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Physician
United States4146 Posts
Will videogames become better than life?
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_perry_on_videogames.html
A ted conference were David Perry goes first a little into the history of gaming.. it's funny, I played literally every one early game showed, I pretty much saw the e-game industry grow up, as a gamer, in a way I was at ground zero in this reality.. anyway then there is a presentation of a student who claims he is a video game addict and encourages the great debate about gaming and our current reality well worth watching (although I can't say i agree with most of it lol). The conference also has some gaming statistics (warning some outdated, but trends still true).
Of note when I watched this ted talk, I rated this talk "ok" and I don't think the speaker actually ever made a decent game (I never played or saw earthworm though); but his message is worth listening to. Anyway for those old enuf, as one of the better comments left in that ted page said, enjoy the trip down memory lane ~
- other TED gamign related videos - all worth watching : )
(each will give you a glimpse into the future of gaming too)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/torsten_reil_studies_biology_to_make_animation.html
(I rated both jaw-dropping)
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Katowice25012 Posts
On January 25 2009 17:21 Physician wrote:
Will videogames become better than life?
Starcraft is already more mentally stimulating than a considerable portion of every day life so
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On January 25 2009 17:28 heyoka wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2009 17:21 Physician wrote:
Will videogames become better than life?
Starcraft is already more mentally stimulating than a considerable portion of every day life so
Lol I gotta agree.
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nice find 
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On January 25 2009 17:35 Resonance wrote:
Starcraft is already more mentally stimulating than a considerable portion of every day life so
Depends on the kind of life you're living. Noob.
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Video games are already better than life.
Edit: I've posted this pictore one too many times already. But this is the last time I shall post it.
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In today's standards, his games could not be called decent but in those days, Earthworm Jim and MDK were solid fun games. But it looks like he's gone more to the business side of things.
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Korea (South)17174 Posts
On January 25 2009 18:22 MYM.Testie wrote:Video games are already better than life. Edit: I've posted this pictore one too many times already. But this is the last time I shall post it.
LOL IVE NEVER SEEN THAT LOLLL
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On January 25 2009 18:22 MYM.Testie wrote:Video games are already better than life. Edit: I've posted this pictore one too many times already. But this is the last time I shall post it.
AHAHHAAHHAAHHA OMG ! I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS PIC BEFORE!
THAT SHIT IS HILLARIOUS!
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I liked the "TOTRUGAS NINJA" part.
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real life has plenty of bad Ai as well
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On January 25 2009 18:29 Rekrul wrote:Show nested quote +On January 25 2009 18:22 MYM.Testie wrote:Video games are already better than life. Edit: I've posted this pictore one too many times already. But this is the last time I shall post it. LOL IVE NEVER SEEN THAT LOLLL
same haha
On January 25 2009 19:11 MarklarMarklar wrote:
real life has plenty of bad Ai as well
AI? There isn't any afaik
PS - Physician, Are you a member of TED, like do you go to the meet ups and stuff? You are the person who introduced me to TEDtalks if i'm not mistaken a long while back via TL and I thank you for that. The only thing I hate about TED is the god damned intro, I always forget how loud it is and it scares the shit out of me sometimes.
BoT, He said Wow had 5.5 million subscribers banking Blizz 80million a month and the game only cost that much to make in the first place. HOLY SHIT, and guess what that figure is wrong, because wow is up to 12/13 million subscribers now.
Just finished watching now. That last half of the video about the addicted guy is trash.
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On January 25 2009 18:22 MYM.Testie wrote:Video games are already better than life. Edit: I've posted this pictore one too many times already. But this is the last time I shall post it.
hahaha I haven't seen this pic before either. Definitly saving it.....
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Physician
United States4146 Posts
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The most recent statistics revealed that the video game industry is worth more than the music industry and it is also worth more than the home video industry. It is comprised of 53% of the total entertainment market.
The video game industry just keeps on growing. Its been outselling the hollywood box office sales for several years now.
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Here's what blows my mind...I get the feeling that the way people in 2100 will think about turn of the 2000 century vid games is the way WE think about cup and ball in 1900, looking at how much vid games have already progressed in 20 years and judging that it will probably be greatly increased with new technology, potentially exponentially.
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On January 25 2009 18:22 MYM.Testie wrote:Video games are already better than life. Edit: I've posted this pictore one too many times already. But this is the last time I shall post it.
that is the reason y i dont like games like Second life or the Sims.
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Starcraft takes more focus than anything I can think of in real life.
Actually I guess its the fact that it takes focus and then more than you could possibly have amounts of multitask.
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