17th August 2006, 12:35 AM
I've seen that "Knights Online" game where you do pay real world money for in-game armor and stuff. No thanks. All that does is create a world where how well to do someone is in reality affects how well to do they are in the game. We play games to ESCAPE the reality of being desperatly poor (it, along with all OTHER entertainment, is what drives our economy! It's the opiate of the masses, and the fact I spelled that word wrong should tell you exactly how unfamiliar I am with drugs), not to be reminded of our real world failings in a game! They should be some sort of Great Equalizer! :D
I thought Monopoly was supposed to be the world's most cynical game (it claims as much right on the box) but wow we have some contenders! Monopoly never sent us on a buying spree to obtain more monopoly money by paying real money, thus netting an advantage during play with more starting cash.
I thought Monopoly was supposed to be the world's most cynical game (it claims as much right on the box) but wow we have some contenders! Monopoly never sent us on a buying spree to obtain more monopoly money by paying real money, thus netting an advantage during play with more starting cash.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)