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Post by mrnibbles on Jun 15, 2010 2:41:23 GMT -4
Ever more negative my hombre. In 1958 Brookhaven National Laboratory invented an "interactive computer" in which you could play tennis with it. It was so badly designed you could barely consider it a game. In the 60's (no date for sure) a computer game version of "Tic-tac-toe" was made. So yea... SUCK it.
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Post by tachyon on Jun 15, 2010 3:37:41 GMT -4
Ever more negative my hombre. In 1958 Brookhaven National Laboratory invented an "interactive computer" in which you could play tennis with it. It was so badly designed you could barely consider it a game. In the 60's (no date for sure) a computer game version of "Tic-tac-toe" was made. So yea... SUCK it. Yo mrnibbles, I'm real happy for you and Imma let you finish, but the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device patented in 1947 and distributed in 1948 was the first interactive electronic game of all time. OF ALL TIME! (It was a missle command-type game that used phyiscal screen overlays since graphics were non-existent, analog circuitry and a CRT beam that could be controlled by the player to position a dot on the screen.)
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Post by mrnibbles on Jun 15, 2010 16:12:35 GMT -4
I'd retort agaisnt that... but that was well played.
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Post by Hunter on Jun 15, 2010 16:31:01 GMT -4
PC Gaming did not invent gaming, it brought it to a new level. Yeah. A level of system requirements and installations and drivers and patches and I JUST WANNA PLAY FRIGGIN' TETRIS, NOT HACK INTO THE CIA. Historically, the appeal of console gaming in the face of computers has been its simplicity: true plug 'n' play. Nowadays, of course, DirectX and the Internet have made PC games a bit more user-friendly, while hard drives have brought the "fun" of installation and patching to the console world (except to the Wii: its approximately three bytes of system memory ironically work in its favor). But it's still usually cheaper and easier to play something on a console than on a computer.
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Post by tachyon on Jun 16, 2010 5:41:43 GMT -4
PC Gaming did not invent gaming, it brought it to a new level. Yeah. A level of system requirements and installations and drivers and patches and I JUST WANNA PLAY FRIGGIN' TETRIS, NOT HACK INTO THE CIA. Historically, the appeal of console gaming in the face of computers has been its simplicity: true plug 'n' play. Nowadays, of course, DirectX and the Internet have made PC games a bit more user-friendly, while hard drives have brought the "fun" of installation and patching to the console world (except to the Wii: its approximately three bytes of system memory ironically work in its favor). But it's still usually cheaper and easier to play something on a console than on a computer. I play PC games because I can't use any consoles controller to play FPS games with any degree of aptness. Derp. I'd retort agaisnt that... but that was well played.
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Post by mrnibbles on Jun 16, 2010 18:17:54 GMT -4
Well, to be honest, consol gaming does have convenience, but Computer gaming has QUALITY. Not only do alot of games like Crisis and Gears of Greyish-Brown look better on our computers, but it has an immersive quality that you don't get from playing console games. I didn't scream like a little girl when the first time a Hunter in Left 4 Dead jumped on me in the dark and no one was close enough to help me on my seXbox 360. But you bet your A$$ I sounded like a freakin' 13 year old school-girl that just realized there was a tarantula crawling up her sleeve when I was on my lap top. OH! I almost forgot, for all of you Comp h8ers that think computuers are inconvenient, *cough* Hunter *cough*, I have one word that will crush your cynicism: Steam... case closed.... ;D
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Post by Shelltoon on Jun 16, 2010 18:25:48 GMT -4
If it wasn't for this guy, 1983 would have been the end for gaming overall.
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Post by mrnibbles on Jun 16, 2010 18:34:32 GMT -4
Jesus dude... your picture ate my monitor. Give it back. And if you're going to pit the commodore against even a seXbox or a PS3... then you're going to lose. Yes we should pay respect to the Commodore, just like we pay respect to people who got killed in WWII. Its the past, doesn't mean we should forget it, but that doesn't mean its the best console ever.
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Post by Shelltoon on Jun 16, 2010 20:23:39 GMT -4
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Post by mrnibbles on Jun 16, 2010 20:53:04 GMT -4
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Post by Hunter on Jun 16, 2010 22:33:24 GMT -4
Not only do alot of games like Crisis and Gears of Greyish-Brown look better on our computers, but it has an immersive quality that you don't get from playing console games. Which could just be because the monitor's a foot in front of your face. It takes up more of your field of vision. Sorta like how IMAX is better than regular theaters, which in turn are better than watching movies at home. OH! I almost forgot, for all of you Comp h8ers that think computuers are inconvenient, *cough* Hunter *cough*, I have one word that will crush your cynicism: Steam... case closed.... ;D Oh, I agree. Like I said, things are a lot better now. With Steam, all the software hassle is handled automagically. All you have to worry about is the hardware. (True story: I bought a new graphics card just to play Portal.) But you do still have to worry about it. The flipside, of course, is that you can upgrade your box beyond the minimum for a better experience, something you obviously can't do with consoles. [picture of Commodore 64] If it wasn't for this guy, 1983 would have been the end for gaming overall. You're kidding, right? Nintendo would have brought the Famicom to our shores, C64 or no. All Commodore (and other home computer manufacturers) did was keep the NES from gaining as strong a foothold in Europe.
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Post by mrnibbles on Jun 16, 2010 22:42:43 GMT -4
Which could just be because the monitor's a foot in front of your face. It takes up more of your field of vision. Sorta like how IMAX is better than regular theaters, which in turn are better than watching movies at home. Oh, I agree. Like I said, things are a lot better now. With Steam, all the software hassle is handled automagically. All you have to worry about is the hardware. (True story: I bought a new graphics card just to play Portal.) But you do still have to worry about it. The flipside, of course, is that you can upgrade your box beyond the minimum for a better experience, something you obviously can't do with consoles. And that, children, is how you make a balanced, witty, and well educated arguement. We will have a brief quiz on this next period. But yes, in all seriousness, you're right about the "being closer the the screen" abit. But then again, if mommy and daddy let you hook your pwaystayshun fwee to the big tv in your living room and you sit five feet away, is it better? No, it will only make your eyeballs sore, and then you'll emerge from the living room three hours later wondering why you bought Army of Two. There is litterally something INTIMATE about having a computer as opposed to a console. But then there's online play, and that's a subject we haven't begun to fondle... I mean touch...
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Post by duffel on Jun 17, 2010 21:35:42 GMT -4
Yay i started a debate!
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Post by mrnibbles on Jun 18, 2010 3:24:33 GMT -4
Quite so. PC Gamers V. The Consoles
More like:
Nibbles v. Everyone Else
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Post by Terminator on Oct 8, 2010 14:31:20 GMT -4
I'm not choosing consoles. Neither PC. I'm just playin'.
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