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Are videogames for morons?

>> No.3726927

define "are," "videogames," "for," and "morons."

>> No.3726935

No, not entirely. Some are, of course, but plenty of games (LA Noire and Deus Ex Human Revolution, to give two recent examples) are aimed at intelligent audiences.

>> No.3726988

Nope.

>> No.3727007

Yes, take a random videogames fan and you'll see.

>> No.3727011

>>3726935
>Philosophical ideas a 12 year old has with watered down plots
>intelligent

>> No.3727012

nope, videogames challenge mental faculties.

>> No.3727027

>>3727011
>any book, movie or other form of media
>Philosophical ideas a 12 year old has with watered down plots
>intelligent
Not even kidding. I'm so smart that i feel like every philosophical idea is stupidly simple.

>> No.3727030

>>3727011

Oh, 12-year-olds debate transhumanism and its ethical and sociological issues, do they? News to me.

>> No.3727034

inb4 dwarf fortress

>> No.3727062

Deus Ex was a neat game for its time, but the idea was already afloat decades before, due to conspiracy theories stemming from antisemitism in the early part of the last century.

Deus Ex: HR - Seemed more like an allusion to the religion vs. science battle.

I'm a big fan of both games, but their basic ideas were not original and they were not grown-breaking enough to have the games considered cerebral in their own right.

>> No.3727066

>>3727062

groundbreaking*

>> No.3727071

Anything except hard social sciences is for morons.

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