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Am I the only person whose taste for these sort of games has fallen off a cliff since Afghanistan and Iraq? Don't get me wrong I don't think there's anything ne
by baconner 15y ago
Am I the only person whose taste for these sort of games has fallen off a cliff since Afghanistan and Iraq? Don't get me wrong I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with games based on current events. Its just more of a depressing reminder of reality now instead of the fun escape it used to be.
- njharman 15y agoNot with FPS (never really my thing) but after biking around Germany for 6mo, looking at war memorials, mass graves, and other WWII sites I lost all interest for several years in playing wargames (computer and chit and hex paper). Every roll of dice and flipping unit to "damage" side I couldn't get out of my mind how that represented a bunch of sacrifice and suffering by actual humans. Games are not fun when they get humanized.
- maayank 15y agoI never fully grokked it. I'm jewish and I don't mind playing the nazis in strategy games. While I can understand why it would create a negative gut reaction at first, don't we ought to as logical creatures transcend such emotions and not let them govern our actions?
- droz 15y agoLate nighties was the sweet spot for the FPS: CS, Q3, UT, etc.