PaperLuigi44My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered Userregular
edited August 2009
Well, the first few games which stick out in my mind are:
COD4 - which taught me about numerous weapons (names, design, functions) and that you don't mess with the SAS.
Age of Empires - This game actually had an in-depth library for every unit and building.
Pokemon - aside from helping my imagination and my tactical mind, there are those museums which have real world facts. Not to mention many Pokemon are expy's of real-world creatures.
That kind of sharp disagreement of ideologies calls for WAR!
War... it's fantastic!
I actualy did learn quite a lot of military hardware names, some of the nato alphabet (the rest I learned out of my own free will, it's always fun to use it in conversations^^) and some history through certain games
oh how could I forget, i preaty much learned english from games
I was going to say this... especially the original King's Quest engine Sierra adventures where it didn't pause when you started typing. You had to be pretty quick.
Good lord people. I learned to type by 'playing' DOS prompt.
I used to write stories on DOS prompt as a kid, and felt so invalidated after hitting "Enter" to see "Bad Command or File Name".
Yes I did this too. And this was a wayyy old version of DOS which allowed you like 30 characters. Still took me like an hour. I called it Black Story Thing.
Edit: Because of the black screen, not... oh you know.
I typed: Give me the password to the pentagon. On the C-64 command prompt. Didn't work, oddly enough.
That kind of sharp disagreement of ideologies calls for WAR!
War... it's fantastic!
I actualy did learn quite a lot of military hardware names, some of the nato alphabet (the rest I learned out of my own free will, it's always fun to use it in conversations^^) and some history through certain games
oh how could I forget, i preaty much learned english from games
Video games taught me that being mean to people can be amusing for about a half hour, while being nice to them rarely stops feeling good.
Especially when being nice gets you more money and experience points?
I'm not one of those crazy people who thinks society is a big conspiracy or anything, but really, these games are designed to reward nice more than naughty. In an ideal world we all really would gain more from being polite than from being ruthless, but this is not always true in real life.
I'm talking more about games where being mean involves trapping people into a small area and then launching roller coasters at them.
I'm not ever going to even try to be evil in Planescape: Torment, though. I doubt I'd last five minutes.
Video games taught me that being mean to people can be amusing for about a half hour, while being nice to them rarely stops feeling good.
Especially when being nice gets you more money and experience points?
I'm not one of those crazy people who thinks society is a big conspiracy or anything, but really, these games are designed to reward nice more than naughty. In an ideal world we all really would gain more from being polite than from being ruthless, but this is not always true in real life.
I'm talking more about games where being mean involves trapping people into a small area and then launching roller coasters at them.
I'm not ever going to even try to be evil in Planescape: Torment, though. I doubt I'd last five minutes.
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DrakeEdgelord TrashBelow the ecliptic plane.Registered Userregular
edited August 2009
TacOps v4 taught me about Reverse Inclination Defense, probing attacks, Bradley IFVs are a death trap for your infantry and gave me my first maxim of modern mechanized warfare; If you can see it, it's in range, if it's in range, it's dead.
Video games taught me that being mean to people can be amusing for about a half hour, while being nice to them rarely stops feeling good.
Especially when being nice gets you more money and experience points?
I'm not one of those crazy people who thinks society is a big conspiracy or anything, but really, these games are designed to reward nice more than naughty. In an ideal world we all really would gain more from being polite than from being ruthless, but this is not always true in real life.
I'm talking more about games where being mean involves trapping people into a small area and then launching roller coasters at them.
I'm not ever going to even try to be evil in Planescape: Torment, though. I doubt I'd last five minutes.
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Unruly visitors will be drowned
roller coaster tycoon as well...
never set the launch PSI of a vertical ride higher than recommended settings.
I learned there are some parents out there that have no idea violent videogames exist. They believe they're all bleeping toys as tame as Pac-Man or Mario and are horrified when Junior gets a hold of a GTA game.
I learned there are some parents out there that have no idea violent videogames exist. They believe they're all bleeping toys as tame as Pac-Man or Mario and are horrified when Junior gets a hold of a GTA game.
i once had a little kid on xbox live go "What, you're how old and you STILL play video games!? You're a loser!" and im like "Is that something weird? Who raised you? You know that M for mature symbol, yeah mature means 18+, which is adult." People are stupid ignorant sometimes.
I learned there are some parents out there that have no idea violent videogames exist. They believe they're all bleeping toys as tame as Pac-Man or Mario and are horrified when Junior gets a hold of a GTA game.
i once had a little kid on xbox live go "What, you're how old and you STILL play video games!? You're a loser!" and im like "Is that something weird? Who raised you? You know that M for mature symbol, yeah mature means 18+, which is adult." People are stupid ignorant sometimes.
Do bear in mind that most games with the M logo are far from mature. Swearing, sex and violence are not mature themes. They're gratuitous in 90% of video games. Something like Postal which has always been a hard 18 certificate in the UK is certainly not a game I would be proud to say only adults could play. but this is a whole other discussion for a whole other thread some other time.
Online games have taught me how to type fast.
Talking on Vent has given me less reservations of speaking to people.
Video games in general have made me a "natural" at driving as my mother put it when she was first teaching me to drive so long ago.
I learned there are some parents out there that have no idea violent videogames exist. They believe they're all bleeping toys as tame as Pac-Man or Mario and are horrified when Junior gets a hold of a GTA game.
i once had a little kid on xbox live go "What, you're how old and you STILL play video games!? You're a loser!" and im like "Is that something weird? Who raised you? You know that M for mature symbol, yeah mature means 18+, which is adult." People are stupid ignorant sometimes.
Beyond M for Mature, I don't get that. Is this kid looking ahead in his life and actively planning to stop playing video games at some age of maturity?
When I was his age (and even now) I was terrified at the prospect of being 85 in a nursing home and being unable to see the screen properly or remember which town I was supposed to go to next. Never crossed my mind that I should stop doing what I like for some reason.
I learned there are some parents out there that have no idea violent videogames exist. They believe they're all bleeping toys as tame as Pac-Man or Mario and are horrified when Junior gets a hold of a GTA game.
i once had a little kid on xbox live go "What, you're how old and you STILL play video games!? You're a loser!" and im like "Is that something weird? Who raised you? You know that M for mature symbol, yeah mature means 18+, which is adult." People are stupid ignorant sometimes.
Do bear in mind that most games with the M logo are far from mature. Swearing, sex and violence are not mature themes. They're gratuitous in 90% of video games. Something like Postal which has always been a hard 18 certificate in the UK is certainly not a game I would be proud to say only adults could play. but this is a whole other discussion for a whole other thread some other time.
Or you're just not thinking of it the right context. A Mature rating more or less means it's meant to be played by mature gamers, as in, people who have aged to a certain point. That's all. You're looking too much into it, I think.
Has no one here played The Incredible Machine or Gizmos and Gadgets?
Our elementary school GT Program essentially gave me two days a week to play with LEGO Technix and these two games. As a result, I dropped behind in Math and History -.- BUT can dissect things by looking at them.
*edit* VeritasVR seems to know what Incredible Machine was about ^^
Gizmos and Gadgets taught me to skim through text to look for the most important information quickly. (The vehicle workshop of the game)
I learned there are some parents out there that have no idea violent videogames exist. They believe they're all bleeping toys as tame as Pac-Man or Mario and are horrified when Junior gets a hold of a GTA game.
i once had a little kid on xbox live go "What, you're how old and you STILL play video games!? You're a loser!" and im like "Is that something weird? Who raised you? You know that M for mature symbol, yeah mature means 18+, which is adult." People are stupid ignorant sometimes.
Do bear in mind that most games with the M logo are far from mature. Swearing, sex and violence are not mature themes. They're gratuitous in 90% of video games. Something like Postal which has always been a hard 18 certificate in the UK is certainly not a game I would be proud to say only adults could play. but this is a whole other discussion for a whole other thread some other time.
Or you're just not thinking of it the right context. A Mature rating more or less means it's meant to be played by mature gamers, as in, people who have aged to a certain point. That's all. You're looking too much into it, I think.
One of my most facepalm inducing moments last week was when I was with a kid I tutor. The kid is 8 and has an older brother of about 9. While good at math, the student is really lazy when writing so I have to encourage him to think about stuff that's pretty basic. In this case, he had written various adjectives about watermelon, such as the color and size, and had to be reminded that they have a taste. Once he writes down "sweet" on the list, he starts talking about/naming the main characters from GTA San Andreas because apparently his 9 year old brother has been playing it.
In the form I fill out each session for elementary school kids that let's us give updates to the parents, I added a note about how this was a bad idea unless they would also let the 9 year old watch R rated movies after I described the day's classwork.
I can't really think of anything for this thread. I guess I learned what a halberd was, but there's gotta be some other stuff that leached into my brain after all these years.
To anyone citing Incredible Machine for anything...look, I played that game a lot too. I don't know if it really taught me anything, seeing as I have any of those things lying around in real life.
TIM (The Incredible Machine) taught me a bit about physics and trial and error. Also, creative problem solving.
Really fucking creative problem solving. Almost MacGuyver levels.
Ok, I've got a conveyor belt, a fan, a light, a fulcrum, a board and a rubberband. What the fuck am I suppose to do?
Yeah I guess...but then it also just leads to stuff like There, I Fixed It (http://thereifixedit.com/). I can't really think of stuff I've jury rigged though. I'd like to think video games helped me to get smart or at least more creative.
I learned that i'm too nice to be a dick in games where you have a choice. This is especially bad in Bioware RPGs, as i'm potentially missing out half the game. This is really sad, they aren't even real people and i can't bring myself to rape/steal/pillage/etc.
What will happen when i have the opportunity to do so in real life? I need to kick a hobo or something.
In the form I fill out each session for elementary school kids that let's us give updates to the parents, I added a note about how this was a bad idea unless they would also let the 9 year old watch R rated movies after I described the day's classwork.
Uh, ever think that maybe they do? In which case they now probably think you're a patronising judgemental cock, but que sera sera.
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COD4 - which taught me about numerous weapons (names, design, functions) and that you don't mess with the SAS.
Age of Empires - This game actually had an in-depth library for every unit and building.
Pokemon - aside from helping my imagination and my tactical mind, there are those museums which have real world facts. Not to mention many Pokemon are expy's of real-world creatures.
War... it's fantastic!
I actualy did learn quite a lot of military hardware names, some of the nato alphabet (the rest I learned out of my own free will, it's always fun to use it in conversations^^) and some history through certain games
oh how could I forget, i preaty much learned english from games
I typed: Give me the password to the pentagon. On the C-64 command prompt. Didn't work, oddly enough.
wait whats that from?
hot shots? part deux maybe?
I'm talking more about games where being mean involves trapping people into a small area and then launching roller coasters at them.
I'm not ever going to even try to be evil in Planescape: Torment, though. I doubt I'd last five minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVESMxs4rbA
we have a winner^^
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Unruly visitors will be drowned
never set the launch PSI of a vertical ride higher than recommended settings.
While skiing
a: snowboarders are dicks, all of them
b: the slope goes on forever. your life does not.
I've also learned there is dispute - MGS4 told me that war has changed, but Fallout told me that war never changes.
I also learned that love can bloom on a battlefield.
i once had a little kid on xbox live go "What, you're how old and you STILL play video games!? You're a loser!" and im like "Is that something weird? Who raised you? You know that M for mature symbol, yeah mature means 18+, which is adult." People are stupid ignorant sometimes.
Do bear in mind that most games with the M logo are far from mature. Swearing, sex and violence are not mature themes. They're gratuitous in 90% of video games. Something like Postal which has always been a hard 18 certificate in the UK is certainly not a game I would be proud to say only adults could play. but this is a whole other discussion for a whole other thread some other time.
Talking on Vent has given me less reservations of speaking to people.
Video games in general have made me a "natural" at driving as my mother put it when she was first teaching me to drive so long ago.
Beyond M for Mature, I don't get that. Is this kid looking ahead in his life and actively planning to stop playing video games at some age of maturity?
When I was his age (and even now) I was terrified at the prospect of being 85 in a nursing home and being unable to see the screen properly or remember which town I was supposed to go to next. Never crossed my mind that I should stop doing what I like for some reason.
Also, I was navigating DOS before I could properly spell, so I'm sure that had some influence.
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Or you're just not thinking of it the right context. A Mature rating more or less means it's meant to be played by mature gamers, as in, people who have aged to a certain point. That's all. You're looking too much into it, I think.
My Let's Play Channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UC2go70QLfwGq-hW4nvUqmog
This guy are sick.
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Gizmos and Gadgets taught me to skim through text to look for the most important information quickly. (The vehicle workshop of the game)
One of my most facepalm inducing moments last week was when I was with a kid I tutor. The kid is 8 and has an older brother of about 9. While good at math, the student is really lazy when writing so I have to encourage him to think about stuff that's pretty basic. In this case, he had written various adjectives about watermelon, such as the color and size, and had to be reminded that they have a taste. Once he writes down "sweet" on the list, he starts talking about/naming the main characters from GTA San Andreas because apparently his 9 year old brother has been playing it.
In the form I fill out each session for elementary school kids that let's us give updates to the parents, I added a note about how this was a bad idea unless they would also let the 9 year old watch R rated movies after I described the day's classwork.
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Really fucking creative problem solving. Almost MacGuyver levels.
Ok, I've got a conveyor belt, a fan, a light, a fulcrum, a board and a rubberband. What the fuck am I suppose to do?
Yeah I guess...but then it also just leads to stuff like There, I Fixed It (http://thereifixedit.com/). I can't really think of stuff I've jury rigged though. I'd like to think video games helped me to get smart or at least more creative.
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What will happen when i have the opportunity to do so in real life? I need to kick a hobo or something.
Which is pretty much why I finished those econ classes and got my retail management.
Getting my degree in retail management got me my job.
Clearly, if I need to step up to the next level, I need to play more Monkey Island.
Hey, I have a blog! (Actually being updated again!)
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Uh, ever think that maybe they do? In which case they now probably think you're a patronising judgemental cock, but que sera sera.