Reply to: Computer Games

[The Spartan]

Found this website on the weekend as I was bored out of my mind GOG.com

Fantastic selection of old games for download and pretty cheap too

[BoredBloke]

The new Company of Heros is supposed to be out soon. The old ones were really good. I got civ5 but couldn't really get into it.

[psychocandy]

Played a great game of Left For Dead 2 last night. Mate's wife even joined in. We were like a SWAT team.

Toight. Like a tiger.

(SWF)

Is Left for Dead 2 a new secret code for swinging or something? :-)

[hyperD]

I tried play COD and Battlefield on a PC through a big screen and I kept getting motion sickness, it was the distance from the screen and the high framerate of the PC

Yeah agreed, you should try a Flight Sim on a 30" monitor. I have a waste bin on standby.

[amcdonald]

Numpty question but what size TV do you use for games. Do you sit closer to it for gaming than watching films/TV?

I use a 26" HDTV at my computer desk hooked up to a surround sound system

I tried play COD and Battlefield on a PC through a big screen and I kept getting motion sickness, it was the distance from the screen and the high framerate of the PC

Consoles generally being about 30 fps seem to be a little easier on the eye on a big screen, plus controllers aren't as sensitive as using a mouse


For console stuff I use a big screen though

[hyperD]

Played a great game of Left For Dead 2 last night. Mate's wife even joined in. We were like a SWAT team.

Toight. Like a tiger.

(SWF)

[Lockhouse]

Yikes. I could have told you thirty years ago!

Smite that troll!

[Sysman]

Colossal Cave Adventure

(Anyone know how to kill a dwarf? )

Yikes. I could have told you thirty years ago!

[Lockhouse]

Not much of a gamer myself, but enjoyed Portal and Portal 2 via Steam, especially the numerous user-generated levels on Portal 2. Any recommendations similar to those would be appreciated.

I'm not much of a gamer myself either but I've exhausted pretty much all the decent telly, been for a swim, done all the ironing, brought my accounts up-to-date, painted the hall so I'm bored out of my brain. You get the idea.

[Lockhouse]

They may have been more than one game called Gods, but I assumed the OP was referring to the early 90s platform game.

Indeed, the old Bitmap Brothers one.

[Scrag Meister]

RTS - Starcraft 2 as someone else mentioned, new expansion due out soon (Heart of the Swarm)
FPS/RPG - Skyrim + 2 or 3 expansions, absorbed 100s of hours of my time.
3D FP Puzzle game - Portal, very addictive once you get past the first few easy puzzles.
Dungeon crawler - Diablo 3, Torchlight 2
Killing Zombies - Dead Island, Left 4 Dead 2.

Most of these are available on Steam.

Have fun.

[OwlHoot]

The new XCOM is pretty good if you like strategy games like GODS ...

They may have been more than one game called Gods, but I assumed the OP was referring to the early 90s platform game.

[bless 'em all]

Kirbal Space Programme.

Bulid, launch and explore the solar system with your cute little space explorers.

This is seriously addictive.

[realityhack]

Also does anyone use Steam?

Not much of a gamer myself, but enjoyed Portal and Portal 2 via Steam, especially the numerous user-generated levels on Portal 2. Any recommendations similar to those would be appreciated.

[hyperD]

Also does anyone use Steam?

Yeah, me Locky.

SS3 (completed last lvl with 5) and L4D2 are great. Best played with friends with beer and Skype.

Was WOW and SWTOR but too much investment required. Good though.