What do our games say about life and society?
This is a very deep philosophical question as there are so many different types of games. I want to say that playing is the most joyous experience we can have as human beings. Where it becomes interes…
Originally posted by Velocinox Originally posted by AeonZen
This resonates with me a lot. I'm really starting to figure out what I like and what I don't like. I do want to pay a sub to a game, or at least find a game that I want to invest in.…
Originally posted by steelwind This is so sad to see so many embracing the death of MMO's.
Since when are MMO"s supposed to be played for such a short period of time? What makes MMO's so great for me is their long term commitment. Building my cha…
Shooter games are tied to the military industrial complex for starters, so there's an answer in there somewhere. Repressed shadow aspects of consciousness could potentially be another reason.
The main focus of playing games is "play". Sometimes …
Originally posted by Elikal That said, there is the weird, the unsettling and the evil.
So just from these 3 points I am not feeling well about this. But then, the console games of the last couple of years were mostly uninteresting to me. But so…
Human consciousness?
I know it's not a popular idea yet I think our societal institutions suck. Our systems in which we live can be much improved, and the way they are right now affects how people grow up and experience the world, and in turn how…
Well it's almost midway through 2013 and it is by far not the most popular game for e-sports.
http://www.twitch.tv/directory
Even Pokemon has more viewers...
As a kid, when you played Ghost in the Graveyard, or the board game, Atlantis, or Nightmare, did you ever think about money?
There is no immersion in F2P for me. All I see are pop ups to spend money. No level playing field. Subscriptions will al…
Originally posted by asmkm22 GW2 is an example of a game that I stopped bothering with the cutscenes once I realized how crappy they were. I was better off just killing stuff and making up the story in my head.
Hehe. Awesome +1
In SWTOR an…
Originally posted by Sovrath Originally posted by AeonZen
I really passionate about this subject because recently, I've had my most crazy experience in an MMO. I came back to a game after a few months of being away, and I was just hanging…
Originally posted by Cod_Eye Originally posted by AeonZen Originally posted by VengeSunsoar Originally posted by AeonZen
Aye, okay I may have been reaching on the social being socialism. It's just, like in highschool wh…
Originally posted by VengeSunsoar Originally posted by AeonZen I'll probably be saying this a lot, I love anti-social players. Social = Socialism. Socialism is where the governing bodies are in charge of distribution and consumption. The word g…
I'll probably be saying this a lot, I love anti-social players. Social = Socialism. Socialism is where the governing bodies are in charge of distribution and consumption. The word government literally means to govern the mind; mind control. Thus…
Originally posted by Urvan
The Secret World and Star Wars The Old Republic mainly. Yeah, I play it and no I don't care about the haters.
In retrospect, I really enjoyed SWTOR and wish I didn't stop playing.
Currently I'm playing GW2. No other be…
Originally posted by Seilan Snail has no one but themselves to blame for their increasingly negative reputation, as far as I'm concerned.
Just want to say.... LOVE the avatar and quotation!
Hmm. I remember 10 years ago, when I was younger, games may not have been graphically impressive compared to today, yet I was so immersed in them because my imagination worked way better than it does today. A child-like imagination probably plays …
One of the benefits of being a solo player.. no drama, that is, unless the community starts calling you names and attempting to bully the small alone person. The potential drawback, being alone. I say "potential" because sometimes, for me, being a…