›

Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Register

Quick Links

Games to play while studying, reading?

SolntseSolntse Member Posts: 79
in Off-Topic Discussion
It might seem like a funny question, but I have to read a lot for university and I like to play civilization while reading. I read a few pages, play a turn or two, and so on.

Do you also do it, and what games do you play while reading/studying?

I'm just asking, because I'm looking for other games to play that can allow me to read at the same time.



Comments

  • WolfjunkieWolfjunkie Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 985
    Hearts of Iron 2+Doomsday expansion.
    Great game, each 'session' can take extremely long time, depending on your settings. Think risk, just a whole lot more complex.



  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182


    Originally posted by Solntse
    It might seem like a funny question, but I have to read a lot for university and I like to play civilization while reading. I read a few pages, play a turn or two, and so on.

    Do you also do it, and what games do you play while reading/studying?

    I'm just asking, because I'm looking for other games to play that can allow me to read at the same time.


    EVE online is perfect for you. Click skill, go back to study, when skill is done, click next skill.
  • WolfjunkieWolfjunkie Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 985
    Originally posted by Gameloading
    Originally posted by Solntse
    It might seem like a funny question, but I have to read a lot for university and I like to play civilization while reading. I read a few pages, play a turn or two, and so on.

    Do you also do it, and what games do you play while reading/studying?

    I'm just asking, because I'm looking for other games to play that can allow me to read at the same time.
    EVE online is perfect for you. Click skill, go back to study, when skill is done, click next skill.
    How would you gain any isk that way? Without isk's, you can't buy new skill books nor spaceships :)


  • GameloadingGameloading Member UncommonPosts: 14,182


    Originally posted by Wolfjunkie



    Originally posted by Gameloading



    Originally posted by Solntse
    It might seem like a funny question, but I have to read a lot for university and I like to play civilization while reading. I read a few pages, play a turn or two, and so on.

    Do you also do it, and what games do you play while reading/studying?

    I'm just asking, because I'm looking for other games to play that can allow me to read at the same time.


    EVE online is perfect for you. Click skill, go back to study, when skill is done, click next skill.

    How would you gain any isk that way? Without isk's, you can't buy new skill books nor spaceships :)


    hmm your right...well he can mine! which doesn't really requie attention either.
  • WolfjunkieWolfjunkie Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 985
    Originally posted by Gameloading
    Originally posted by Wolfjunkie
    Originally posted by Gameloading
    Originally posted by Solntse
    It might seem like a funny question, but I have to read a lot for university and I like to play civilization while reading. I read a few pages, play a turn or two, and so on.

    Do you also do it, and what games do you play while reading/studying?

    I'm just asking, because I'm looking for other games to play that can allow me to read at the same time.
    EVE online is perfect for you. Click skill, go back to study, when skill is done, click next skill.
    How would you gain any isk that way? Without isk's, you can't buy new skill books nor spaceships :)
    hmm your right...well he can mine! which doesn't really requie attention either.
    Hmm.. It would be more interresting if he could play Tetris while studying.


  • AnofalyeAnofalye Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 7,433

    Gameloading is right here.

     

    EvE is prolly the "best option" for someone doing something else at the same moment, most of the time.

     

    Games like CoH would prolly be possible, but when you are studying, your toon stand idle and do nothing, which mean you won't progress while you are studying...sooo not really the best for that type of gameplay, where you need to be pro-active.

    - "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - Ren

  • WolfjunkieWolfjunkie Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 985
    Imo, MMORPGs are far from ideal to what he seeks - Please notice, he never said he was looking for an MMORPG. Infact, he said he played a singleplayer game.
    He would be better off with Heroes 5 than EVE, for sure.



  • DraenorDraenor Member UncommonPosts: 7,918
    Eve is a great game to play while you study, and I used to play world of warcraft while I studied, usually it was leveling alts though, I couldn't concentrate on raiding when I was trying to write an essay in a smaller window image

    Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.

  • baffbaff Member Posts: 9,457
    Definitely Eve. You will need something else to do while you play it.
  • 8hammer88hammer8 Member Posts: 1,812

    I was gonna say Doctor, but then again, that all depends on who your study-buddy is...  Not effective for the grades, but a hell of a lot more fun.image

    For computers, I would say chess on a high setting.  The computer makes the same moves, it just takes longer to do it...like it is trying to fool you that it was actually thinking about the moves more.

    "It is easier to be cruel than wise. The road to wisdom is long and difficult... so most people just turn out to be assholes" Feng (Christopher Walken)

  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223

    EVE.

    I just started EVE. I mine at work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!. This was my first day lmao.

    It goes like this.

    1. Make sure no one is looking, log onto EVE - minimize and look like i'm doing something.

    2. Maximize EVE, click undock, minimize and look like i'm doing something

    3. 30 seconds letter, maximize, warp to 15 km to asteroid belt. minimize and look like i'm doing something.

    4. Look at overview pick best asteroid, click lock target and approach, minimize, look pretty while doing some "work" i.e. checking these forums

    5. Come back when you're within range, open cargo, click on mining turret, minimize for awhile and check back to see if your asteroid is depleted. Rinse and repeat, check back to see if cargo is full.

    Also,

    I mined while i watch football, I read Sci-fi, and mine or I trade. Look at the market, decide where I want to buy low, see it, buy it, set destination, read, i reach my destination, dock, read, pick up payload, set destination, hit auto-pilot, and read, reach destinatiion, dock, read, hit station, sell for higher price, glory in the profit you made, rinse and repeat.

    One my questoin a game where most of the time you don't want to be playing, but this is "the grind" making the money, the more fun part comes later on when you start negotiating iwth people and get into the politics nad take more daring steps into zero space. This is my 5th day of EVE but that's what's going to happen.

    I used to play Lineage 2 friggin stupid grind fest galore. Play the market for hundreds of hours with 100% attention, some loser equals your wealth in 5 minutes off ebay . . . YAYAYAYYAY BBQ. Grind orgy till you hit lvl 75, whereas you're always skill grinding in EVE automatically, all you ahve to do is log in and change skills.

    I shoudl have listened to my friend and played EVE not L2 when i was picking between the two.

    Cryomatrix

    P.S. Play in Windows mode (hit alt+enter)





    Catch me streaming at twitch.tv/cryomatrix
    You can see my sci-fi/WW2 book recommendations. 
Sign In or Register to comment.