are small and relaxing, perfect solution for a 10 min break.
I do not agree that it was a masterpiece! There are many games with which it is not worth it!
for as much as 8 years ????
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.