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Playing Games Seen as Brainless Hobby?
Richard Goodness writes "Recently I watched Simon Bysshe's film Modern Day Gamer. The film is a natural springboard for some talk of the shared experience of videogames and the legitimization of gaming as a form of entertainment. Therefore, in '2 Legit 2 Save and Quit,' I come to some conclusions." A good article, with some excellent points. I took this to heart, but I see a weekly D&D session with friends as being akin to a weekly poker game but with less financial repercussions, unless one counts all the books needed.
I spend on average 5 to 6 hours a day playing Star Wars Galaxies, and while it isn't the best game ever I run a player association with about 100 people. The interaction is usually quite fun.
the Political Inquirer
Warning! The link to the 2 legit article above attempts to install something from IE Plugin LTD, a spyware program which, amongst other things, tracks your surfing habits, pops up advertisements, and opens a backdoor for future program updates. Their terms can be found here.
If this is not just a fluke page served up by allrpg's advertising company, please remove the above article. Such behavior is not acceptable in a public forum. Companies should not abuse Slashdot as a way of sliming spyware onto people's computers.
Now I need to give this computer a bath.
The ______ Agenda
AllRPG.com doesn't control their advertising, they don't have the income to afford their own server. Their network, Gamesquad Network, is in control of it, and since the hosting is free (with the exception that they're required to surrender their advertising rights) they can't help it. If you're gonna blame anyone for spyware downloads, go to GameSquad Network, but don't blame AllRPG for taking the server hosting they can get.
(36) Perhaps I should let you all in on a little secret. No one likes you in the future. This time period is looked at as being full of lazy, self-centered, civically ignorant sheep. Perhaps you should be less concerned about me and more concerned about that. more..
There seems to be some truth about the Rest of the World's opinion towards the Americans in the present timeline.