tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579273196566028677.post8446975120976564204..comments2023-07-05T04:54:54.099-07:00Comments on Big Fat Phoenix: The need for game appreciationAnand Ramachandran's Evil Twinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348308927567882959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579273196566028677.post-67338525857771279362010-02-16T07:59:51.169-08:002010-02-16T07:59:51.169-08:00Can totally feel you man. Whenever I see anyone wh...Can totally feel you man. Whenever I see anyone who is interested in games and has graduated from the PoP, NFS, GTA trinity, I recommend them classics and such giving them a brief gist of why they should play it and why it is good. <br><br>I've made people play old dos games and even legacy console games, and only after that giving them access to its succesor generation's game. <br><br>I used to call it "Missionary of gaming" and kind of chisel-ed my youngest cousing all the way from Atari to PS1 to PC games, haha, took me lot of years. Not exactly on the lines of what you are saying though.<br><br>But yeah game appreciation club is a nice idea. I liked how Kotaku tried to use its appeal and popularity to get such a thing, <a href="http://kotaku.com/gaming/deconstruction/kotakus-game-club-264228.php" rel="nofollow">Kotaku Game Club</a>, done (<a href="http://kotaku.com/5021266/game-club-beyond-good--evil-the-first-assignment" rel="nofollow">for beyond good and evil</a>) <br><br>Also, the part about Bioshock that you said reminded me of <a href="http://kotaku.com/5458678/why-a-man-plays-mario" rel="nofollow">this post from Stephen Totilo.</a><br><br>However, I find such discussions in Forums and their "General Game discussion" boards or things like <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/pages/unions/browse_categories.php?tag=subnav;unions" rel="nofollow">communities dedicated to</a> classic games (and the like) in big sites like gamespot are loaded with discussions and many knowledgeable people hang out there. I find them to be like the "book club" for games, coz after all, more than "comments on a blog", "discussions on a forum" feels more natural for such things.<br><br>However, yes. Maybe if such discussions are given more recognition... when it is made known that there are such discussions going on, people will start appreciating the art of games more. Why just limit to only enclosed forums.Reeteshifierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15046924031930565647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2579273196566028677.post-49802204539660940552010-04-17T11:42:46.576-07:002010-04-17T11:42:46.576-07:00I agree here. Dota still lives and kicking arse :)...I agree here. Dota still lives and kicking arse :) How about the oldies like max Payne or tomb raider that ran on pentium 3 ?? i loved em still do. Iaswinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629319887213343451noreply@blogger.com