No its not a nostalgia thing. This is a common argument I see whenever someone brings up the fact that older games were alot better than newer ones.
I admit that when I play old games I get graphics-shocked because of how dated the graphics are compared to what I'm used to now (probably what happened when you tried to play UT1). For example I played the game Front Mission 3 on the PS1 for the first time ever this month. The graphics looked like crap and becuase of that I didnt enjoy it at first. After I playing it for a while I got over that and didnt notice it anymore and found the game to be extremely fun. That old game is several times better than most of the crap that comes out now.
Graphics dont make a game good. Period. I cant speak for UT because I wasnt into it but I can say for a fact Doom 1 and 2 are better than Doom 3. Not because we played them "back in the good old days" but because no one played Doom 3 for months on end like they did the originals. At best they probably played it one or two times and got the Doom 1 conversion.
As someone who did rather poorly in school, I'd say that its not that I expected anyone to do it for me or that I blamed anyone else for me not doing it. I just wasnt interested and I didnt want to do the work so I didn't feel I should have to. Then I didnt like getting in trouble for not doing well in something I had no interest in to begin with. That could kinda make it look like I just wanted someone else to do it for me but really I didnt give a rats ass either way.
When I do find something I WANT to learn though, I learn it. Photoshop, flash, guitar, drawing, snowboarding, programing, 3D modeling, etc.
I agree that computers in schools are mostly a waste. All we ever did on them was web browse while switching windows back and forth when the teacher walked by. At least thats all I did.
As far as education goes, as Calvin would say, "You can present the material but you cant make me care."
Schools in general are a bad idea. People learn what they want to learn, when they want to learn it. Sticking kids in these institutions for all their childhood and young adult years trying to force feed them a bunch of crap that doesnt interest them is the problem. Not computers.
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No its not a nostalgia thing. This is a common argument I see whenever someone brings up the fact that older games were alot better than newer ones. I admit that when I play old games I get graphics-shocked because of how dated the graphics are compared to what I'm used to now (probably what happened when you tried to play UT1). For example I played the game Front Mission 3 on the PS1 for the first time ever this month. The graphics looked like crap and becuase of that I didnt enjoy it at first. After I playing it for a while I got over that and didnt notice it anymore and found the game to be extremely fun. That old game is several times better than most of the crap that comes out now. Graphics dont make a game good. Period. I cant speak for UT because I wasnt into it but I can say for a fact Doom 1 and 2 are better than Doom 3. Not because we played them "back in the good old days" but because no one played Doom 3 for months on end like they did the originals. At best they probably played it one or two times and got the Doom 1 conversion.
As someone who did rather poorly in school, I'd say that its not that I expected anyone to do it for me or that I blamed anyone else for me not doing it. I just wasnt interested and I didnt want to do the work so I didn't feel I should have to. Then I didnt like getting in trouble for not doing well in something I had no interest in to begin with. That could kinda make it look like I just wanted someone else to do it for me but really I didnt give a rats ass either way. When I do find something I WANT to learn though, I learn it. Photoshop, flash, guitar, drawing, snowboarding, programing, 3D modeling, etc.
I agree that computers in schools are mostly a waste. All we ever did on them was web browse while switching windows back and forth when the teacher walked by. At least thats all I did. As far as education goes, as Calvin would say, "You can present the material but you cant make me care." Schools in general are a bad idea. People learn what they want to learn, when they want to learn it. Sticking kids in these institutions for all their childhood and young adult years trying to force feed them a bunch of crap that doesnt interest them is the problem. Not computers.