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Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Dec 14 2005, 07:52 AM
Then again, simplicity need not "dim the mind". Look at, for example, alot of console puzzle games. Few could argue against the fact that Tetris is exceedingly simple, yet requires great mental leaps when one "gets into the groove". ..and adventure/action gaming is not cerebrially devoid either. Metroid, Zelda, both required advanced thinking in order to proceed or get that one last "powerup". (Try to get 100% in Metroid Fusion sometime. Some of those environment puzzles were actually quite difficult.)
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True (and thank goodness games in general still keep a tendency to challenge the player mentally as well as reflex-wise), but in my opinion the feeling of having control plays a bigger part. You've got the game-layer, and then you've got the software-layer and then there's the hardware-layer.. after that there's the rest of the world :P.
And no, this doesn't have to be too difficult for the younger people.. I mean, I was young once too and I'm not much of a hardcore pc-nerd, so.. you just need a bit of patience and time to figure it out.
Maybe I'm taking this way too serious, but I do think PC's stimulates a philosophic way of thinking even outside the gaming borders. Well, at least I can say it has stimulated my own analytic way of thinking. Consoles are just too predefined for me I guess.