Gary D
Distinguished Member
I wasn't sure where to put this but i think Gen chat will be best.
with the coming of the 360 in a couple of months time MRs D and myself were talking about video games and there future. the only conclusion is that the ultimate video game must surely be the "holodeck" from Star Trek.
At first glance everyone will say "yeah the holodeck how cool". so the first thing most blokes will do is simulate baywatch circa 1994 and get trapped in the beach hut
(or something similair - hey dont blame me porn drives the world forward ) then you might to decide to be an F1 racing driver, or a space man or ANYTHING you can think of the only limit is your imagination
But would it be a good thing? in fact the more we talked about it, the incidious it became. for example you wouldn't have to learn any social skills or earn anymore money than it takes to keep you alive. you wouldn't need to buy products (except the holodeck and some electricty to power it) you wouldn't consume anything at all, which would lead to the collaspse of the economy. on a personal level you wouldn't need too form relationships because you could make a virtual woman who would do anything for you. so you wouldn't breed in the outside world, leading to the death of the human race.
people would get home from work (what work is left) and get straight into the HD to live their lives? (echos of Better than life - Red Drawf)
Dave-S would step into battlestar when he gets home from work , Razor will do anything in HD as long as its a true story i'd most likely be Mulder
So if the holodeck is the ultimate video game - would it signal the end of mankind? and is there some technology that shouldn't be invented?
Gary
with the coming of the 360 in a couple of months time MRs D and myself were talking about video games and there future. the only conclusion is that the ultimate video game must surely be the "holodeck" from Star Trek.
At first glance everyone will say "yeah the holodeck how cool". so the first thing most blokes will do is simulate baywatch circa 1994 and get trapped in the beach hut
(or something similair - hey dont blame me porn drives the world forward ) then you might to decide to be an F1 racing driver, or a space man or ANYTHING you can think of the only limit is your imaginationBut would it be a good thing? in fact the more we talked about it, the incidious it became. for example you wouldn't have to learn any social skills or earn anymore money than it takes to keep you alive. you wouldn't need to buy products (except the holodeck and some electricty to power it) you wouldn't consume anything at all, which would lead to the collaspse of the economy. on a personal level you wouldn't need too form relationships because you could make a virtual woman who would do anything for you. so you wouldn't breed in the outside world, leading to the death of the human race.
people would get home from work (what work is left) and get straight into the HD to live their lives? (echos of Better than life - Red Drawf)
Dave-S would step into battlestar when he gets home from work
, Razor will do anything in HD as long as its a true story i'd most likely be Mulder So if the holodeck is the ultimate video game - would it signal the end of mankind? and is there some technology that shouldn't be invented?
Gary
