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What computer games do HNers play?
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#22Civ V at the moment.
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#23http://minecraft.net
Use their sign up form as an example in what NOT to do. I just spent 5 minutes trying to create a user, having to reenter a capcha each time I was informed of my username being taken, or unnamed length limits were imposed on me. I ended up giving up.
It's a popular captacha script. Not sure why that didn't go with you.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Use their sign up form as an example in what NOT to do. I just spent 5 minutes trying to create a user, having to reenter a capcha each time I was informed of my username being taken, or unnamed length limits were imposed on me. I ended up giving up.
> Use their sign up form as an example in what NOT to do. Its revenue tells us otherwise.
Does it? If the form was better could their revenue be higher?
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#25Dwarf Fortress
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#26Starcraft 2 most of the weekends. Although haven't played it for some time. Any players around?
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#27I play good old-fashioned one-player Japanese RPGs. I just can't get into stressful fast-paced calculations/button-mashing, or extremely complicated long-term planning of minute details (no offense to games that can be described as that, it's just not stress-relieving for me). I can handle Sim City and Starcraft though, I'm just afraid to start playing Starcraft 2 for fear of addiction.
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#28I play good old-fashioned one-player Japanese RPGs. I just can't get into stressful fast-paced calculations/button-mashing, or extremely complicated long-term planning of minute details (no offense to games that can be described as that, it's just not stress-relieving for me). I can handle Sim City and Starcraft though, I'm just afraid to start playing Starcraft 2 for fear of addiction.
FWIW: I played Simcity for years. My sons sold me on Master of Magic by emphasizing the city-building aspects of Master of Magic. I often choose Myrron (sp?) as a pick when setting up so I can focus on building my civilization for a long time before I have to actually fight some NPC (because if you are Myrron, you probably don't have any other mages nearby -- the odds are good they are all on Arcanus and won't get through a gate for quite a while). The game became a lot more fun for me after I began learning how to do good site selection for settling a new city.
I am also curious as to some of the names of the good old-fashioned Japanese RPG's you play, if you don't mind. :-)
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#29Wargames ("hacking" games). I like that they are much harder than normal games, and you learn a lot of useful stuff playing them.
Web based: http://bright-shadows.net
Console based: http://www.smashthestack.org/
Re: What computer games do HNers play?
#30I play good old-fashioned one-player Japanese RPGs. I just can't get into stressful fast-paced calculations/button-mashing, or extremely complicated long-term planning of minute details (no offense to games that can be described as that, it's just not stress-relieving for me). I can handle Sim City and Starcraft though, I'm just afraid to start playing Starcraft 2 for fear of addiction.
FWIW: I played Simcity for years. My sons sold me on Master of Magic by emphasizing the city-building aspects of Master of Magic . I often choose Myrron (sp?) as a pick when setting up so I can focus on building my civilization for a long time before I have to actually fight some NPC (because if you are Myrron, you probably don't have any other mages nearby -- the odds are good they are all on Arcanus and won't get t…
I'm so old-fashioned as to play Super Nintendo RPGs!
I've played all the famous and popular ones like Final Fantasy 3 & 6, Chrono Trigger, and Breath of Fire, etc, so for the past few years I've been discovering all the little-known hidden treasures, which there seems to be an endless supply of.
An English patch was just released for Lennus 2, which, along with its predecessor Paladin's Quest, pretty much take the cake for originality, creativity, and world design in an SNES RPG. So I'd have to strongly recommend both of those. I have to warn you that Paladin's Quest's graphics are not everyone's cup of tea, and some people hate the game. But Lennus 2 is a lot more polished. ("Paladin's Quest" is the official English release name for Lennus 1, but Lennus 2 never had an official US release, only the recent fan translation, which I hear is really good.)
I'd like to check out Master of Magic, but it looks like it's PC-only, and I use a Mac. : (