Sara Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I don't know what this has to do with Arts and Faith, but the two games that I love with a passion are "Age of Empires - Rise of Rome" and Sid Meier's Civilization 1 and 3. I think it is because in addition to playing the campaigns alone, you can also play the game with others on the internet. I also love Chess, Marble Drop, and online Backgammon. I tried Dungeon Seige and Pirates and a bunch of other games, but the two games I love best are listed above. This has nothing to do with Christmas or faith or anything except wondering what you all love to play on your computers. Sara Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 Minesweeper all the way, baby. Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
opus Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I was all about Marathon back in the day. Beating Marathon: Infinity left me feeling rather epic. Unfortunately, I don't have much time for too many video games these, much less computer games, but I enjoy the occasional foray into Escape Velocity. There are a few other games that I'd like to give a whirl, but I need to get a new system before I do too much of that (the iMac DV SE just ain't up to snuff). Quote "I feel a nostalgia for an age yet to come..."Opus, Twitter, Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
Sara Posted November 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Minesweeper all the way, baby. ← Yes, Peter. I believe you. (That is a hard game with mines blowing up when you don't expect them to. It has been a long time since I had the courage to play it againl. I think it takes a very mathematical brain to win.) Sara Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SZPT Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Command & Conquer (Yuri's Revenge, Generals) when I've got 1 to 2 hours to kill (or 1 to 2 hours of sleep I don't think I need). For short downtime playing I go for Internet Reversi/Othello. And I'll lay down a challenge right now to anyone who thinks that they're good enough! I've also play a little bit of Collapse lately at Yahoo! Games on my PC, and a version of Tetris on my Mac. I miss Wing Commander. Whatever happened to that game? Quote My own drivel in 140 characters or less. Link to post Share on other sites
Overstreet Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 I have never found a video game that can hold my attention for more than a few minutes. And even then, I feel as if I have been robbed of those minutes. Of course, many movies make me feel that way too. Quote P.S. I COULD BE WRONG. Takin' 'er easy for all you sinners at lookingcloser.org. Also abiding at Facebook and Twitter. Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Todd Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 I am a three year veteran of OOTP simulation baseball. I belong to two online leagues. I've been the Cincinnati Reds owner in the ahistorical Summer of 49 since March 2002. In that time, we've simulated 17 seasons, from 1949 to 1965, and we are getting ready to start the 1966 season. The other league that I am in is a fictional league formed in the mid-80's -- American Baseball Association. When the league began, I was the original owner of the Evansville Diamond Dogs. Recently, I rejoined the league as the owner of the Hartford Hornets. If you are a baseball fan, this the game to have. I highly recommend it. Quote "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx Link to post Share on other sites
opus Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Not really computer games per se, but I've always found the online games at Orisinal to be quite fun and addicting, especially this one (which looks and feels like something Hayao Miyazaki might have designed) and this one. I have never found a video game that can hold my attention for more than a few minutes. And even then, I feel as if I have been robbed of those minutes. Agreed. Which is why I find this constant fascination that gamers have with the latest and greatest graphics engine, physics simulator, or other techno mumbo-jumbo to be a little disconcerting. Sure, that stuff's really cool and all, and it can add so much to a game that already has a solid story, compelling characters, etc. But it can rarely save a crappy game. Quote "I feel a nostalgia for an age yet to come..."Opus, Twitter, Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
Sara Posted November 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 . Agreed. Which is why I find this constant fascination that gamers have with the latest and greatest graphics engine, physics simulator, or other techno mumbo-jumbo to be a little disconcerting. Sure, that stuff's really cool and all, and it can add so much to a game that already has a solid story, compelling characters, etc. But it can rarely save a crappy game. ← Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greg P Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 Also why I still love Sid Meier's Civilization 1. Just a great concept. (I do play Civ3 sometimes) But those two original games had a magic about them that I don't find in their "improved" sequels. ← Played both Age and Civ1. As i recall Civ 1 came out around 1994 and Age1 maybe 95-96? A neat era for computer strategy games IMO. My favorites from that period were Caesar II and Close Combat I & II. I think what made those games so endearing was that the designers left enough "space" in the gameplay for our imagination to fill in the blanks. I also used to love Silent Hunter (a WWII submarine strategy game), the early LucasArts games (The Dig, Full Throttle, Outlaws) and MDK. These days I only play the games my kids are playing on PS2. At the moment it's Legend of Kay. Oh, BTW... bought a used copy of Shadow of Colossus online last week. Should be in my mailbox anyday now. Quote "The things we enjoy are channels through which the divine glory strikes us, and those who love and delight in any good thing may yet learn to love God." --Gilbert Meilaender Link to post Share on other sites
Ann D. Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I miss our old Commodore 64. Man, we had some great games. Now, I like online poker (play money, not real). Very, very fun. I also play a game called Crashdown. It's not very challenging, but relaxes me while I browse the internet. Quote Subtlety is underrated Link to post Share on other sites
Jason Bortz Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I just finished First Encounter Assault Recon (F.E.A.R.). Before that it was Half Life II. I still play Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat occasionally. Online poker, yes. Bejeweled II, sometimes. Quote [iNSERT SIGNATURE HERE] Link to post Share on other sites
opus Posted November 21, 2005 Report Share Posted November 21, 2005 I just finished First Encounter Assault Recon (F.E.A.R.). ← The trailer for that gave me the heebie-jeebies. Quote "I feel a nostalgia for an age yet to come..."Opus, Twitter, Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
mrmando Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 If anyone wants to play chess with me, go to GameKnot.com and send a challenge to mrmando. I have rediscovered John Olsen's text-based adventure games ... stuff I played in junior high on a Radio Shack TRS-80. No graphics, just imagination, spatial reasoning, behavior modification, and creative thinking. Quote Let's Carl the whole thing Orff!Do you know the deep dark secret of the avatars?It's big. It's fat. It's Greek. Link to post Share on other sites
gigi Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Tetris. I find other computer games boring and require far too much of my time to master. When at school we used to celebrate All Saints Day (the school's name) by having a uniform-free day and having a competition between forms by participating in sports. I used to be the class representative in the Tetris competition and won on several occasions. It was a version of Tetris that I haven't encountered before or since, in which you are assigned bombs for each line you build and awarded points for blowing the lines up. It was substantially more addictive for this. Anyone any ideas? I'd be keen to get a copy. Quote "There is, it would seem, in the dimensional scale of the world a kind of delicate meeting place between imagination and knowledge, a point, arrived at by diminishing large things and enlarging small ones, that is intrinsically artistic" - Vladimir Nabokov Link to post Share on other sites
opus Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Unfortunately, I don't have a PC, but this intrigues me... the game that makes people cry. Quote "I feel a nostalgia for an age yet to come..."Opus, Twitter, Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
David Smedberg Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I love Civilization also (although I've only played 3, so I don't have the perspective), and Simcity, as strategy sims. My favorites games are puzzle/exploration games like the Myst series, or games which involve significant exploration even while including action elements, like Deus Ex. I've never played any console game all the way through, although I've been playing Final Fantasy VI on an emulator on my PC, and eventually my roommate is going to break me down and get me to play Metal Gear Solid. Quote That's just how eye roll. Link to post Share on other sites
Phidippus Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Civ is (was) fun, as long as you remember that Microprose games tend to improve AI at higher levels mainly through cheating (i. e., the AI players get more bang for the buck than you do). Ditto Master of Orion, 1 and 2; I have heard less than wonderful things about MoO 3. Warlords series, from the beginning; the original version, BTW, plays perfectly well on XP. Transport Tycoon Deluxe, when I don't feel like destroying anything. It's simple enough, but the new "open source" version is greatly improved over the original, and it, unlike the original, plays well in XP. Quote There's too much apathy in the world; but, then, who cares? Link to post Share on other sites
Denny Wayman Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 I play Arts and Faith. Quote Since 1995 we have authored a commentary on film, cinema in focus. Though we enjoy cinema as an art form, our interests lie not so much in reviewing a film as in beginning a conversation about the social and spiritual values presented. We, therefore, often rate a film higher or lower due to its message rather than its quality of acting or film-making.Cinema In Focus WebsiteFree Methodist Church of Santa Barbara Website Link to post Share on other sites
opus Posted March 4, 2006 Report Share Posted March 4, 2006 You knew it was coming... Left Behind: The Videogame. And from MSNBC, Gamers' Good News: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition: Christians are finally getting a high-caliber shoot-'em-up videogame of their own. Due out on PCs in the second half of 2006, Left Behind: Eternal Forces is the first game adapted from the blockbuster books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Gamers familiar with the largely uninspiring and unprofitable history of Christian videogames will quickly notice two differences in Forces: the top-shelf design, which offers an eerily authentic reproduction of the game's Manhattan setting, and a level of violence reminiscent of Grand Theft Auto. The game revolves around New Yorkers who are "left behind" after the rapture. Players scour the streets for converts, training them into a work force to feed, shelter and join a paramilitary resistance against the growing forces of the Antichrist. Left Behind Games CEO Troy Lyndon, whose company went public in February, says the game's Christian themes will grab the audience that didn't mind gore in "The Passion of the Christ." "We've thought through how the Christian right and the liberal left will slam us," says Lyndon. "But megachurches are very likely to embrace this game." Though it will be marketed directly to congregations, Forces will also have a secular ad campaign in gaming magazines. Ah, it's always nice to see people equating Christians with ammunition. And it's also nice to see that they've done their market research. Those megachurches... Quote "I feel a nostalgia for an age yet to come..."Opus, Twitter, Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
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