do you not have any idea on Video games, do you not have an imagination?
Video games just like television allows people to acces forms of entertainment that allows them to see/do things they would like to do in real life but cant, ofc in some cases this is destroying things/people but in many cases its empire building like many strategy games. They also are very useful for increasing intellect,reactionary skills, reasoning etc and online games can be strong character builders.
I think perhaps you should be asking why do people like fantasy? since on your first page you talk about how fake things are not your cup of tea?
Originally posted by Bardock42
And really, wasn't when you stopped being a teenager the time that Pong was considered the must have high end game? How can you judge video games on a fair basis?
Because I have sons your age and younger, so I'm in the know when it comes to Halo, Hitman and Assassin's Creed.
The graphics and storylines of video games may have improved, but the purpose they serve as a nerdy anti-social diversion have not.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I think the question should be why guys over a certain age play still play them. I stopped when I was a teenager, its something I grew out of.
I didn't, the industry grew with me. And fact: Most gamers are now adults, because of that very reason; the industry has matured with its audience.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I think there's a difference between an adult reading Uncle Tom's Cabin and a bunch of kids "owning" each other in some shoot'em-up video game.Unlike movies and novels, and like comicbooks and Star Trek, video games are a big-time girl repellent.
Sure, just like there's a difference between some 14 year old girl reading some shitty vampire novel and an adult playing Bioshock or Fallout 3. Both mediums have shitty childish works, and both have mature meaningful thoughtful works. Gaming is as much an artform as anything, and it has the same potential for an emotional/intellectual connection as any medium.
And most girls' boyfriends play videogames these days, they don't care, it's no longer the realm of the nerds. It seems you're looking at the medium as if it's still 1993, it's very different now.
So yes, you are magnificently wrong.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Because I have sons your age and younger, so I'm in the know when it comes to Halo, Hitman and Assassin's Creed.The graphics and storylines of video games may have improved, but the purpose they serve as a nerdy anti-social diversion have not.
Despite the immense social aspect of many modern games?
Originally posted by inimalist
I agree with your point about girl gamers, however, as you point out here, there are huge demographic differences in the types and play habits of men and women.Not that there aren't girls who like shooters, and not that I'm saying anything about girls in general.
Violence and direct competition are, afaik, still much more appealing to male gamers.
Just like I find many of the games marketed to women offensive.
Girls can and do play the same games. The only reason there is a difference in demographics is because marketing and development have imposed them. Research found that mothers and sisters were playing with the core demographic, and decided to market games specifically to them. Not a bad idea in theory, but the result showed an ignorance of the very facts the studies found: Women were playing the same games.
The solution isn't to cater to sexist demographics, the solution is to remove the stigma that women can't play war games like men, and make games just as accessible for both.
...I'm pretty sure I was leading up to a point, but I forgot it, so you get this.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Because I have sons your age and younger, so I'm in the know when it comes to Halo, Hitman and Assassin's Creed.The graphics and storylines of video games may have improved, but the purpose they serve as a nerdy anti-social diversion have not.
Originally posted by Burning thoughtI don't watch tv much either and I have lots of character. Guess I got a real life...Oops sorry.
do you not have any idea on Video games, do you not have an imagination?Video games just like television allows people to acces forms of entertainment that allows them to see/do things they would like to do in real life but cant, ofc in some cases this is destroying things/people but in many cases its empire building like many strategy games. They also are very useful for increasing intellect,reactionary skills, reasoning etc and online games can be strong character builders.
I think perhaps you should be asking why do [b]people
like fantasy? since on your first page you talk about how fake things are not your cup of tea? [/B]