Comments on: Games, Part 1 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:33:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: tfp http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-480 tfp Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:33:31 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-480 No, unfortunately, it was just her tute presentation on the day and she didn't provide any handouts (although the tutor <i>encouraged</i> everyone in the class to provide one! :)) <br/><br/>I still have M's rubik's cube prog running on the old P233 box here! No, unfortunately, it was just her tute presentation on the day and she didn’t provide any handouts (although the tutor encouraged everyone in the class to provide one! :))

I still have M’s rubik’s cube prog running on the old P233 box here!

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-479 CW Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:54:08 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-479 Cherry it amuses us too. I mean the games amuse us :)<br/><br/>Mooiness ya M wrote his own version of Freecell. He also wrote a version of the Rubik's Cube which gained him a lot of interested email back then...<br/><br/>tfp you don't happen to have access to that presentation, do you? Sounds interesting!<br/><br/>MW well I wish I knew more women who play computer games. All the women I know (aside from Cherry and ftp) seem to think it's a stupid affliction. Cherry it amuses us too. I mean the games amuse us :)

Mooiness ya M wrote his own version of Freecell. He also wrote a version of the Rubik’s Cube which gained him a lot of interested email back then…

tfp you don’t happen to have access to that presentation, do you? Sounds interesting!

MW well I wish I knew more women who play computer games. All the women I know (aside from Cherry and ftp) seem to think it’s a stupid affliction.

]]> By: MW http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-478 MW Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:47:51 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-478 Ahh games, how could I not comment :P<br/><br/>CW is under the common misconception that women don't play games. See: http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php<br/><br/>Mind these are statistics and from the surveys I have seen women are more likely to play flash based games and such but there are a lot more women playing games than most think.<br/><br/>Also the majority of players are in the 20-35 age bracket. Games are becoming a general entertainment medium much like movies, books and tv.<br/><br/>I myself got quickly addicted to acade games by watching tabletop machines (space invaders and donkey kong) in the shopping malls at the age of 6. It's all been downhill since then :P <br/><br/>I don't watch tv at all though. I like my entertainment interactive.<br/>I spend on average about 30-35 hours a week playing games. Ahh games, how could I not comment :P

CW is under the common misconception that women don’t play games. See: http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php

Mind these are statistics and from the surveys I have seen women are more likely to play flash based games and such but there are a lot more women playing games than most think.

Also the majority of players are in the 20-35 age bracket. Games are becoming a general entertainment medium much like movies, books and tv.

I myself got quickly addicted to acade games by watching tabletop machines (space invaders and donkey kong) in the shopping malls at the age of 6. It’s all been downhill since then :P

I don’t watch tv at all though. I like my entertainment interactive.
I spend on average about 30-35 hours a week playing games.

]]> By: tfp http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-477 tfp Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:13:49 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-477 I used to play lots of psx, n64 and gameboy (Pokemon), but during my Honours year I weaned myself off all console gaming. Once in a while I still like Wip3out and a few rounds of Tekken 3.<br/><br/>I love The Sims, but have two expansion packs I am yet to install (again, not enough time). I haven't allowed myself to play Sims 2.<br/><br/>I'm pleased I don't play games so much now - the time and money became a problem. Now I just spend all my time and money on the computer and on DVDs :). <br/><br/>One of my students last semester gave a tutorial presentation that was supposed to be about Orientalism but somehow managed to be predominantly about WoW! It was interesting, anyway. I used to play lots of psx, n64 and gameboy (Pokemon), but during my Honours year I weaned myself off all console gaming. Once in a while I still like Wip3out and a few rounds of Tekken 3.

I love The Sims, but have two expansion packs I am yet to install (again, not enough time). I haven’t allowed myself to play Sims 2.

I’m pleased I don’t play games so much now - the time and money became a problem. Now I just spend all my time and money on the computer and on DVDs :).

One of my students last semester gave a tutorial presentation that was supposed to be about Orientalism but somehow managed to be predominantly about WoW! It was interesting, anyway.

]]> By: mooiness http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-476 mooiness Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:29:00 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-476 Wow you wrote your own version of Freecell!? I'm bloody impressed. :P All I ever did was a Blackjack game in C++ but was only a text-based one. Heh.<br/><br/>That's a lot of games in the house. I don't much like turn-based games because it's not "realistic". I'd much rather RTS because you got less time to think, everything is happening at once and the adrenalin rush is bigger.<br/><br/>The last game that sucked me in big time was Warcraft 40K: Dawn of War. I'd gone to sleep around 3am every night including weeknights. Shit. :P<br/><br/>And now I watch TV instead. Hah! Wow you wrote your own version of Freecell!? I’m bloody impressed. :P All I ever did was a Blackjack game in C++ but was only a text-based one. Heh.

That’s a lot of games in the house. I don’t much like turn-based games because it’s not “realistic”. I’d much rather RTS because you got less time to think, everything is happening at once and the adrenalin rush is bigger.

The last game that sucked me in big time was Warcraft 40K: Dawn of War. I’d gone to sleep around 3am every night including weeknights. Shit. :P

And now I watch TV instead. Hah!

]]> By: cherryripe http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-475 cherryripe Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:28:34 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/10/20/games-part-1/#comment-475 I like Tetris, Freecell and Yahoo!'s Bookworm - <a HREF="http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/" REL="nofollow">tfp</a> got me into the last one. I've yet to get into The Sims.<br/><br/>It does amuse me how much you and M. love your computer games. I like Tetris, Freecell and Yahoo!’s Bookworm - tfp got me into the last one. I’ve yet to get into The Sims.

It does amuse me how much you and M. love your computer games.

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