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    #182
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    jeez, I so want a game of Civ now

    That feeling when you unleash a horde of barbarians...

    https://classicreload.com/civilization.html

    Civilization 1 had no unit hitpoints and simplistic battle logic so you could occasionally see a battleship be sunk by a phalanx and things like that.

    I really liked the introduction of strategic resources in civ 3. Then the hex grid in civ 5 or 6.


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    #183
    chrissb8
    Registered Users Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭chrissb8


    Haha, I'll be honest. In my experience those I have seen whining about "Man Children" playing video games, wearing nerdy t-shirts etc.
    are the lack of a better word, brainless. Usually the kind obsessed with what Kim K' weird alien proportioned bum has been seen covered in this time, eyebrows, Instagram "influencers", Kodaline, bottomless brunches, Posting updates of nothing really, posting lol updates about eating all the time/over thinking all the time (do not worry about that). Oh and watching Ru Paul's drag race because "Yassss queen I don't have a personality can I copy yours?"

    Honestly I don't even care about what these stan smith wearing carbon copies are doing because y'know, everybody to their own. But if that's what you're interested in then don't even talk. At least video games have something which stimulates the mind. Rich narrative stories, unique worlds/universes etc.

    Personally I don't play many of them as I think they can get very samey in their mechanics but just boxed up in a different package. But the ones I have played and made the time for have been amazing. For me the Last of us blew me away and couldn't believe I was crying at the end. But sure, I guess to that type everyone is at home being a loser with cheeto dust in every crevice of their person.

    All this criticism and yet Game Of Thrones will be what they'll clamour on about when it comes back. Just solidifying the fact that these are the kind of person no one should be bothered about what they're thinking. Game on my friends, just don't let it become an unhealthy obsession like anything in life.


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    #184
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    The last game I gave a good chunk of time to was Uncharted 2. Really high quality, engrossing stuff.

    Currently enjoying RDR2. Only get maybe an hour a week, but that's all I need.


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    #185
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Noveight wrote: »
    The last game I gave a good chunk of time to was Uncharted 2. Really high quality, engrossing stuff.

    Currently enjoying RDR2. Only get maybe an hour a week, but that's all I need.

    It's going to take you yrs to finish it. :pac:


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    #186
    Rubberchikken
    Registered Users Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.


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    #187
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,381 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Rubberchikken wrote: »
    from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.

    And yet our roads are safer than ever. If I were an infant, I would draw a parallel between that and the popularity of gaming, but I'm not.


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    #188
    goose2005
    Registered Users Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    It's time for this again:
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    #189
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    chrissb8 wrote: »
    Haha, I'll be honest. In my experience those I have seen whining about "Man Children" playing video games, wearing nerdy t-shirts etc.
    are the lack of a better word, brainless. Usually the kind obsessed with what Kim K' weird alien proportioned bum has been seen covered in this time, eyebrows, Instagram "influencers", Kodaline, bottomless brunches, Posting updates of nothing really, posting lol updates about eating all the time/over thinking all the time (do not worry about that). Oh and watching Ru Paul's drag race because "Yassss queen I don't have a personality can I copy yours?"

    Honestly I don't even care about what these stan smith wearing carbon copies are doing because y'know, everybody to their own. But if that's what you're interested in then don't even talk. At least video games have something which stimulates the mind. Rich narrative stories, unique worlds/universes etc.

    Personally I don't play many of them as I think they can get very samey in their mechanics but just boxed up in a different package. But the ones I have played and made the time for have been amazing. For me the Last of us blew me away and couldn't believe I was crying at the end. But sure, I guess to that type everyone is at home being a loser with cheeto dust in every crevice of their person.

    All this criticism and yet Game Of Thrones will be what they'll clamour on about when it comes back. Just solidifying the fact that these are the kind of person no one should be bothered about what they're thinking. Game on my friends, just don't let it become an unhealthy obsession like anything in life.

    Well done, you're making exactly the kind of generalisation about other people as some on this thread are about gamers.


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    #190
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    Rubberchikken wrote: »
    from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.

    Yes.

    Incorrect motorway lane usage is both a scourge in Ireland and San Andreas.


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    #191
    chrissb8
    Registered Users Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭chrissb8


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Well done, you're making exactly the kind of generalisation about other people as some on this thread are about gamers.

    Talking about my experience though. If you read the first sentence. I could be entirely wrong but I don't think I am. Most people don't really care if you play video games but I find there is a kind of person who I've came across who balk at the idea of going to see a superhero film or anything deemed a bit "childish" aka anything sci fi, fantasy etc. related. Generally vaccuous types who are more obsessed about looks, what's in and what's not, who's hot who's not.

    Then again they're not all like that. But commonly that's the kind of person I've seen who have had anything negative to say.


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    #192
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Rubberchikken wrote: »
    from my experience of drivers on our roads, im convibced a lot a gamers, especially Gta etc, and incapable of differentiating between reality and silly games.


    silly games ? Doctors who play a few hours a week can be far better



    37% fewer errors !!!!!!!!!!



    The primary outcome measures were compared between participants' laparoscopic skills and suturing capability, video game scores, and video game experience.

    RESULTS:

    Past video game play in excess of 3 h/wk correlated with 37% fewer errors (P<.02) and 27% faster completion (P<.03). Overall Top Gun score (time and errors) was 33% better (P<.005) for video game players and 42% better (P<.01) if they played more than 3 h/wk.

    Current video game players made 32% fewer errors (P=.04), performed 24% faster (P<.04), and scored 26% better overall (time and errors) (P<.005) than their nonplaying colleagues


    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17309970

    ..


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    #193
    Ariadne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭Ariadne


    Fred The Red wrote: »
    Also known as a succubus :pac:


    Were you talking about me? :pac:


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    #194
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    Noveight wrote: »
    Yes.

    Incorrect motorway lane usage is both a scourge in Ireland and San Andreas.
    It's why I carry a rocket launcher in the car, those journeys on the M50 are such a pain with all the GTA drivers on it.


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    #195
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭cml387


    So Mary's been banned eh?

    Not surprised, this thread took the biscuit,speaking as a proud aged gamer who played doom on an old 386 pc we cobbled together from spare parts at work.

    Currently gone fishin' in RDR


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    #196
    batgoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭batgoat


    cml387 wrote: »
    So Mary's been banned eh?

    Not surprised, this thread took the biscuit,speaking as a proud aged gamer who played doom on an old 386 pc we cobbled together from spare parts at work.

    Currently gone fishin' in RDR

    Still think Far Cry offers the best fishing experience. :D


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    #197
    pah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭pah


    https://youtu.be/d8NlNNV5gF0


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    #198
    pah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭pah


    Sonic Youth wrote: »
    .

    I don't know, each to his own and all but I do think it's a bit sad adults playing computer games.

    Simpsons fan, right?

    Is it not a bit sad that you, as an adult watch cartoons?


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    #199
    Sonic Youth
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭Sonic Youth


    pah wrote: »
    Simpsons fan, right?

    Is it not a bit sad that you, as an adult watch cartoons?

    Haven't watched the Simpsons in years since it went to hell.

    Although I was just thinking of it today for some reason.


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    #200
    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    Sonic Youth wrote: »
    Haven't watched the Simpsons in years since it went to hell.

    Although I was just thinking of it today for some reason.

    But you have, as an adult, watched and enjoyed cartoons frequently in the past?


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    #201
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Gamers aren't really adults, they're children stuck in grown-up bodies.


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    #202
    pah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭pah


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Gamers aren't really adults, they're children stuck in grown-up bodies.

    I'm a lesbian, trapped in a mans body


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    #203
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    AtomicHorror wrote: »
    But you have, as an adult, watched and enjoyed cartoons frequently in the past?

    Ah he hasn’t watched it in years.
    He’s 18 now give him a break.


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    #204
    pah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭pah


    Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »
    Ah he hasn’t watched it in years.
    He’s 18 now give him a break.

    But, but, but....those cartoons are for adults :o


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    #205
    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Gamers aren't really adults, they're children stuck in grown-up bodies.

    The world makes a lot more sense when you accept that this applies to all people.


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    #206
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    cml387 wrote: »
    So Mary's been banned eh?

    Not surprised,

    I’m distraught at this news.
    Genuinely thought she was a cracking burd.


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    #207
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,321 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    So that's videogames, nurses and razor adverts on the After Hours whinge list today. Am I missing anything else?


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    #208
    batgoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭batgoat


    super_furry wrote: »
    So that's videogames, nurses and razor adverts on the After Hours whinge list today. Am I missing anything else?

    The Romans, what have they ever done for us?


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    #209
    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    batgoat wrote: »
    Still think Far Cry offers the best fishing experience. :D

    I read this three times as Fair City.


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    #210
    greenspurs
    Registered Users Posts: 10,218 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    super_furry wrote: »
    So that's videogames, nurses and razor adverts on the After Hours whinge list today. Am I missing anything else?

    Cyclist V Motorists is there too !!
    247469249_2017413731748359_7675802031635703098_n.jpg

    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... "



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    #211
    Pac1Man
    Registered Users Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    Well while you were all drinking with friends and looking for all of the vaginas, I spent the evening hanging off Zeus' ball sack.

    So who's the loser now?

    assassins-creed-odyssey-zeus-580x334.jpg


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