When the XBox replaces the sandbox

TOWNHALL.COM ^ | 08/25/2005 | Suzanne Fields

[neksterbor]

Hours after I had played a first-person shooter game," she writes, "I could not erase the over-the-gun-barrel perspective from my mind, nor could I expunge from memory the image of my enemy's head exploding in a profuse, bloody mess when I shot him

[ElTianti]

Damn, I love video games, especially racing game. TT Superbikes hasn’t left my PS2 since I bought it three weeks ago.

[Phantom Lord]

I love my XBox and XBox Live is one of man kinds greatest inventions.

[mowowie]

Hasn't video games been around for 30 years? I know I've spent many years and many summer days of my childhood inside playing Atari. I also played alot outside. This isn't some new problem.

[oremites]

Damn, I love video games, especially racing game. TT Superbikes hasn’t left my PS2 since I bought it three weeks ago.

That's all well and good, but can you identify otters, beetles and oak trees?

[stan the beaver]

X-box controls suck. PC games are easier to control, and just as much fun.

[ElTianti]

Damn, I love video games, especially racing game. TT Superbikes hasn’t left my PS2 since I bought it three weeks ago.

That's all well and good, but can you identify otters, beetles and oak trees?

Since I was a Life Scout (back in days of Pac Man and the Atari 2600), yes I can.

[oremites]

Well, then, you may play your PS2 completely guilt free.

[ElTianti]

Well, then, you may play your PS2 completely guilt free.

Your dispensation is appreciated.

[SJSAMPLE]

Yep. And spending $500 for a new video card and memory EVERY YEAR is even "funner" ;)

PC games are good for strategy (Command and Conquer) and flight sims (Falcon 4.0), but console games make far more sense for gamers.

[Durus]

What is this other then a typical Luddite screed decrying the modern age?

[agere_contra]

I've noticed (after playing Half-Life 2) that the image resolution of real life is not as good as the latest video cards. I can't move sideways as easily in real life either. The collision detection is way better though.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Damn, I love video games, especially racing game. TT Superbikes hasn’t left my PS2 since I bought it three weeks ago.

I do too...but whatever happened to days when kids rode bikes until it was time to go home? Going out exploring in the woods, making up games, playing sandlot baseball. Besides, I prefer the old retro video games (Super Nintendo Tecmo Bowl: Better than John Madden damnit , Intellivision, ColecoVision, Atari 2600) than today's virtual reality crap.

[discostu]

Who spends $500 buck for video cards?! Who needs to buy a new video card every year?! PC games are good for any game that will get modified, which includes sports games with roster updates, various simulation games, first person shooters (and really the controls are just better on a PC for most modern shooters than consoles), and plenty of other games. They're also good for people who like to semi-pay attention to TV while gaming. Right now I think both platform concepts (PC and console) are great, it's really up to the set of games you want to play and personal preference.

[ElTianti]

Yep. And spending $500 for a new video card and memory EVERY YEAR is even "funner" ;)

PC games are good for strategy (Command and Conquer) and flight sims (Falcon 4.0), but console games make far more sense for gamers.

I agree with you on PC games. Sure they offer the latest graphics, but your hardware is obsolete the moment you buy it. Not to mention as soon as you install a game, you’ve got install the latest patches.

When I want to play a game, I just want to drop in a disk and play.

[discostu]

Depends on the kids and the era. Here in the desert kids tended to stay indoors through most of the day long before there were video games, just too damn hot in the afternoon to be outside and with the lightning of monsoons there was additional danger, outdoor playing began after the rains went through.

[ElTianti]

I do too...but whatever happened to days when kids rode bikes until it was time to go home? Going out exploring in the woods, making up games, playing sandlot baseball.

Our safety obsessed society is what happened. When we were kids we road our bikes to school and on Saturday morning, we’d say "goodbye Mom" and not be back until dark. That sort of thing is unimaginable today.

[No.6]

IMO, editors would do their publications and readers a service by refusing any articles that merely restate already-published opinion.

Enough of pile-on, me-too articles. It's bad enough when every city's newspaper contains the same article written by different people, but on the net there's no excuse. The thought, such as it was, already had world-wide distribution. Exactly zero, or less, has been contributed by writing the same thing in different words.

Oh, and the premise of this particular article is of course completely FUBAR. Before GTA there was Halo, Quake, Doom, etc. all the way back to Castle Wolfenstein and "The Bilestoad" (an ancient Apple ][ game where the sole object is to quite graphically remove your opponent's arms and head with an axe).

[SJSAMPLE]

I bought my X-Box in early '04 and it was immediately my favorite. I haven't touched my PC games since.

However, since I returned from a job in Mexico in February, I haven't touched it. Probably a winter toy.

Halo2 on-line ROCKS !!!