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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Neither. Rubbish. Buy something which has some actually benefit.
Depends on your point of view.
For a child, they are rubbish and irresponsible but for an adult, they can be great fun.
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Slacker007 wrote: can be great fun
I don't see how. Somehow the kid convinced the wife to buy him GTA 5 -- after seeing that it's simply all pointless violence, we took it away.
I bought him Portal 2 the other day.
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My son and I play Minecraft and he is showing interest in SIMs games.
I don't let him play overtly violent video games.
I on the other hand, enjoy playing violent combat games with people all over the world. It is fun, and it relaxes me, interestingly enough.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: after seeing that it's simply all pointless violence, we took it away
Depending how old is your kid you probably did the right thing however it doesn't make GTA 5 a bad game - it makes it a game just not for you.
Going that way Minecraft is a game with a lot of pointless violence (you killed that cute pigs that looked at you just before? Many times?). Not to mention pointless building for countless hours some virtual non-existing structures that can be destroyed in seconds 
Every game is enjoyment bought for money. It is just different amount for that enjoyment for different people. And while I strongly encourage to monitor what your kid plays you could at least watch some youtube of GTA 5 to save your kid disappointment later when you took the game away.
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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...you could at least watch some youtube of GTA 5 to save your kid disappointment later when you took the game away.
I agree. Rooster Teeth has done a large number of videos called 'Things to Do in:' which is basically them just monkeying around in games doing random challenges and such after they've tired of the main game. Nerd Cubed and In The Little Wood also have a number of collab challenge videos in the same vein. The vast number of these videos showcase things you can do in the sandbox of a game that aren't violent in nature at all (crazy races, flying challenges, rooftop stunt-jumps, etc.) Though, being adults, they do tend to degrade to pointless violence once they tire of challenges. Still, they're full of ideas one could use to have fun with their children, without requiring the violence.
Dismissing a fantastic sandbox like this simply because the core game is violent is foolish in my eyes.
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The other day I built a 16bit messaging system in Minecraft.
Best pointless fun I've had in a long time.
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SR IV gets very silly very quickly
GTA V is a bit better than IV but still rather dull
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Saints Row IV is great fun, with all the super-powers and such. Personally I enjoyed Saints Row: The Third more. Haven't had a chance to go back and play Saints Row 2 yet.
My suggestion would actually be to play Saints Row: The Third first, then play Saints Row IV. There's heavy continuity between the two games, and you won't really get some of the jokes in IV unless you've played The Third.
Haven't played GTA 5 yet, since I'm waiting on the PC release. It looks good, and I'm looking forward to playing it, but TBH, I really enjoyed the silliness of the Saints Row games. They're a refreshing change from the realism that the GTA games attempt (and do a decent job of achieving.)
Bottom line is they aren't even really in the same ballpark. Sure, they're both 3rd person open-world crime simulators, but their spirits are so far removed it's foolish to try comparing them. If you enjoy silly games, go Saints Row. If you prefer realism, go GTA. I say play both. 
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Wherever you are DD, I know that from somewhere you are watching over all of us. And I hope that I shall not disappoint you.
Guiltless of causing peer transfiguration at the New York Twin Towers the English aristocrats exclaimed at four: "They fall from the High Line with vertical acceleration!" (10)
Should not be too difficult, but if it is, should I post a hint?
Actually I just realised that my signature is a pretty good hint!
Life is too shor
modified 19-Jan-15 8:28am.
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Purely random guess: "Appearance"?
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Agent__007 wrote: "Appearance"?
Unfortunately not even remotely close.
Life is too shor
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Yet another random guess: "Asymptotes"?
I have no idea why I am thinking this is somehow related to the Mathematics*..  
*for World peace!
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Nope. Think vertical.
Life is too shor
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Ok, another wild hunch: "Projectile"?
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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That is rarely vertical, isn't it? : )
Life is too shor
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Well it is. It does have a gravitational acceleration (i.e. vertical) component for its motion. 
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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"Lightening"?
Now if that's incorrect as well, I will try after you give a hint (unless someone gets it correct, of course).
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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Nope. And please post your guesses by replying to the original message.
Life is too shor
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Sure, but only when you give a hint. I don't think I can possibly get the answer without it.
megaadam wrote: your guesses
Hey, those were not "guesses" you know (although I phrased it that way), I can show you the reasoning for any of the potential answers I gave. It's just that I didn't think they were correct.
Your time will come, if you let it be right.
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megaadam wrote: Life is too shor
But your clue is too looooooooooooooooooong...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Parachutes ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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No, sorry.
Life is too shor
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Impossibru for me
Gravity is too short gravitation is too long
Freefall is too short downstream fits but i dunno
if(this.signature != "")
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MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
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Not freefall, even though it could be claimed that freefall is involved to a significant degree.
Life is too shor
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Basejumper ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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