On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
> What is the 'pratical purpose' in playing video games? Sure they're an
> entertainment. But there is no real point in getting a high score, right?
> Building a CPU should be like that. It's entertaining. It's a hobby. And
> for me, the feeling I get when it runs its first instruction almost
> certainly exceeds any feeling I would get from a video game (OK, so I
> don't like games much, but you get the point).
Actually, I think I can relate more to getting a good feeling when
something I'm creating works for the first time. Video games never really
did it for me.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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