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Hope your customers don't realise the contempt you seem to feel for them....
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I play a lot of Fifa (offline). I like to do a full season as a manager and play every single game. I also like story based games like Last Of Us, Plague Tale and to an extent God of war. I am not sure what's next. I was thrilled about Unknown9 but do not know what's going on with it.
If I am not doing this, I am watching true crime documentaries or crime thrillers. And some stand up comedy to regain sanity. 
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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My current favorite is Skyrim -- I prefer games with a large fan-created mod base, as there are new things to try.
zDoom is an open source version of Doom that runs on current platforms, and will run the WADs from Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, and a few more. The graphics are certainly 90's, but still fun. And more than Skyrim, there are a huge number of replacement WADs.
If anyone is into old arcade games, try MAME. It will execute the ROMs from old games -- if you can get the ROMS.
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Yes, currently "World of Tanks". Why? because I enjoy giving the Russian mafia financed developer team all my extra spending cash.  
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Heh,
It's amazing how many veterans play that game. Combat engineer (sapper) friend of mine was injured many years ago and was disabled. He sits at home all day now playing World of Tanks. He still uses his old call sign, like he's frozen in time.
How old is that game? I think he was playing it 6-7 years ago. I recently checked up on him and he's still playing it.
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I'm a veteran as well. I love the game. I have been playing it for 3+ years now. I think the game is 10+ years old.
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Last time I played WoT (couple of years ago) I was under the impression from the in-game "chat" that the Russian Mafia were playing the game as much as financing it.... 
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Sudoku and 2048 for a quick game, sometimes chess (the rating system doesn't go low enough for me. ), otherwise no.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've been playing computer games since the seventies (Colossal Cave started it), but Doom (and then Doom II) became an addiction. It's GTA V at the moment - the new (and free) Contracts DLC is pretty good, and great for grinding. Especially this week when Payphone Hits (Assassination missions with an optional-but-lucrative bonus for taking them out in a specific way such as driving them into the sea in a taxi) are paying double. And the Dr Dre contact missions introduced me to the Combat MG which is now my weapon of choice.
When I grow bored of that, I'll probably move to The Witcher III.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Colossal Cave
I never played Colossal Cave but I did play Rogue[^] in the early 80's. 
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Colossal Cave used to be available on the Amazon App Store. Might still be.
Rogue was the first game where I was involved in reverse engineering. There was a fairly weak scramble on the “god” password.
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Can recommend Witcher 3 (don't normally go for swords and magic type games but this just looks so good and the story is interesting).
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I've been a Monster Hunter fan since the PS2, and currently play a bit of Monster Hunter Rise on the Switch. The 4-player local/online co-op has made it easily my favorite multiplayer series. My friends and I have enjoyed the franchise for years! A few years ago, MH World made its way to Steam, but it just felt different.
For single player, I've been finishing up the Horizon Zero Dawn achievements on PC (two left!) I've enjoyed it quite a lot. I don't typically chase achievements, but I needed an excuse to hang out in that world for a bit longer. 
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0x01AA wrote: to relax then and when
The youngsters today play games for entertainment. It took me a few years (back in the 80's) to finish Robot Odyssey[^]
You had to build circuits with logic gates to pass each level. There were no instructions included!
The Hardest Computer Game of All Time[^]
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0x01AA wrote: Keep in mind old fart responding here
Hah! And another here (63 next month), but I gave up Tetris decades ago ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Quote: but I gave up Tetris decades ago ...
Weichei (softy I think is the translation)
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I played Asteroids and Tank a little bit in the 70s in college. Not much since then. I use computers as a tool rather than for entertainment, although I acknowledge that entertainment is one of the biggest industries in the world and a main driver of computer tech. when I was in college someone I knew did a Master's thesis about how entertainment would be the biggest driver of computer tech going forward. Although IMO it might be second to defense. Hard to judge, and I am not interested enough in the statistics to check it out. For entertainment I take nature walks and study botany. It is a balance against the tech world I work in.
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Just finished Final Fantasy VII Remake, great game (though not as brilliant as the original)!
Before that I played Hades, very addictive.
Other than that I played Ratchet & Clank, the entire Mass Effect trilogy (awesome, epic, some of my all time favorites), Outriders, Baldur's Gate II (the original, not the enhanced version, for good old times sake)...
All of them on PS5, except BGII which I played on PC.
Started Kena: Bridge of Spirits, but unfortunately I don't like it very much due to lack of story.
Same goes for Darkest Dungeon.
Looking for a new game to play at the moment.
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I tried mass effect because I liked Elder Scrolls Skyrim and Fallout 4. Thought it was too structured. Both of those have good story lines though. and mods when you get bored of the base game.
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Like to play Age of Empires.
Working on an implementations of 19th century Prussian / British / American "war gaming".
Have found the roots of current games rules back to 1824. Only the distances, fire and casualty rates change. And formations. They had tables, index points, scaling factors, peg boards, "sounding boards" used to count off without looking. Large scale maps and true-to-scale unit blocks (a first). Standards and time intervals which could be varied according to the situation (frames). Lots of data collection and analysis. Just missing a computer.
Also, they had the "fog of war" (multiple maps; screens). And the uncertainty / friction factor (dice). The AI / final call was an umpire.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
modified 18-Jan-22 15:29pm.
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Gerry Schmitz wrote: roots of current games rules back to 1824
Check out Hounds and jackals[^]
Do you have a list? I'd like to read more about them if you have time.
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The "first" (true to scale) was the 1824 Von Reisswitz "Kriegsspiel"; followed by more expansive issues. (Search the web).
These were in turn translated by the British under "Rules for the conduct of the war game" 18xx. (search the web).
The U.S. took it to the next level with "The American Kriegsspiel 1882" and "Strategos 1880". Interestingly, the American authors each think their version is superior to the other. (Library of Congress).
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Can't belive yours is the only mention of Age of Empires.
I was too young to play AoE1 so I started off with AoE2 and then AoM and AoE3. I bought all the definitive editions on Steam and am now trying out AoE4 on Gamepass but will probably wait for a deep discount before buying it on Steam.
You?
Cheers,
Vikram.
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