[Godstud]

@Deutschmania There are no satanic video games and dumbassery of the 1980s showed how stupid conservatives were.

[noemon]

@noemon

If you ever get a chance, play Diablo 4. Excellent game. I bought it yesterday evening and played it. I was told your character can go all the way up to level 100 in the game. Won't get a chance to play much of it today given I am studying for the CompTIA Sec+ exam.

Yeah, I've been thinking about it, cause I got an early access invite from Blizzard as I'm still playing StarCraft II on and off vs others.

I'm worried it will suck a lot of my time.

I still remember the "satanic" arguments since the 90's. My mum who is very christian orthodox used to go mental against Diablo.

[Deutschmania]

On the topic of Christian themed games, I’ve been going crazy over Blasphemous recently. It explores and builds on the subject of religious masochism, i.e. torturing oneself as an act of ultimate penance. Might be a tad too disturbing for some of ya’ll though.

On the topic of Blasphemous, which up until now I wasn't aware of its existence , I was going to to point out that the spell casting found within its gameplay might be considered to be incompatible with Christian spiritual practice, but then I remembered powwowing , as well as certain aspects of the Charismatic movement. So while they might prefer to deem it an act of worship rather than of magick, a number of professed Christians just might say incantations. P.S. If I might mention a movie I just recently legally watched free of cost on YouTube, called "Amish Witches" . It is a supernatural thriller along similar lines to " The Blair Witch Project " . Such fantasy video games , containing Christian derived themes and imagery , reminds me of it.

- ( link to the YouTube movie I mentioned)

[Politics_Observer]

@noemon

Ahhh man! You only live once! I strongly encourage you to buy Diablo IV. You can play a wizard, necromancer, druid, barbarian, and rogue. This Diablo IV has main quests and side quests you can do too.

[Szabo]

These are my two favourite GTA songs of all time:

[ihallhou]

I think it depends on the game. Also, any good thing can be made bad by overdoing it. Ice cream, we all agree, is inherently good, but if you eat a gallon of it every night, you're not going to live very long.

Some games are essentially works of art. Take BG3. A masterpiece, but I still found myself spending too long playing it, and it affected the rest of my life negatively.

[Skynet]

I have a theory: Western soldiers perform better because they are trained since early age on the best videogames.

Pilots also use simulations.