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"opus007" <opus00777@adelphia.net> wrote in message 
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>. . .games that required thought, intelligence and resourcefulness?
>
> I was watching Television for a while tonight and saw 2 or 3 
> advertisements
> for console games. All were 1st person shooters where basically, you
> walk/run through different areas attempting to kill everything that moves.
> I have tried to play a few and truthfully, the biggest thinking challenges
> seem to be:
>
> 1.  Should I use the Bazooka or the RPG Launcher
> 2.  What object should I hide behind so I can kill it before it kills me
>
> I may be stretching things but -  what ever happened to the games where 
> you
> had to listen to dialogue between characters, pick up items and even 
> combine
> inventory items to solve a puzzle?

It seems as though people cannot discuss adventure games *without* taking a 
veiled shot at other games and the people who play them. I play all kinds of 
games (including adventure games), and trust me, many shooters require 
plenty of thought, intelligence and resourcefulness - just because it's not 
your cup of tea does not mean you should insult the genre.