Yeah, but I have to admit I am sort of a loner myself. I mean all I do is sit in my room and play WoW, lol. Like said before...I had a bad childhood (just problems with making friends really). So I don't get out much except to work which is a major bore..

Hey, that's cool you just came in 1.5 years ago. I see gaming as a sense of escaping the RW. Same with reading if I don't feel like playin a vid game.

MidnyteRose

I'd advise you not to be so open in a public place, especially one such as this one. Take this advice from someone more experienced than you :P . Talking about your personal problems, and advertising your myspace profile is really not a good idea, unless you're desperate for a bad experience.

ps. I apologize to the horny strangers out there trying to pick this girl up :)

but with women it seems almost exclusively to be the less attractive who get into PC gaming. I can imagine why. At least, I've never met a good looking girl PC gamer.mfsa

That works the other way around too.;)

The best game on every level? XCOM: UFO Defense. A perfect blend of strategy, action and RPG.

Anybody agree?

mmarsh1972

I do. I agree that it is, or was, a perfect blend of what you said. But I don't know what I'd pick as the perfect game. I'd hate to spill out some names only to find myself thinking about other games later.:x

Some interesting choices out there and some very interesting replies. It's refreshing to think of games from this perspective and a lot of people here are proving that.:)

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This game made me feel emotions I had never had before playing it, it taught me valuable lessons and it kinda expanded my mind as if I had gone through unique experiences. And finally, I knew very little English, this game helped me a great deal with learning English.:D I know there are many other games that are truly educational, but to my weird experience this is the one.:)

Darth_Kane

You should play the Metal Gear series if you want valuable lessons and much more emotion (I cried at the ending of MGS3)

For me, FF 7 wasn't very emotional because there was no voice acting

Well...I mentioned FF6 not 7, but FF6 didn't have voice acting either. But I'd rather leave voice acting to my creative imagination and shape the characters and the world (to some extent) according to myself. Bad voice acting just ruins the realism andthe immesion of the game.And it just ruins the characters and richness of the story in my opinion.

But maybe I'll try the metal gear series. I've played the first one I think. Fun but not very fun for girls:P

This thread is really depressing. As a historian, I always cringe at the thought that so many of my past students actually believed that watching a Hollywood movie was in and of itself "learning history". The fact that people actually believe that games like Total War or Call of Duty are, when taken in isolation, somehow a useful educational tool is a sad, sad commentary.

It's great if a game inspires one to do some independant research like the one poster who sought out information about the Chernobyl disaster, but do not rely upon these games as reliable sources of information. With precious few exceptions in the simulation and wargaming genres, they aren't.

If they inspire you to learn more about the subject matter, that's fantastic, but please, please, PLEASE don't base your world view on what you "learned" from Company of Heroes.

bogaty

That's why I'm hesitant to mention games for purely educational purposes. But like someone said, just looking at the map of the world in these "Historic Games" is already eduational.

Civilization 4, like someone else mentioned, with all its technologies, wonders of the world and historical quotes was something I had in mind. The way the applied those quotes to the technologies was refreshing.

Hello

One of my top passions for gaming is feeling mentally enlightened during and after playing a game. What would be the most educational game that enlightened your mind? Educational maybe prettyvague, but itcould relateto big things from learning valuable life lessons or sparking your inspiration to learning correct spelling or dexterous coordination. I'm asking this in the PC games section because I think pc gamers are the most outspoken of all gamers.

I'm mainly a pc gamer, but I would have to pick Final Fantasy VI. When I played it I was very young and very "stone-hearted" and knew very little English (English is my second language). This game made me feel emotions I had never had before playing it, it taught me valuable lessons and it kinda expanded my mind as if I had gone through unique experiences. And finally, I knew very little English, this game helped me a great deal with learning English.:D I know there are many other games that are truly educational, but to my weird experience this is the one.:)

Okie. I'm done with my long dumb memoir. Your turn.:P

How about quake vs unreal tournament

Answer would be UT:)