Teenage boys and FPS
I play Urban Terror. It is an "old school" FPS based on the Quake 3 engine. It's selling points are:
1) It's free
2) It runs on older computers
3) Is Linux compatible
4) Hollywood-esq FPS with real life weapons
In playing Urban Terror (or UrT as it is called) you learn about modern rifles and handguns. And you learn tactics and quick thinking strategy. I like it. It's great to run around shooting your opponents before they shoot you. It relieves stress.
Last night I was playing before it was time to retire to our bedroom. Now most times you have a wide variety of ages playing. There are 13 year olds and I've seen people as old as early fifties gamers. Women also play (there are many who kick my butt regularly) FYI. But mostly the game is populated by teenage boys. So you get a lot of chatter about what teenage boys talk about. Most times I ignore it, but sometimes I try to be funny. Here's some of the conversation (my apologies to veterans of foreign wars in advance):
UrT Teenage boy 1: What is your favorite part of a woman's body?
Random player: butt
Random player: breasts
Me: Knees
Random player: knees???
Random player: Why do you like a woman's knees?
Me: Because knees always stay firm and supple.
Random Player: I like feet.
Me: A good pair of toes are perfect on a woman.
Random player: How many of you have a girlfriend?
Me: I don't. I'm married.
Random player: I bet your wife has sexy toes.
Me: No. She doesn't have toes.
Random player: ???
Me: She lost them in the war.
Random player: In what war?
Me: Iraq. She's a vet, lost her toes in the war.
Me: I miss women with sexy toes.
1) It's free
2) It runs on older computers
3) Is Linux compatible
4) Hollywood-esq FPS with real life weapons
In playing Urban Terror (or UrT as it is called) you learn about modern rifles and handguns. And you learn tactics and quick thinking strategy. I like it. It's great to run around shooting your opponents before they shoot you. It relieves stress.
Last night I was playing before it was time to retire to our bedroom. Now most times you have a wide variety of ages playing. There are 13 year olds and I've seen people as old as early fifties gamers. Women also play (there are many who kick my butt regularly) FYI. But mostly the game is populated by teenage boys. So you get a lot of chatter about what teenage boys talk about. Most times I ignore it, but sometimes I try to be funny. Here's some of the conversation (my apologies to veterans of foreign wars in advance):
UrT Teenage boy 1: What is your favorite part of a woman's body?
Random player: butt
Random player: breasts
Me: Knees
Random player: knees???
Random player: Why do you like a woman's knees?
Me: Because knees always stay firm and supple.
Random Player: I like feet.
Me: A good pair of toes are perfect on a woman.
Random player: How many of you have a girlfriend?
Me: I don't. I'm married.
Random player: I bet your wife has sexy toes.
Me: No. She doesn't have toes.
Random player: ???
Me: She lost them in the war.
Random player: In what war?
Me: Iraq. She's a vet, lost her toes in the war.
Me: I miss women with sexy toes.