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 Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:35 Post subject: Games that made you more educated |
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Yeah. By that i mean games that made you research something you had no interest in before. Here are a couple of exemple for me :
Assassin Creed 2 : Made me research the Italian renaissance period as i liked the atmosphere and setting of the game.
Sleeping Dogs : Made me look into Hong Kong , its lifestyle , history , politics ect
Metal Gear Series : Made me look into various military stuff , nuclear weapons , future weapon technology , PMCs ect , MIC ect
Deus Ex : Made me look into politics and various groups (FEMA , Trilateral Comission , UN ect).
Those are the ones on top of my head.
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:38 Post subject: |
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Rome: Total War made me interested in classical history and Empire made me research the period.
"I think Call of Duty resonates because it's believable and relatable," Sledgehammer Games cofounder Michael Condrey says.
Believable and relatable...Yep, sounds like Call of Duty
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:39 Post subject: |
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3D Gay Villa taught me to.. wait.
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:40 Post subject: |
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well L.A Noire really made me interested in the era it depicted, everything seemed so elegant back then.
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:42 Post subject: |
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Kings Quest series and space quest series/all point and click adventures gave me a ton of outside of the box thinking when I was a kid.
Edit: ^ fucken Wizard.
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:47 Post subject: |
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| fable2 wrote: | | well L.A Noire really made me interested in the era it depicted, everything seemed so elegant back then. |
Good pick. I liked LA Noire for that reason too. It certainly was well done when it comes to the atmosphere of the time period.
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:49 Post subject: |
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Broken Sword - the Crusades, the real Templar Knights
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Oct 2012 23:56 Post subject: |
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Hearts of iron, Europa Universalis, Crusader Kings and Victoria, to some degree civilization. You learn a ton ingame and I've looked up so many nations, wars, cultures, religions etc. Fantastic stuff!
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:08 Post subject: |
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Carmageddon for letting me enjoy killing other people.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:11 Post subject: Re: Games that made you more educated |
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| S.S.S wrote: | Metal Gear Series : Made me look into various military stuff , nuclear weapons , future weapon technology , PMCs ect , MIC ect
Deus Ex : Made me look into politics and various groups (FEMA , Trilateral Comission , UN ect). |
dafuq, how could you forget to mention nanotechnology for both of those?! 
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I learned to read on Polish adventure games- "Kajko i Kokosz" and "Książe i Tchórz"
Learned English on Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
Started to earn interest in transhumanism by playing Deus Ex.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:16 Post subject: |
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I learned something from every game.. 
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:16 Post subject: Re: Games that made you more educated |
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:22 Post subject: |
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| BLaM! wrote: | | I learned something from every game.. |
Pretty much this  |
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:29 Post subject: |
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nanotechnology is not (limited to) future weapons technology 
But I fully agree, those 2 games were the ones that "teached" me some really cool shit.
Calling nastasha on MGS with a particular weapon equipped to hear her explanation and some other cool stuff (like the coriolis effect on a bullet when you called her on the sniper wolf duel), master miller's lectures... 
And Deus Ex on a whole, so much win 
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:39 Post subject: |
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Civilization, for teaching me about famous rulers and cultures, technological progression and its effects, about warfare and politics and construction, famous landmarks, and much more.
Pools of Radiance and the AD&D series, for teaching me about things like "constitution" and "charisma," about tactical considerations and teamwork, and about a multitude of mythical monsters and beasts.
Shogun and Medieval Total War, for Japanese and European history, real-time tactics, military concepts, and the joys of terrain. Also taught me the value of investment and grooming, etc.
Europa Universalis for teaching me grand strategy, history, politics, economics, and how it all ties together. Also, the value of reading manuals and guides, and of the benefits of never giving up on something.
And of course, the best of all: The Oregon Trail. Which taught me that life used to be pretty rough and that survival skills never go out of style.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 00:50 Post subject: |
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C64 text based adventures. Eric the Viking, Hobbit, etc... helped me learn an english language to a some degree. You started playing a game and had to figure out what words did the game recognize (examine, search, inspect and so on).
World of tanks too since i became interested in the WWII machinery and similar stuff.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 01:43 Post subject: |
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every rpg I played when I was young, especially Ultima Online, taught me a pretty good basic english.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 01:54 Post subject: |
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The Total War games made me a little more interested in their time periods. Especially Napoleon and Empire, my prior knowledge of those eras was basically 'men in stupid looking uniforms standing in a line and shooting each other'.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 02:19 Post subject: |
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The Gabriel Knight games ... made me look into a lot of stuff
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 02:45 Post subject: |
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Anything from Magnetic Scrolls and Sierra in the early 80's. Can't say i've spent much time in school at all during my life, but playing games taught me decent enough english, they were really the driving force.
Any game that i've modded has increased my understanding of photoshop, art and 3D modelling.
Historical games usually makes me want to read books about that particular time period. Total War series for example.
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| Posted: Tue, 2nd Oct 2012 03:48 Post subject: |
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3d gay villa all the way men
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