Thread: Am I just Getting Old?

It's a healthy part of a balanced education

I find the older I get (I'm 24), the more interested I am in the early 20th century. I don't really like a whole lot of the culture that we have right now and wish things had evolved a little differently. Anyone remember Batman the animated series from the early 90's? Kind of a good example of what would have been cool as a lot of the styles and different things in the show can be placed in the 40's, 50's and 60's, yet at times there is almost advanced technology. I'd very much like to live in a world where the 40's never went out of style. I'm a huge fan of art deco as well.
This is why my girlfriend calls me old haha

What's to say it won't be used in the students own time, between lectures etc. However I think how it was funded is more important, were the x boxes donated, who provides games etc. And even if they were donated, would a donation of actual computers have been more useful?

Sort of dovetails with moving back home after graduation.

Originally Posted by kwlfca

I find the older I get (I'm 24), the more interested I am in the early 20th century. I don't really like a whole lot of the culture that we have right now and wish things had evolved a little differently. Anyone remember Batman the animated series from the early 90's? Kind of a good example of what would have been cool as a lot of the styles and different things in the show can be placed in the 40's, 50's and 60's, yet at times there is almost advanced technology. I'd very much like to live in a world where the 40's never went out of style. I'm a huge fan of art deco as well.
This is why my girlfriend calls me old haha

This man likes a lot of old things and he's 24 and likes a lot of old things, my two sons the oldest is 35 and youngest is 32, they both liked crazy rap and drove us nuts (short trip some days) but the oldest also likes Frank Sinatra and the youngest loves the Beach Boys, so I got to believe there is still hope for our world.

It seems an odd thing to promote, but if they offer game design classes it makes sense. For non gamers, video games only serve to be ultraviolent or faux-hypermasculine(sports games) escapism. What a lot of people don't realize is that there are lots of great stories being told in video games that could not be told elsewhere and that engage far longer than a book would.
I grew up reading everything I could get my hands on (still have a soft spot for Louis L'amour novellas. They're short and fun, if not formulaic) but we also had a commodore 64. By the time I was in High School, Windows 95 was out and I was playing Duke Nukem and Tomb Raider. Duke was just pointless goofy violence but Tomb Raider had some fun puzzles that required creative thinking to solve and offered immediate feedback. Myst was a giant puzzle that still blows my mind to think that the designers came up with such a maddeningly fun and challenging series of interconnected puzzles in an era where you either played solitaire/minesweeper or just killed pixelated Nazis and Aliens. Waaay ahead of its time in terms of game design. During my Sr. year of University, Halo came out. I managed to get straight A's in my classes while still staying up till two in the morning playing that game over and over again with friends. Get frustrated working on a late night research paper at 3am? Halo. Finish it at 6am and class at 8am? Coffee and Halo. It was a stress release that did wonders for me. Especially as I spent a large part of that year with a 10lb weight restriction due to health. It allowed me to socialize and have experiences with friends that I otherwise wouldn't have had. Yes, we played board games. I still have a special place in my heart for Risk.
These days, game design has gone to insane levels. I finally finished the Mass Effect series last week. Two Hundred (yes, 200) hours of game play between all three games over the last four years. Decisions that I made in the first game had an effect upon me in the second and third games. Choices weren't always easy especially knowing that to undo them I would have to replay the whole series. Now, it was possible to beat all three titles in about 80 hours if you wanted, but you didn't get to experience the complexity of the story.
I still read a good bit, but I have yet to find a book series that engaged me and allowed me to immerse myself in that world for so long. Maybe it's because even though I love spending time outside or with friends, but due to frequently poor health (crohn's disease is not a pleasant thing), I enjoy video games as a wonderful means of storytelling. Heck, two weeks ago I ran around 15th century Italy (that was recreated usuing historical information and by sending the game designers to see the places they had to create). I may have assassinated the Pope, but that was just a fringe benefit...

Long rant over. Sorry. I spent all day yesterday fishing and didn't talk for 6 straight hours except to cuss out a bass that kept poking my lure but never taking it. Making up for lost time .

You are old, crotchety and Australian. Man, you just have no luck! LOL

Here is an example of how drastically universities are changing. 8/5/13 Jim Bohannon syndicated radio show. Jim interviewed a retired FBI Terrorist expert on his show. This gentleman put forth many scary facts and figures but the one that caught my ear was the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the administrations of at least 600 American Universities.

I wouldn't worry about an Xbox in the student lounge. You have more important things to think about.

Jim Bohannon worked in Army Intelligence when he was in Vietnam with a Top Secret clearance. Pay attention. This is not a drill. Do some research on this subject. England is already subject to certain points of Shariah Law. Your grandchildren ain't gonna like the future.

Our thoughts are constantly misdirected by the powers that be to keep our minds off the real issues. Here we are worried about an Xbox when the very fabric of our learning institutions are under subversive attack. Nobody is paying attention. We are focused on NASCAR, WWE, Talent Shows and the like. Little by little, this country is being changed for the worst.

Hope and change? Good luck..............

Dang Jerry, you just went hardcore on us.

I think Jimbo was just trying to get across, that he felt the students could have been doing something more constructive with their time while on campus.

The Muslim Brotherhood will have their hands full with my son & his children; they will be continuing our tradition.
Universities will have no influence on my son's ideology.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Dang Jerry, you just went hardcore on us.

I think Jimbo was just trying to get across, that he felt the students could have been doing something more constructive with their time while on campus.

The Muslim Brotherhood will have their hands full with my son & his children; they will be continuing our tradition.
Universities will have no influence on my son's ideology.

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Didn't mean to scare you. Just enlighten you. The xbox is the least of our worries. Dark forces are afoot and most people have their heads in the sand. Pun intended.