# Computer games & life

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-life/29044>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 12, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-life/29044 "2000-08-12T01:00:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-life/29044/21 "2000-08-15T21:44:46Z")

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In video games, I can bounce off boulders in my Hummer!

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**Author:** ![The\_Raven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@The\_Raven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-games-life/29044/22 "2000-08-16T02:22:57Z")

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In a video game, I can take over the world with my Mongol hordes, leading them to glorious victory! Crush mine enemies and see them driven before me! Hear the lamentations of their women and taste their most expensive wines!

…And I’ve played wayyy too much Age of Kings again. Ah well. The expansion pack awaits…

And where I live, most arcade games run from 25 cents to a dollar, with fifty to seventy five being common.

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