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.

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

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.

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!

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!