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What computer games do HNers play?

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When I feel tired of improving my app, I feel that a game of Defcon can refresh me. What games do other people on HN play, if you have any time for such things?

Also, anyone up for a game of global thermonuclear war? :)

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I play good old-fashioned one-player Japanese RPGs. I just can't get into stressful fast-paced calculations/button-mashing, or extremely complicated long-term planning of minute details (no offense to games that can be described as that, it's just not stress-relieving for me). I can handle Sim City and Starcraft though, I'm just afraid to start playing Starcraft 2 for fear of addiction.

FWIW: I played Simcity for years. My sons sold me on Master of Magic by emphasizing the city-building aspects of Master of Magic. I often choose Myrron (sp?) as a pick when setting up so I can focus on building my civilization for a long time before I have to actually fight some NPC (because if you are Myrron, you probably don't have any other mages nearby -- the odds are good they are all on Arcanus and won't get through a gate for quite a while). The game became a lot more fun for me after I began learning how to do good site selection for settling a new city.

I am also curious as to some of the names of the good old-fashioned Japanese RPG's you play, if you don't mind. :-)

I'm so old-fashioned as to play Super Nintendo RPGs!

I've played all the famous and popular ones like Final Fantasy 3 & 6, Chrono Trigger, and Breath of Fire, etc, so for the past few years I've been discovering all the little-known hidden treasures, which there seems to be an endless supply of.

An English patch was just released for Lennus 2, which, along with its predecessor Paladin's Quest, pretty much take the cake for originality, creativity, and world design in an SNES RPG. So I'd have to strongly recommend both of those. I have to warn you that Paladin's Quest's graphics are not everyone's cup of tea, and some people hate the game. But Lennus 2 is a lot more polished. ("Paladin's Quest" is the official English release name for Lennus 1, but Lennus 2 never had an official US release, only the recent fan translation, which I hear is really good.)

I'd like to check out Master of Magic, but it looks like it's PC-only, and I use a Mac. : (

Two huge favourites of mine are Head Over Heals ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Over_Heels_(video_game) ) and Batman ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1986_video_game) ).

Minecraft currently, I love the cooperative exploration and creation going on on our private server. Random Flash games (Kongregate etc). New games on my Android or iPhone Touch to keep an eye on where things are at.

In the past lots of games with editors / mod capability, starting with map making for Duke3D. That was a big part of getting me into programming.

World of Warcraft and tower defense games are my favorites. I spend more time playing games than I should, probably, but I also make games so it's not completely a waste -- it's research. At least that's what I tell myself! LOL

I'm a (former?) big Simcity fan. More recently, my sons have introduced me to Master of Magic and Master of Orion 2. I've played Tiberiun Sun as well. I'm sure there are more games in my future.

I really don't play many computer games. I found information on the internet quite interesting to refresh me.

I used to play Sim City, but that was quite a long time ago.

I tend to play backgammon online at http://www.gamesgrid.com/

Since my Xbox 360 RROD'd I don't generally get much gaming in. I play a lot on my iphone though as I get more opportunity. Dropzap is an awesome iPhone game and free if I remember correctly.

Team Fortress 2.

Starcraft 2 most of the weekends. Although haven't played it for some time. Any players around?

http://minecraft.net

Use their sign up form as an example in what NOT to do.

I just spent 5 minutes trying to create a user, having to reenter a capcha each time I was informed of my username being taken, or unnamed length limits were imposed on me.

I ended up giving up.

> Use their sign up form as an example in what NOT to do.

Its revenue tells us otherwise.

Does it? If the form was better could their revenue be higher?

It's a popular captacha script. Not sure why that didn't go with you.

Team Fortress 2, Football Manager, SimCity 4

Most of the games which left me a great impression were of a now-dwindling genre (adventure games). I personally hold The Longest Journey ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Journey ) as its apex.

I've been spending a lot of time designing buildings in Sauerbraten recently.

HTML 5 games ;) http://www.casualgirlgamer.com/articles/entry/28/The-Best-30...

I usually prefer to hang out with friends for an hour or go out for a walk when tired.

May be because I'm not usually bored of working but tired of looking at the screen.

But it helps. You might wanna give it a shot.

Chess and checkers. I find it to be quite engaging and extremely satisfying to beat an opponent over the Internet on my GNU/Linux computational device.

Sins of a Solar Empire, Mount and Blade, or an RPG - I loved the Neverwinter series, and I can't wait for Fable 3 to come out for PC....

Nonograms ( http://www.goobix.com/games/nonograms/ )

Heroes of Newerth, Battlefield Bad Company

Civ V at the moment.

Dwarf Fortress

Call of duty

Amazing game, makes me miss having an XBOX.

Wargames ("hacking" games). I like that they are much harder than normal games, and you learn a lot of useful stuff playing them.

Web based: http://bright-shadows.net

Console based: http://www.smashthestack.org/

TF Classic

Everquest 2 Extended (EQ2 fremium version)

F1 2010

Burnout - original and best

Total War - all versions

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