In reply to Derek Smart.

LOL!!!!

Yep he and I used to "Commune" before the WWW even came to be, back on UseNet, via email and that old thing called the analog telephone. He's QUITE the character and oh my gosh were there some feud's!

I had alot of respect for the guy however. Doing it "his way" as the commercial game industry was (and still is) anything but that. When I left the industry in fact at various development houses the "consumer" was often also called "the addict". Literally.

Content and experience in the Entertainment created to tap nerve centers in the brain to become a compulsive addictive experience from scene to scene, level to level etc. tapping many of the centers that are EXACTLY the same for substance abuse addictions (hence the usage of the term).

I personally dont play much. When I do I prefer real world simulations like WW II flight sims and such which pretty much cease to exist now, so instead its driving simulators. Just need close the blinds so knowbody peers in and goes, "Look! I thought I'd saw it all! There is a guy driving his TV Set with a steering wheels, peddles, a clutch, even a gated shifter!!! SUP WITH THAT!" LOL :)