My brothers are addicted to Second Life. It's all I can do to get them to talk to me most days. I tried to get in but my old ass computer wouldn't run it. My vid card is too old! So I'll wait untill I upgrade and try again.

It requires tons of RAM.

I used to like games like Baldur's Gate,  Planescape: Torment, and older games like Dragon Lore.  I also used to love playing the Maniac Mansion series, plus Super Mario Brothers and Sonic the Hedgehog.  In addition to this, strategy games appeal to me, as well - I like playing Checkers, Literati, Reversi, and Pool. 

But nowadays, I prefer not to play any games - not because I dislike them, but because of priorities.  If I have to choose between reading and writing, or playing video games, I prefer the former.  If I tried to do both at once, I would never get my studying done.

It all comes down to how much a game stimulates my mind and forces me to think, really.   

I played with the Wii before.  It was nice to get exercise while having to think a little bit.  Unfortunately, I do not own a Wii personally. 


Sincerely,
TheRadiantSeraphim

Well like I stated in the What drives you crazy post.  I have Vista as my OS.  I'm not playing anything right now.  I did enjoy the Might and Magic games though.

You are not alone my computer is old too. I tried to see what Second Life was all about but my dinosaur computer couldn't handle it.
Maybe some day I'll get a new one but with all the bad comments on Vista, I'll wait a while.

I use to play on Pogo too. I usually played the card games the most. I haven't pulled up Pogo in a long time. Hmm..I don't even think I remember my username!


I just pulled up Yahoo and found this:
http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/playing-for-free/1183474

It's the 14 best free games according to Yahoo. Might be worth checking out! I didn't go through them, but there might be something good there.

The only one on that list I have tried is Runescape. It's actually an "OK" game. The graphics are a little rough. But for a free game, I guess you really can't complain. The tutorial phase is a bit longer, by necessity, then I would have liked. But all in all, I'd give it 3/5 on the "Things to do when you're bored" list. LOL!

The weather here is crazy so I have been playing Runscape. So far it's not too bad and my computer tolerates it well!

I played it for awhile until we got our Diablo2 back up and running. D2 is so much better that I just can't bring myself to go back! It's easy enough to play that my 5 year old has his own off line character. And it requires nothing more than windows 98 to play. It's definetly addictive!

I love the game "Bioshock" for the Xbox 360. I love the old 40's feel it has about it. Bioshock is just one of those games you can play time after time just for the sake of the feel the game environment gives. 

I love the ability to hack enemy machines and drones to make them your allies without having to completely destroy them. The A.I. in my opinion is fantastic!

Albeit the "Big Daddies" can be difficult to face, other enemies can still be damaged by machines they don't know you've hacked yet (as opposed to games where the opponents ALWAYS know what will hurt them). To anyone who is looking for a high quality first person shooter, I would highly recommend Bioshock.