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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:25 pm
by Dottie
@CE: Yes, it's some kind of absurd word game I think. Educational computer programs might help you learn something, so why not play some more Baldur's Gate in preparation for Real Life. Might make your teeth whiter too.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:33 pm
by C Elegans
@Dottie: Like if you act in a friendly and understanding way towards people who have a lot of personal problems, they will offer you a sexual relationship, just like Magrus and I are currently discussing the destructive effects of in the "Why"-thread? Or that if you don't like someone, you turn them into stone like I used to do with Aerie? Wish I could do that with George W Bush
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:03 am
by Dottie
Yes, something like that. Or learn that people of a specific race are generarly evil and deserve to be killed on sight. It is full of real life wisdom that game.
It can also teach you that a long sword does 1-8 in damage, and that a lvl 2 fighter on average has 10 hit points. Which you might want to point out in your next job application.
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:26 am
by Audace
[QUOTE=C Elegans]
consistenly using "gaming" and "simulation" as if they were interchangable. That's just like claiming an instruction video on how to perform psychotherapy or a surgery, is equal to any entertainment movie.
Pathetic.[/QUOTE]
I left my copy of the economist in the train, but I think the red line through the article was that the issues being raised have more to do with a generational divide then anything else. And it ends up stating something along the lines off; "Gaming is neither good nor bad, it has it's pro's and cons etc . etc. and the pro arguments (about simulations preparing for real life) are just as far fetched as the con arguments that we we will all become lethargic devil worshippers because of gaming.
Anyways, I read somewhere the guy was playing a SIM kind of game. We all know those
are bad for your health....