and now ur hooked huh, yeah same happened to me, registered last month and woo, over 100 posts lol

Video games are absolutely amazing. Their range is so incredibly wide that one is hard-pressed not to find something to enjoy. I taught senior citizens intro computer skills one summer at a senior center. Some surprised me by asking for help navigating to games. Sure, they weren't looking for the latest Unreal Tournament, but diversity of options is my point. Among the many entertaining things to do in your free time, video games can be challenging, dexterity-improving (for all you surgeons), and extremely fun! Children to adults of all ages (I feel like a ringmaster at a circus) have much to choose from. I feel the same way about cartoons, but that's another topic.

for me I just dont know when to shut my type
(right now I looking for any valid reason to post so I can break the 200 bareior)

CONGRATS! BountyWarrior well done m8.

I hope you have many happiness moments lol.
I'm fast approaching my 5th wed aniversary 30th/10 and we have had only two fights, and they turned out to be just silly lol.

Our trick is to agree to disagree, it always works. You see, these days we pride ourselves on our opinions and if that view is different than anothers, it will most probably lead to a conflict. So my wifey and I just walk off seperate ways calling each other 'bitch' & 'bastard' lol - then have a cuddle later when nothin's on the tv. It's fool proof. ;)

Flyblown_MarriageCouncellor lol

For what? I aint walking down no aisle yet. I aint ready for such a big step. :cool:

It IS a big step indeed and I seem to have rushed into it for better or for worse (got married when I was 22).
Turned out not to be as bad as I thought it would be, but then again there are thing you just won't see coming.

Pressure can really ruin your decision, and yet indecision can get you sacked.

Make sure you did all you ever wanted to do (single-wise) before you get married because it's like a permanent gf/roomie.
Oh well one thing I'm never gonna get done with anytime soon is playing games, and this is the thing I miss most.

Stay with her as long as possible before getting married, preferably living together too (customs/religion permitting).
Gives you more of an idea of what you're up against.

HaHAHaHaHa! Soz Bounty lol

Better just keep playing those games then dude lol.

And the next time you go to your favorite game shop, kick the dorky kid off the demo game machine and say HEY! Games aren't for kids yer know! lol

:p

ahahaahha, ive done that!!! ahahahaa xD

now thats the mark of a true dweeb "errrrrg out of my way I must play that video game gullellll"

bounty, u also told me the same about FarCry ;)
u know doom 3 will kick ass...

btw, "Mark My Words", u said to me i should also mark the year 2010, u prolly remember :D

What do you think now that Doom3 has been out for a while?
 

Not long ago, I felt the same way JoyBoy did and to a certain extent I still do regarding most console games, but after playing Doom3 and Halflife2, my excitement for 1st person shooters has returned. With these games we have a fully emersive, cinematic experience that goes beyond the graphics. Computer AI has improved to the extent that you sometimes find yourself having to use strategy to make it through a first person shooter. That, IMHO, is improved gameplay.

The computer games industry goes into stagnation every now and then. The sheer amount of cloned titles of pacman, space invaders etc. is testament to the lack of originality you need in this business. I've seen some pretty unique titles in my time but you can stake your life on it that there will be a lot of similar games on the bandwagon as soon as it has been released. Doom 3 doesn't really look like it's predecessors but it looks uncannily like every other FPS that's around at the moment - the same with Quake 4.

I've long ago become bored with mindless shooters, they seem to have too much lineararity to them. Call of Duty looked impressive... until I realised the instructions you had to follow meant there cannot be much deviation from the path you had to take. On the other side of the coin you had Freelancer which allowed you to go anywhere, do anything and become whatever you chose to be (except a blond guy in brown leather :) ). This game was fantastic when I first came across it and many of my friends bought the game so we could multiplay and have fun.... but after a while I realised you were still restricted to that galaxy, those commodities etc.

So it doesn't really matter what genre of games you like, you WILL get bored with what's on offer at some point, but I've always noticed you get the kick back again when you find the right game.

This post is well too long already but I just have to disagree with games just being for kids. I was 8 when I started out with a ZX Spectrum 48k and I'm still here even though my social life is pretty good. I just think that adults have too much to deal with and cannot afford the time to sit around playing games.

Bit of an old thread resurrection...

Oh crap i am a 31 year young kid then cause all i do is play games :)

not all video games for kids you can't get a kid to play doom or witcher 3