[Closed] Computer games

Sort of.

The last console I had was a Nintendo 64 and I found myself becoming quite addicted to it. Since then I have not bought another one as I know how much time they can take up and time is precious nowadays.

My children have a wii and a dsi though and I reckon my son borders on spending too much time on them, then again it is winter and he is outside a lot in the summer.

I enjoy them, but they can be very addictive, and you can get completely immersed in them. I'm not sure that prolonged exposure to some of the more violent ones at least, is all that good for a person really.

When most of my mates were sat indoors playing Manic Miner or Sonic or something, I'd go out on me bike. Never found them interesting at all. Same old repetitive mind-numbing boring crap really, I thought.

I do enjoy the odd blast on a driving game or 1st person shooter/adventure. Like the simulated reality aspect of it. Also like the more recent timeline strategy games such as Sim City and the Sims, as well as Warcraft type games. Not WoW though.

I never understood stuff like Tekken. Just found them to be really, really boring.

The money some people spend is incredible. One mate of mine has had all sorts of consoles, and has a PS3 [i]and[/i] Ecks-Bocks. Probbly got a Wii now too. Spends a fortune on stuff and games and that. Thousands of pounds over the years. Can't help feeling that spending the same sort of money on bikes is somewhat better all round really.

I haven't a clue about any of the games you've mentioned Elfin. 😳
I have canged my opinion about the Wii though, when I first saw the adverts I couldn't believe that the beautiful family were playing virtual tennis while the sun was shining outside their beautiful house. Now I think Wii is fantastic as it's probably the only exercise that these console addicted people get.

I think the last console I played was a horizontal Space Invader game...

Just got an XBox with Kinect - now that's a clever piece of kit.

The daughters just throwing balls to her virtual pet panther - with no controllers

Am I alone in this?

Clearly not, did you really think you were? There are thousands of people on this forum and about 8 on that thread.

The money some people spend is incredible

Coming from someone into photography and biking.. Love the irony 🙂

I never understood stuff like Tekken

Button bashing is boring yes. However I once sat down and really tried to learn how it works and how to play it properly - it is a fantastic thing.

I couldn't believe that the beautiful family were playing virtual tennis while the sun was shining outside their beautiful house

Tennis is fun. Consoles are fun. Gonna get all superior on me? Just because people like different things doesn't mean they are not as good as you. And don't say 'oh I wasn't being disparaging' because I really suspect you were.

Coming from someone into photography and biking.. Love the irony

Photography is creative and encourages the mind to be active. Biking is fun, enables exploration and keeps you fit and healthy. Computer games, while fun, have no real end product.

They're ok, but I wouldn't waste my time and money on consoles and games the way some folk do. But then maybe they wouldn't spend money on cameras and bikes. Hey ho. I'll at least have some nice pics and be fit and healthy....

Tennis is fun. Consoles are fun. Gonna get all superior on me? Just because people like different things doesn't mean they are not as good as you. And don't say 'oh I wasn't being disparaging' because I really suspect you were.

I thought it quite odd to be encouraging people to play tennis indoors when the weather was perfectly fine outside to do the real thing.

Gonna get all superior on me? Just because people like different things doesn't mean they are not as good as you. And don't say 'oh I wasn't being disparaging' because I really suspect you were.

Shock horror - I play computer games [i][u]and[/u][/i] ride a bike.

Who'd have thought it possible?

So do I. I just haven't spent thousands of pounds on consoles and games....

I've always had at least one console since my Atari 2600 back in 1978?

got 2 PS3s and a PS2 just now, daughter has a Wii & DSi.. neither of us play them all that much.

oh.. and Tennis is shit until you get pretty good at it.

Ah, yes - of course Elfin.

My mistake.

The point is, Elf, you are into expensive hobbies, that can easily be far more expensive than gaming.

On the subject of the value of gaming - it's great fun. Fun is important. Why, if I was always worried about the value other people put on my pastimes then I'd be very stressed out indeed 🙂 I could make a point about the endorphins and alpha wave states (or something) induced by a good gaming session being very relaxing and beneficial to mental health, but I'm sure you'd disagree 🙂

I thought it quite odd to be encouraging people to play tennis indoors when the weather was perfectly fine outside to do the real thing.

They're not, they're trying to sell consoles. Quite likely that they chose a sunny day to make it seem happy and cheerful, when perhaps a rainy day might've been better.

Perhaps the hypothetical family don't have a tennis court nearby. Perhaps they've just got a few spare minutes in between white water rafting in the morning and a piano recital in the afternoon. Maybe it's actually sunshine and showers and the sun's only just come out after a heavy storm, and they are finishing up before grabbing their raquets for a few sets.

Use your imagination mate 🙂

Don't get your knickers in a twist sweetheart. If you didn't understand what I was saying, don't worry.

You were saying you're an old curmudgeon and hate modern stuff? 🙂

Have I done something to offend you Molgrips?

no you're not alone, I can't get into them either.

I bought a console once - a Sega Master System. Only ever bought one game for it, got bored. Then I won a Mega Drive in a raffle, which came with Sonic The Hedgehog 2. I got as far as the oilfield level & couldn't get any further, so gave up. I think it's still in the loft somewhere

I've tried a couple of PC games, got so far with one & then lost interest; started another one, couldn't even get going on the "intro" level

Have I done something to offend you Molgrips?

Well not really 🙂 but maybe just a little. There was a certain negativity in your posts regarding those who do play games. Seems to be a very common attitude that anything that involves a TV or monitor screen is automatically worthless and makes you a bad person.

You could've started a thread asking why people like to play games, for instance?

The point is, Elf, you are into expensive hobbies, that can easily be far more expensive than gaming.

Yes but they are at least productive.

I have no problem with playing the odd game now and then. None at all. Fun is good. What I'm critical of is the vast amounts of time and money some folk spend on gaming. Ultimately, it's up to them I spose. I smoke cigs, so there you go, eh? 😳

Yes but they are at least productive.

Are you judging?

Gaming is also productive, for me.

I play consoles...sometimes I'll spend hours playing a game. Sometimes when it's sunny out. Couldn't care less if someone thinks that's a waste of time. I enjoyed it, so time well spent.

Well not really but maybe just a little. [b]There was a certain negativity in your posts regarding those who do play games[/b]. Seems to be a very common attitude that anything that involves a TV or monitor screen is automatically worthless and makes you a bad person.

You could've started a thread asking why people like to play games, for instance?

I wrote the OP in first person and how I don't play. Not once did I say anything negative about the games except that I didn't understand why the manufacturers were encouraging people to play indoors when they could quite easily play outdoors. I think I even said that I think the Wii is fantastic.
I don't understand why you should have been so aggressive in you first post, unless there's something else you'd like to talk about.
I am also unable to see how you can extract so much information from what I wrote.

Molgrips is very aggressive because he plays too many violent computer games. 🙁

They've warped his fragile little mind....

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I'm not into them either, just not interested. I just got an xbox 360 free and sold it in the classifieds. It's weird because as a kid I lived in the arcades, I had a spectrum+2 which I loved and i've got an addictive personality.

Not knocking anyone who likes them, each to their own and all that. The one thing that I do find a bit strange is the way people seem to get so addicted to them, much more so than when I was a kid. Thats not a dig by the way just an observation.

Look at it this way, games are just another popular culture interest point. Just like football and coronation street and kylie minogue.

I for one like playing computer games, the more in depth the better but I still quite like sitting down and ragging my way round a race track for half an hours fun or shooting up helicoptors from a moving speed boat.

I rarely get time though, especially during the week.

I don't understand why you should have been so aggressive in you first post, unless there's something else you'd like to talk about

Well I apologise for coming over agressive. I get that a lot 🙂

I didn't mean to put words into your mouth. This:

Seems to be a very common attitude that anything that involves a TV or monitor screen is automatically worthless and makes you a bad person.

.. is a general observation and not directed at you.

But you seemed to come over somewhat negative.. and really, you were reading far too much into the Nintendo ad.

Not knocking anyone who likes them, each to their own and all that.

I'm not knocking them either, after seeing the level of interest on the other thread I was just interested in seeing if I was the last person in the world to live in a console free house.

Look at it this way, games are just another popular culture interest point.

I couldn't agree more and as I said before I actually agree with the exercise games now. 😀

I was just interested in seeing if I was the last person in the world to live in a console free house.

Serious?

3m PS3s sold a year ago, there's what, 25m households in the UK?

I don't know anyone else in real life with a PS3, which is why I have no PS3 friends.

Yep.

The money some people spend is incredible. One mate of mine has had all sorts of consoles, and has a PS3 and Ecks-Bocks. Probbly got a Wii now too. Spends a fortune on stuff and games and that. Thousands of pounds over the years. Can't help feeling that spending the same sort of money on bikes is somewhat better all round really.

er.. is it even possible to spend as much on console games as bikes?
The most expensive popular console is what? £250? controllers £35 each and even the latest games are only around £40ish. Similarly to Bikes, once you have certain amount of games/bikes there's not physically enough time to play/ride them all so you either end up never using them or get rid of them..
I have 8 bikes ATM and lost count at owning well over 100 years ago, I have probably owned something like 15 consoles and thousands of computer games in the same time and at a guestimate the entire amount spent on computer games would probably only come to around the cost of just one of my DH bikes.

Ps. I'm glad I'm not one of your "friends"

which is why I have no PS3 friends

😐

Sorry, correction: why I HAD no PS3 friends 🙂

Can't help feeling that spending the same sort of money on bikes is somewhat better all round really.

This is called 'being judgemental' 🙂

Anyone remember Dino Dini's Kick Off 2 on the Amiga? Now there was a game I lost my youth on.

...has a PS3 and [b]Ecks-Bocks[/b]

Genius! 😐

*sigh*

I played Kick Off 1 - lots of fuss, but I really didn't like it. Once tried to play a full-length 90 minute match, that was very silly. 128-2 or something the score was.

molgrips' first reply was unnecessarily aggressive.

The ruling on the field stands. 5 yard penalty.

I have a new HD TV and an XBox360. How much do I need to spend and on what type of cable in order to enjoy my games in better definition? When I'm not out riding, running, rowing, walking the dog or climbing like... 🙂

we have a wii - it's great fun but don't use it much. my kids like to challenge me to the dancing game (can't blame them, I'm brilliant to watch 8) ). The kids have DSs & spend a fair amount of time on them - in the car etc

we bought the wii snowboard balancy thing last christmas but I haven't taken it out of the box yet. I bet it's ace though

oh, DonS - the "... it's probably the only exercise that these console addicted people get." was a tad Daily Mail

er.. is it even possible to spend as much on console games as bikes?

Yes. I've worked out that over the last 10 years, that mate has spent a similar amount on consoles and games as I have on bikes.

I have [b]8[/b] bikes ATM and lost count at owning [b]well over 100[/b] years ago, I have probably owned something like [b]15[/b] consoles and [b]thousands[/b] of computer games in the same time

I was talking more about 'normal' people really... 🙂

Ps. I'm glad I'm not one of your "friends"

Your life would truly be enriched if you were. X

was a tad Daily Mail

He owns a Staffie. What did you expect? 🙂

Anyone remember Dino Dini's Kick Off 2 on the Amiga? Now there was a game I lost my youth on.

My brother used to play that loads, never liked football games though - preferred Speedball 2 in terms of sports games! 😛

I'm still a big gamer now, mainly on the 360, PC and DS - at least I've got the 'I need it for work' excuse!

I still get exercise, whether it's out and about in the woods or on the exercise bike whilst watching Supernatural.

GW just went on my fantasy dinner party guest list 😀

Have you spoken to your mate Elf? If you are a true friend you really should be letting him know how worthless his hobbies are. Perhaps you could help him to become awesome like you? He'd appreciate it I am sure 😉

I have told him. He told me to get on my bike. 😀

deadlydarcy - Member
I have a new HD TV and an XBox360. How much do I need to spend and on what type of cable in order to enjoy my games in better definition? When I'm not out riding, running, rowing, walking the dog or climbing like...

Any HDMI lead will do - don't get sucked into buying the expensive MS one, or any expensive one for that matter.

Mine has gold connectors and was £7 from Tesco

Ok, cheers. Thought a cheapie weapie would do the job. Tesco tomorrow then. 🙂