Varieties of Gaming Experience

[trufflesniffer]

One day last week (they all seemed to blur together) I was playing GTA 3 (the 'original', though I remember the earlier, overhead predecessors) whilst listening to Radio 4 and a programme started whose premise seemed to be as follows: some concerned, well-meaning, well-healed, radio-4-listening, world-consciousness-raising parents believed their

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[xuande]

I can't speak for others, but the agoraphobia I'd no doubt suffer after spending any time on the Mongolian steppes would probably make me hide in a corner playing video games the rest of my life.

[trufflesniffer]

And here's the actual programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/gameboymongoliansteppe/pip/t5mcc/

Apparently the programme wasn't a one-off, but was a part of a week-long series!

[thapunkprincess]

Aha! When I meet new people I'll stop asking them what their name, age is etc. and ask them what their score is instead.

[trufflesniffer]

Name, age, (occupation, educational qualifications, possessions, annual number of holidays, apparent wealth, accent), etc are all proxies for 'score' ... the problem is people don't all agree on what's worth a good score, and what's not.