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Random Topics - Video Games
A form of entertainment that's the centre of controversy but is now also a significant part of a lot of people's lives. Video games have come a long way from the early days. However, some might feel that isn't a good thing.
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I miss coin-op arcades. Although, I guess parents everywhere are glad they don't have to keep dishing out quarters. Some of those games, there was just no way one quarter was going to work. pelirojo, while Pong may have been topped it is still and will always be the king. -- Submitted By: (Jp) on August 11, 2011, 5:08 pm - (0 votes)
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I agree fully that the 16-bit era was the golden age of video gaming. You had amazing graphics, good gameplay, intricate storylines, and improved music and sound. It was a sad day when the 16-bit era came to an end. The Playstation and N64 era were strange to me at first: suddenly, everything was in 3D, and almost nothing looked like the classics I grew up with. However, I adapted, and years later, the PS2 and GC were released. Those systems still had good games, and though they were awesome in their own right, they could never capture the magic of the 16-bit era. I don't know how to vote. Though it was the 16-bit era in which video games were at their peak, video games today are still awesome. Plus, you can go back to your Super Nintendo today...if you didn't sell it in a garage sale. -- Submitted By: (Robert) on August 11, 2011, 2:22 pm - (0 votes)
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I'm old enough to remember playing Pong in the local Holiday Inn lounge when it first came out and thinking that nothing could top it! LOL -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on August 10, 2011, 3:07 pm - (0 votes)
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After putting some thought into it, I've decided that video games peaked at the 16-bit era. You could finally have colorful and detailed sprites, intricate music, and a sparing amount of digitized speech. Also by that time most games had implemented continues, game saves, and actual game endings. (Most 8-bit games didn't and are frustrating in retrospect because of it.) After that time, games just got too complicated: Every game becoming polygon based 3D, too many buttons and difficult controls, too many talky cinema scenes, etc. And don't even get me started on DLC. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on August 5, 2011, 9:52 pm - (0 votes)
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There's one double standard in Video games that I don't get is. It's considered sexist to have the protagonist rescue his girlfriend, the princess or another female character that is a damsel in distress. That's fine as, well, it is sexist and I can see how Girls and Women would find it annoying and it could seem as though they're often excluded from the adventure based on nothing more then gender.
The double standard is how often the protagonists parents/guardians are killed off or imprisoned in one way or another.
Now, I know this a common theme in story telling if not one of the most common.
I understand that revenge/justice is an easy way to motivate the protagonist on his or her quest and/or a way to motivate them to become a hero in the first place.
However, I find myself questioning if that theme is risking alienating gamers that are old enough to be parents in the same way the damsels in distress was alienating potential female players. With the average age of gamers being well into adulthood with plenty of families where the parents play games almost if not just as much as the kids do, I'm surprised that this hasn't become an issue. Then again, with the theme being old as story telling itself, perhaps people are simply used to it and thus, don't let it bother them too much.
Am I the only one that has wondered about this? -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on August 5, 2011, 11:42 am - (0 votes)
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Even if they were to prove that video games cause violent behaviour in *some* people, I think the response should be the same as with friends that are a bad influence. That being, if video games are influencing your child(ren) in a negative way then don't let them play video games.
Likewise, if you're an adult and you're finding that videogames are having a bad influence on your behaviour and/or having a negative impact on your life then don't play them and/or only play the ones you consider to be safe. If you a games or games because of the violence, the characters or dislike it because perhaps based on your belief system (whether we're talking religious beliefs or personal moral beliefs) where a game contradicts said beliefs or dislike a game or games for another reason then don't play that game or those games. Just as we should be free to not watch or play something, we should be free to watch or play something provided said thing isn't illegal in some way.
As others have said, when it comes to anything that can be a bad influence, it's our job as parents or parental figures to educate the younger generations in a positive way as to prevent said thing from having a negative impact on them.
Someone else suggested that rather then banning violent games and/or resorting to other forms of censorship that it might be better to make it harder for kids to get a hold of games or to watch TV shows and movies with content that may be inappropriate for them. I tend to agree with this point of view.
We need to stop expecting the government to raise our kids for us and to start being responsible adults. If someone doesn't want their kids playing a certain game then fine, don't let them play it. But don't ruin it for everyone else that wants to play it and/or is fine with their kids playing it. -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on January 3, 2011, 7:12 pm - (0 votes)
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I bet house moms, soccers moms, and people like Jack Thompson are the same people who sue McDonalds for making their kids fat and had their kids wears xylophone helmets. Let me guess, they don't kids play Super Mario games either because they scared that they jumping between buildings and bumping their heads into a plie of bricks and throwing fire at people right? Parents suppose to teach them whats real or fanasty, check the rating of the games, not be lazy depending on the govenment for everything and be big brother on us. -- Submitted By: (SSM) on January 3, 2011, 5:51 pm - (0 votes)
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@cartooner - Yeah. It ticks me off when loudmouths like Jack Thompson and other self-proclaimed "experts" insist that violence in video games lead to real-life violence. Something as ridiculous as that sounds more like the rantings of a parent who refuses to take responsibility for their failures as a parent. -- Submitted By: (BigAl) on January 3, 2011, 1:58 pm - (0 votes)
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Also, travoltron, I prefer the older games to the newer ones, where you don't have to hit a certain set of buttons 15 times just to do a juke around a defender, or not have to do that to deke and then shoot a wrister by a goalie. I'm probably one of those who buy the older games in that discount bin -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on January 3, 2011, 12:36 pm - (0 votes)
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They do it for the brownie points. They could blame non-existent or uncaring parents, but since it's the newer, more fangled, and violent thing, video games (and certain genres of music, tv shows, and movies) are an EASY target. Them house frau's and "activists" who probably never spent a day of their kids lives with them can get more easily outraged with that stuff. -- Submitted By: (PYLrulz) on January 3, 2011, 12:32 pm - (0 votes)
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One thing that I've always found annoying about modern video games doesn't even have to do with the games themselves, but rather how "experts" (like Jack Thompson and house moms) think that they're the reason for kids doing bad things. I want to say that I've played some adult games when I was younger, and I haven't killed anyone. -- Submitted By: (cartooner) on January 3, 2011, 2:08 am - (0 votes)
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I agree with what you said about sports games, reselling the same crap every year but with the current year in the title. Yet people do seem to buy them. They COULD just make one game and have you upgrade the team roster via DLC. And TO ALL 2ND-HAND SHOP OWNERS: There is NO resale value on old sports games! I'm tired of going into a shop and seeing a pile of unsold Madden Football games from years gone buy. NOBODY WANTS THESE! Just throw them in the garbage if they're disk-based games or take them to a PC recycling shop if they're old cartridges. -- Submitted By: (Travoltron) on January 2, 2011, 10:22 pm - (0 votes)
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I am a retro gamer, I can't stand what happened to games today. they are the same formula used over and over again. A faceless ww2 soldier shooting nazi's, wow how original! Then we got the same sports games released year after year, and OH NO!!!! A child shot up his school! VIDEOGAMES ARE THE DEVIL!!!!! I am sick of wasting money of terrible games that are rip-offs of the same thing I played fourty times already and most of the games suck today. The other games are useless sequels which are the same damn game again! -- Submitted By: (Mr.Zimpy) on January 2, 2011, 7:34 pm - (0 votes)
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I was a huge gamer back in the day, but not to the point kids are today. When I played games, it was a diversion with friends for an hour, maybe 2, to kill some time during summer vacation or Christmas break. Now, kids play games ALL DAY LONG and never go outside, exercise, or have real life friends besides those they meet through playing their games. I feel it's definitely one of the major causes of the rising rate of obesity, yet it doesn't seem to get the same flack that candy, soda and fast food companies do. Sure, video games get flack, but more for the violence factor, not the obesity one. Then again, the gaming culture was a lot different in the 80s and 90s. Arcades were still popular and it was cool to go to an arcade, challenge people, drink some big gulps and eat some pizza, and maybe make a few new friends or having your friends over and playing 2 player games on the Genesis or SNES. Now it's more an activity done alone in your own home with "cyber" friends. Games back in the day had more variety. Now it's just WoW type games or first-person shooters. And like previous posters, 3-D games make me sick... So yes, I think video games have boned, probably around the time the WII and XBox 360 came out, so early to mid 2000s. -- Submitted By: (kingbk) on August 12, 2010, 2:57 pm - (0 votes)
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Not only is it true that video games boned the fish, but it's quite obvious. By voting that it didn't bone the fish, you're an idiot or ignorant person who THINKS he's entitled to his opinion. But I say your opinion is WRONG. -- Submitted By: (Marcus) on January 10, 2010, 11:53 am - (0 votes)
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Video games boned when people started only playing them and doing nothing else. Get out of your house and get some exercise, sunshine, and fresh air already! -- Submitted By: (MCS) on September 30, 2009, 9:48 pm - (0 votes)
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Well, there is a reason that the real violent once are not supposed to get played by children. But I agree...the problem are not the games themselfes, but parents who seem to think that a playstation is a good babysitter.
I had a C64 back then...but I never used a playstation or something like that. I don't see the point and prefer a good old PC game overall. Especially those who challenge the mind insteat of the thumbs.
That by now every game has a 3-D graphic is actually a big problem for me, since I can't play 3-D's...it literally makes me sick. Because of that, I can't play the new games or series I really liked before (like Myst) anymore.
I actually miss some of the old games, like Tut's tomb, Donalds Playground, Battle chess, Law of the West, Galaxy or Pit stop. Luckily, you can still find small games for fun on the net. As long, as there are still games out there for every taste and every interest, Video Games don't bone. -- Submitted By: (Swanpride) on September 20, 2009, 4:39 am - (0 votes)
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They only bad things about video games is how people turn them into scapegoats when kids do violent things. Recently, a kid stabbed to death another kid at a high school. People were already blaming video games for the incident (WITHOUT ANY PROOF THAT VIDEO GAMES WERE INVOLVED!). To the people who blame video games for the incident: I have a better idea. How about blaming the parents for failing to teach their kid right from wrong instead of blaming video games, hmmm? Need proof that video games are not responsible for violence? How about the fact that I myself have played some violent games and graduated from high school without ever beating up or killing another student? -- Submitted By: (Robert) on September 19, 2009, 3:21 pm - (0 votes)
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Definitely BTF when they became mainstream and all of a sudden "gamers" became this snobby elitist group who mocked anyone who *didn't* play video games 24/7. -- Submitted By: (DolFan316) on August 17, 2009, 2:46 am - (0 votes)
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I think that it's more then the Wii being hip. I think it's that video games themselves became mainstream.
Back the day, if you needed help with an NES or SNES game, you might have known or known of a guy at school that seemed to know just about every game. You'd talk him in a secluded location and it might feel weird discussing games at school. It wasen't that no one had the systems, people had the systems, but video games were still somewhat nerdy.
That was also when you might try and discuss video games with your parents but it wouldn't work out well.
You might try playing some games with your parents but chances are you'd do a lot better then them and they wouldn't really know what was going on. It wasen't that they were dumb or something, they just didn't play video games much or at all.
Now, we have situations where the parents are just as good at or even better then the kids. We have kids playing (for example) WoW with the parents or the parents being more interested in getting a Wii then the kids are!
It's like with the Internet where people discuss popular sites as comfortably as they discuss anything else popular. It feels weird.
As kids we wish that our parents would like the stuff we like so we could discuss it with them in a meaningful way. Now that it seems we (or at least the kids of today) can. However, I can't help but wonder if it's a case of be careful what you wish for rather then a dream come true. -- Submitted By: (ExplodingConsole) on August 10, 2009, 1:48 pm - (0 votes)
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