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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: For The Gamers
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:31:55 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-23, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-23 à 01:04, RonB a écrit :
>> On 2024-12-22, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>> Le 2024-12-22 à 05:09, Stéphane CARPENTIER a écrit :
>>>> Le 21-12-2024, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> And:  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
>>>>
>>>> Agreed. Now, a computer is not mandatory to play. There are other
>>>> possibilities.
>>>
>>> I have to agree here. I just got a new monitor yesterday and both my
>>> computer and Xbox Series S are plugged into it. I'm sure that the same
>>> game running from the computer would look better than it does coming
>>> from the console, but the games still look fantastic and I doubt that
>>> some additional polygons would multiply the amount of fun one can have.
>>> Besides, there are console exclusives like NHL that make it preferable.
>> 
>> My kids have tried to get me interested in some of the games they play. The
>> graphics are pretty impressive sometimes, but the games, themselves, often
>> seem kind of repetitious and boring. It seems like they're doing the same
>> thing, over and over again.
>> 
>
> I would tell you that the one game which might have a chance of 
> interesting you is Geometry Wars. It is simple, addictive, easy to 
> understand the first time you play and it should even work without issue 
> in Linux.

I never was very good at these kind of games. I haven't gotten any better as 
I've aged. It looks kind of like a more elaborate version of Astroids from 
the old arcade days.

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