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12/13/08
mmm...hors d'oeuvres! Sounds like an awesome time wish I could go, good luck Maggie!
12/13/08
How to Make Games Fun Again conference.
Who care's about games being educational, or having them make you learn something. Just make the damn thing's fun.
Besides, I have learned more unintentionally from games then I have because people were TRYING to teach my something. Ever sense the 7th grade I could read at college levels, but I HATE reading books. The only thing I read (and read a lot of) were RPG's. They never TRIED to teach me anything, but they made me a better reader, without RPG's, I would probably not know how to read half the comments on this site.
12/13/08
are you sure you learned anything from games? like maybe grammar?
if you could read at college level, how come you can't write at the same level?
learning engrish from JRPG's will only lead you to even worse grammar mistakes...
12/13/08
Jesus Christ, I'm sorry, but I hate this thing about people and books so much...
Listen, everything you know about books? Forget it. Everyone loves different kinds of books. Sometimes really popular books are terrible (e.g. Anything written by Stephanie Meyer or Ayn Rand). The taste you have for stories will be unique to you.
Fictional books aren't truly meant to teach you something (no matter what today's Pseudo Intellectuals may believe). They do sometimes, but their main objective is to tell a story. Find the type of story you like, and go after books like that.
If you want my own personal recommendations, I'm glad to help.
/nerdy jackassery.
12/13/08
@Mister Adequate: I never really meant to say game's are no longer fun period, or I wouldn't be here right now.
@AproposOfEverything: The problem is something like ADD, I can't sit around and stare at word's painting pictures in my head of what some dude is telling me. Ironically I can just sit around and paint pictures in my head.
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12/13/08
i find that modern authors can't write for crap. they can tell a story, sometimes very well, but they can't write. the godfather by puzo is a good example. the story is excellent, giving you a lot more backstory than the film, but his choice of words, grammar, use of point of view all detract from the experience.
besides a few select fantasy authors like GRRM, and some classics like dracula and monte cristo, i find very little interesting. ( i used to love sherlock holmes too. then my brain kicked in and his explanations made little to no sense. )
12/13/08
Ayn Rand was popular? o_O
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11/24/08
2 years and you're the FIRST PERSON to say that to me. GOOD SHOW!
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11/08/08
Help would be appreciated, thanks!
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