oh deer, who would take their cat and throw it into the swimming pool to hear it screech? I swear by shades of doom and them violence games where you kill kill murder and all that, but it sticks to games, never got anywhere near my head like folks claim it could. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kitchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Ward" <Gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:26 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Views On Games was Out of the games dimension
> Hi Thomas, > > That's cool that you wrote and played your own text card and board games. > As you said for programming practice and so that you could play the games. > That really was why I wrote them as well. I mean because I wanted to play > them and at that time there were not any games like that that were > accessible. It was like back in like 1990 that I first got on line and > got into the FidoNet Email lists such as Blink Talk and Blind Talk. That > and searching the BBSs was how I found that there was a need to share the > games that I was producing for my own playability. It sure was nice to be > able to share the games and find out that others appreciated them. > > You said > "What I was trying to point out was that for me I was extremely > disappointed that back in 99 or so when I first joined this comunity > most of the discussion centered around card games, board games, and" > > Ok, it just sounded to me like you were saying that games like that were > useless and people shouldn't even waste time making them because no one > would even want to play them. > > Yeah, you got on line about the time that the first David Greenwood games > for windows were coming out. We sure have come along way since the days > of the dos games where we didn't have a sound file playing engine like > DirectX. I thought that it was very exciting when David openly here asked > for input and worked on creating the first accessible live action first > person shooter game. It then gave me the idea that I could try to do the > same with the first accessible live action auto racing game. I can still > play these live action games for hours like I used to play video games. > > Yeah, it may very well be an age difference thing as I am still an anti > war, anti violence, long hair, peace loving hippie. Or it may be a > personality difference thing. I just have never gotten into any of the D > and D or other role play type of games. And of course I would never ever > take my pet cat and throw it into a swimming pool just to hear it scream. > > BFN > > Jim > > Fighting for peace is like screaming for quiet. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
