I think I'm getting too old for computer games

[CapTVK]

I don't play as much as i used to, but since i got my new pc this month i do try out the (modern) classics I never could play on my old PC. Had a blast with HL2 and some of the fanmade scenarios. Though i'm getting my ass handed to me in MP Deathmatch. Didn't even realize you could crouch-jump over obstacles until then.

And i finally got around to playing Beyond good and evil, a fun action adventure although far too easy. Almost ridicously easy, completed it within 10 hours. The only trouble i had at the start was winning the races/looter chase. Once i figured out how to assign the mouse keys to the keyboard that became a breeze as well. Has gotten me in the mood to try out the new Sam 'n Max.

[DrSpike]

You're in for a treat.

[CapTVK]

I certainly hope

[DRoseDARs]

You are never too old to piss away otherwise better-spent time. Anyone who says you are LIES!!1

[gwillybj]

#1: Only 6 years to go, after all.

[Dis]

Originally posted by DaveV
Yeah, you forgot the "I'm already fifty and still playing silly computer games" choice.

who in the hell is that old?

[Hueij]

I am...

[Addled Platypus]

I will let you know in 7 years

will I still be posting .....errr


why not

[El_Cid]

Re: I think I'm getting too old for computer games

Originally posted by Dis
I'm getting burned out by them. Nothing interests me anymore. Except civ4. But that game is pissing me off and isn't fun. One difficulty level is too hard, but the difficulty level below that one is too easy.

Maybe you're just getting sick of all the (eye)candy that defines current gaming? I know it took me about 5 years to realise that all this emphasis on graphics that IS contempory gaming has come at a cost in terms of how much i can invest in a game.

Too much candy can make you sick, and it rots your teeth - i get that feeling alot with most games these days.

Still it is possible to find many great gaming gems IF you are prepared to accept that good gaming isn't really about the candy. Then a whole world of great games opens up before you

[Harovan]

Stop ranting and go play Oblivion!

[Bkeela]

I'm definitely too old to get excited about waving my wii wii around to play a game.

[General Ludd]

I've already stoped playing computer games for the most part. They're a black hole of time and creativity as far as I'm concerned.

[DrSpike]

Games can foster creativity though.

[Carolus Rex]

I don't play as much as I used to...

I still want to be dragged in and I have so many great games waiting for me to explore...

The risk of addiction + I'm currently reaping years of ergonomic abuse at work and home (pain in my arms and shoulders, recently triggered by an intense interest in MOO2) that there is not much gaming in the near future for me...

I don't know which is more pathetic... Not being able to game or feeling sorry for myself for not being able to game... I guess the common denominator is... NERD!

Carolus

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Games can foster creativity though.

I don't think they do, really. They foster creativity within the confines of the game, but expending creativity into a virtual world that is going to be deleted is what I call a blackhole. Why spend my time building a virtual empire, or constructing something within the gameworld, when I could be creating something that is actually tangible and real?