News Atari founder slams online gaming

I'll agree with mmo gaming.. I've played my share of mmo's- and when you stand back and look at them all- they are really the same in alot of ways.. some done much better than others- but it tends to draw anti-social short bus 8 year olds in by the droves..

maybe it's the mentality of people with alot of time to kill, grinding against predictable ai brings in the money, so mmo makers don't care (the formula time>skill pretty much sums it up).. I'll admit there is challenge involved in some mmos and that's attractive- the underlying theme of taking all your time I don't like, it's not healthy

 

hmm having just played a little MMO called WoW till 5 in the morning (and no I don't play in my underwear), I guess I kinda have to disagree. TBH one of the reasons it got that late was that I was on Vent with quite a few of the people I was playing with and we were probably using more time bantering than actually playing, if that is not social.. then I don't know what is That said I do prefer to play with people who are in the room

Sooo true!!!

 

that's true.. but I bet you didn't even realize it was 5am =] lol I've pulled all nighters on vent.. only cause it's the only way you can pvp effectively- that's how I know alot of the players are 8 years old! used to be hardcore lineage 2.. man that was a real fun game.. it eliminated alot of the dingles

like you didn't see beggars or anything like that lol they wouldn't make it out of town alive.. more like real life- people were generally nice and carebears were around still- me I was a total wackjob in that game.. played phantom ranger and had all my points into evade, strength, and confuse.. used to pk roid rage- like I'd aggro huge bosses and run around looking for a victim healing.. remember one guy in my alliance had full blue wolf armor so I confused a bunch of trees on him.. in lineage it's not pandering to the weak at all- if you die to ai there's a chance you'll drop a piece in your inventory.. well his helmet dropped XD

basically I'd farm people instead of mobs =] wasn't even high level just used these bosses and trained mobs to do my people farm.. that's the kind of mmo thats awesome imo- just it tends to exclude the 8 year olds.. and they have money- so it degenerates into what we have today.. heck even that obscure mmo kalonline went from pk heaven to whiners rule in order to draw in new players- that's why mmos aren't cool today.. whats the point of building up your character really? I thought games were supposed to be fun!

 

Yeah, this guy is way behind the times.

He probably thinks the internet is also evil and anti social.