What makes gaming so fun?

[Dalamar Stormcrow]

Well.... I dont know.....can you tell me? Im as confused as I was when I came out of "No Way Out"

[johnny]

I can assure you it's not always fun. It can be frustrating too sometimes, when things don't go your way. Things OFTEN don't go my way when i'm playing GTA Vice City for instance. I've put it on hold for now, otherwise my monitor would have gone on a little trip, like through the window.

[Dalamar Stormcrow]

Okk.........now im as confused as the time i came out of U107

[Sagramore]

Originally posted by Dalamar Stormcrow: Well.... I dont know.....can you tell me? Im as confused as I was when I came out of "No Way Out"

I'm sorry...I'm not quite sure what "No Way Out" is...but anyways...johnny, i know that frustration...it feels so good though when you finally beat the game/part of the game that was causing you the pain. Then you go back and play it again and say "peh! miniscule bad guys! taste my pain!" In RPG games (like BG2 and IWD) I think a fun part of playing them is being able to create your own character and, sortof, make the game hard or easy on a diferent level. Games that are too easy, I find, are not fun to play in the long run...the challenge of gaming really helps to bring out the fun...ness. I mean, winning is fun, right? and playing harder games will make you better at that game/games, thus making it more challenging and fun. Also, as sort of an end note, i like to read strategy guides for different games and then find a different way to accomplish the missions/quests/whatever than the guide tells you to...just my thoughts on the subject

[Stormymystic]

it all depends on which gaming you mean, PnP AD&D are fun because of the imagination involved, multi player online games are fun because I can be what ever i want to be, and make friends when I do it, lol, and do not have to be myself, make sense?

[Timber Loftis]

Gaming is fun because of the DRUGS. [img]graemlins/bonghit.gif[/img]

Actually, it's the potato chips served at a PNP session that does it.

Erm... on a serious note, what didn't you get about "No Way Out?"

And, as for U107, no need for confusion. It clearly and obviously SUCKED.

[Intrepid]

It is the ability to escape from the mundane, and to live in another person's shoes for a little while....
Well not mundane unless your job is a Necromancer etc... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Barry the Sprout]

Originally posted by johnny: I can assure you it's not always fun. It can be frustrating too sometimes, when things don't go your way. Things OFTEN don't go my way when i'm playing GTA Vice City for instance. I've put it on hold for now, otherwise my monitor would have gone on a little trip, like through the window.

Been there with that game. Trying the same mission over and over again... Anyone else sick to death of the following message:

"You've lost Phil!"

[Zuvio]

It saves me from having to face reality.

[Xen]

For me it is not fun. It is just something that i do. When i want to escape reality i just out my jeresy of Ronaldinho up and go out doing nutmegs and other fancy tricks versus my opponents. Of course my ego goes sky-high then...
For example today i made two nutmegs(when you pass the ball through someones legs) with my heel! [img]graemlins/showoff.gif[/img] I was near the out line and i saw the guy running towrads me I waited for the right moment and BAM! between his legs. Also i did almost the same thing to him but i gave gim a goal:


Goal
Him
Me


So i kicked the ball with my heel between his legs and into goal!