Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20151224121621/@comment-1496755-20160103171115

Sounds like reading this series is a chore. Reminds me of those books we had to read back at school. Every summer, we had a list of "mandatory" titles that we had to read before the next school year. Some of these things were interesting, but most were archaic and boring. And some were so old that the book itself barely remained intact while holding it in my hands :P

The most interesting period was in the 10th grade - we were studying world literature from several literary eras, e.g. the Renaissance (yay for secularism), Romanticism (exotic and dramatic characters, always with a dark side), the Enlightenment (empowered humans subduing nature through intellect and strength of will), Realism (harsh and gritty, like games nowadays), etc. And the list even included an openly erotic, at times even pornographic book - The Decameron. I still can't believe they let us read that (we were all 16 at the time). Try to imagine all the silly giggling when we discussed it in class...

Oh yes, there are many games that I wanted to try but could not, mostly due to hardware constraints. This isn't an issue anymore, so now my problem "what should I try first" :P

Most of the newer games are fine, though not overwhelming like the old classics once were. Playing the new Wolfenstein games was a great experience, but it hardly compares to my excitement when I played stuff like Quake 2 or Heretic 2 for the first time.