4 Oct
1998
4 Oct
'98
4:42 p.m.
On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
What is the 'pratical purpose' in playing
video games? Sure they're an
entertainment. But there is no real point in getting a high score, right?
Building a CPU should be like that. It's entertaining. It's a hobby. And
for me, the feeling I get when it runs its first instruction almost
certainly exceeds any feeling I would get from a video game (OK, so I
don't like games much, but you get the point).
Actually, I think I can relate more to getting a good feeling when
something I'm creating works for the first time. Video games never really
did it for me.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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