http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/crash.html

great article

Interesting article.

And you know, I see what he means.
I have no desire to buy any of the next-gen consoles, even though I was a pretty diehard Xbox early adopter. There are only a small handful of next-gen games I have even a passing interest in.

Besides that, I have found myself playing less and less PC games lately. They just can't seem to hold my attention for very long, especially when I have a whole list of other things I could (possibly should) be doing.

Spore is pretty much the single game on the horizon that interests me in a big way, for the same reasons the author pointed out in the article. It allows the player to be creative, and allows people to share that creativity.

I don't play games much anymore either... And I'm not in a hurry to start... I waste enough time as it is.

I havnt played that many games lately. The only games which I have any intrest in are System Shock 2, The decent freespace series, The Sims Series (Inlcuding 1 and 2) and Spore. Asside from that, I figure I could be doing better stuff with my time.

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(Sorry for the length of the quote)

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---- Luke's X-Wing approaches the surface of the Death Star. "Red Five, begin your attack run." Luke swoops down into the trench. "It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon back ho-" Turret laser bolts tear his X-Wing apart. ---- Luke's X-Wing approaches the surface of the Death Star. "Red Five, begin your attack run." Luke swoops down into the trench. "It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon back home!" Turret laser bolts miss by inches. He skims along the trench. A Tie Fighter drops in behind him and blows his ship to ten thousand flaming pieces. ---- Luke's X-Wing approaches the surface of the Death Star. "Red Five, begin your attack run." Luke swoops down into the trench. "It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon back home!" Turret laser bolts miss by inches. He skims along the trench. A Tie Fighter drops in behind him, shoots and misses. Luke approaches the exhaust shaft... fires a photon torpedo... ...and misses. The Death Star destroys the rebel base. ---- Luke's X-Wing approaches the surface of the Death Star. "Red Five, begin your attack run." Luke swoops down into the trench. "It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon ba-" Turret laser bolts tear his X-Wing apart. ----

I love that part! That is so true when it comes to many movie based games.

truth is, this article is written by somebody who used to be a gamer and now isnt anymore.
that means he has just grown up, like all of us, we hardly play nowadays, because weve grown out of it. but the truth is, there is a new generation of gamers on the way, and there will be another new generation after that. to say gamis is dying only because one doesnt play as much as one used to is just BS....

thats my opinion anyway.

I refuse to acknowledge that I've grown up.  Take that back.  TAKE IT BACK!

Quote (Agent007 @ May 17 2006, 8:24 am)

I refuse to acknowledge that I've grown up.  Take that back.  TAKE IT BACK!

unless peter pan picked you up and took you to never never land, you have grown up, and will need to look for a wife and job soon  

I fear rejection... On both fronts.

Well, I still play all the time.  I just beat TRON 2.0 again last night, and that game's a few years old.  

I think games have a longer shelf life than most people do I guess.  I still play stuff I got YEARS ago.

I do notice that there seemed to be (according to the article) only so many 'great leaps forward' left to make when it comes to gaming.  The failure (yes, failure) of Virtual Reality to move things on to the next plane is still felt today.

To me, there are still many interesting places gaming can go to.  Advances in storage, compression, and processor speed (CPU and GPU) will allow some amazing things to be put out there.  Imagine a totally immersive experience...you start out as a Starfleet cadet, taking the learning tracts you want, getting a posting somewhere, and all the life management and social choices invovled.  Imagine being a Rebel that joined up before the battle of Hoth.  Walking around Echo Base, interacting with AI-controlled characters (with more than just a rotation of 5 dialogue choices), and then the Empire attacks, and assuming you make it, following the Rebellion all the way to the formation of the New Republic.  I think it'd be amazing.  And it'll happen, to some level, someday.  And no MMORPG BS to deal with either.

Some of the games put out today just amaze me.  The games my kids and grandkids play?  I can't even imagine.

Quote (Corran Horn @ May 18 2006, 1:39 am)

I think games have a longer shelf life than most people do I guess.  I still play stuff I got YEARS ago.

I 100% agree with you there. Me and a mate of mine got back into playing Starcraft over LAN agian, now that game is what 8 years old i think?