Post #57,061
10/15/02 7:55:01 PM
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What made you think
What made you think those games are for kids? Even for consoles the age of the average gamer is over 20 now.
It's unfortunate that just like R movies, a lot will end up in the hands of kids. Parents need to learn to pay more attention, as it's no longer safe to just grab a game because you kid wants it. But if it's the violence part you object to it never really was.
The first game I played that got parents upset was called 'firebug' for the Apple II. As the name suggests, you played the part of a pyromanic burning down buildings, while trying to avoid getting fried yourself.
Jay
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Post #57,069
10/15/02 8:17:44 PM
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Re: What made you think
I don't know a single adult who plays with toys. Do you?
-drl
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Post #57,078
10/15/02 8:51:46 PM
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Is an airplane a toy? If so, I'm one.
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Post #57,079
10/15/02 8:59:32 PM
10/15/02 9:00:18 PM
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Re: Is an airplane a toy? If so, I'm one.
What's the gross lift capability? If somewhere less than a hamster, you have your answer.
(PS - I find gloating to be distasteful. If you keep that attitude, you'll end up as a hole in the prairie.)
-drl
Edited by deSitter
Oct. 15, 2002, 09:00:18 PM EDT
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Post #57,451
10/17/02 7:56:15 PM
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Humblest apologies. I'll try to restrain my glee from now on
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Post #57,564
10/18/02 1:43:01 PM
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No wucks
Neil Armstrong on way to Moon:
"Houston, be advised that the visual is a GO today!"
Now that's "cool".
-drl
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Post #57,084
10/15/02 9:12:18 PM
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Everybody
I don't know a single adult who plays with toys. Do you?
Everybody I know resonably well has some form of toys, no matter if it's a big diamater telescope, a sports car, gun collection, warhammer minitures army, MTG deck set, computer game collection, board game collection or doll collection.
I think everybody should have a form of recreation that involves doing something, not just sitting around watching or reading.
Jay
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Post #57,089
10/15/02 9:26:01 PM
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Re: Everybody
A toy is something aimed at minors. Video games are aimed at minors. Airplanes, telescopes, high-end computers etc. are not aimed at minors.
-drl
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Post #57,091
10/15/02 9:35:29 PM
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A toy is something you play with.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #57,093
10/15/02 9:44:06 PM
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Boobs? Sorry.
-drl
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Post #57,099
10/15/02 10:44:42 PM
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Things change
Computer games where once largly something for kids, but that is no longer true.
If that means makes you want to come up with some other word for them now beside toys, go ahead.
Jay
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Post #57,176
10/16/02 12:46:14 PM
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This 32-y-o plays Counter-Strike quite often
Many fears are born of stupidity and ignorance -
Which you should be feeding with rumour and generalisation.
BOfH, 2002 "Episode" 10
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Post #57,129
10/16/02 9:25:08 AM
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I know many
including myself. Never heard "the difference between a man and a boy is the price of his toys"? According to [link|http://myphlip.pearsoncmg.com/cw/mpviewie.cfm?vieid=1465&vbcid=1695|this], the average gamer is now 28 years old, so it shouldn't be a surprise that game makers are adding adult titles to their line up. Video gaming is big business. In fact, it has surpassed Hollywood in the amount of entertainment revenue it generates. A research firm, IDC, reported that the total domestic hardware and software sales for interactive games totaled $8.2 billion in 2000, whereas U.S. movie box office receipts were below that at $7.75 billion in the United States.
According to the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA), an industry trade group based in Washington D.C., about 60 percent of Americans - or 145 million people - now play computer or video games. It isn't just for teenagers anymore; it has blossomed into a mainstream national pastime, with the average age of a video gamer being 28. Darrell Spice, Jr.
[link|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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