[funzone36]

I think Ps3 will be the last playstation. I don't think there will be a ps4. Ps4 will likely come out by 2012. By then, peak oil may have already hit us.

I also think video games with high quality graphics won't exist anymore since they require so much electricity. Some old 2d games might still work with renewable energy.

Man....... I wish we didn't have peak oil. Before I knew peak oil, I anticipated starcraft 2. Starcraft was the best game I played.

[seldom_seen]

Unless we start right *now* with the full commitment of industry and government to create a 'manhattan project' for ps4, you could be right. Ps3 could be the end of the line.

[Coolman]

Unfortunitly with the situation we are in we don't need a return to the stone age to make video games disappear. Just one good crisis and it gets ripped off the consumers lists because food is more important that video games.

Same goes for places like Disneyworld, Disneyland and Las Vagas. They are so trivial in the meaning of life and are such luxuries that they will disapear much sooner. Not to mention they all use a crap load of energy.

You can bet that the keeping up with the Jones' attitude will end soon. Which is good. Its time to start being like my neighbor and making a drawer into a grill. This guy is a genius.

Humans all across the world will soon discover that their primate brain is excellent for creating really neat stuff out of other stuff. And we shall be proud of our creations, not just buying stuff to avoid being bored.

[AmericanEmpire]

Yeah, it sucks that we won't have the energy to play video games in the future. And we probably won't even think about them as we'll be doing all we can just to survive.

I'm trying to get all the playing I can in now before the shit hits the fan. Damn, my life wasn't supposed to be like this.

[Omnitir]

I disagree with the hardcore pessimistic point of view. Peak oil is a liquid fuels crisis, not a general energy crisis, so there will be electricity around for quite a while to not only power the refrigerator, freezer, microwave and lights, but also the computer, television, Playstation and what ever else.

If (when) there is a recession, the problem for computer game entertainment won’t be the availability of power, but the availability of new AAA games. High-end game development is expensive thanks to the massive content that needs to be generated for these titles, and even before peak oil most games do not make a profit. During a recession you can bet that most pro developers will close up shop, and the few that manage to remain in business will not be able to afford to make titles like they do now (several years developing unique content), but will be forced to become as efficient as possible, often recycling old game content into new game concepts. Fortunately it is now possible to make reasonable quality games without long development cycles – it’s only the cutting edge stuff that costs the big dollars.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Coolman', '
')Unfortunitly with the situation we are in we don't need a return to the stone age to make video games disappear. Just one good crisis and it gets ripped off the consumers lists because food is more important that video games.

[PhilBiker]

Video games are a dumb way to flush your productive years down the toilet. Go outside and play.

[Falconoffury]

I take solace in the fact that Dungeons and Dragons and similar tabletop roleplaying games will survive. All you need are paper, pencil, and dice. We can definitely carve dice out of hardwood if the need arises. Chess will also survive. Games will be put back in the hands of the nerdy social outcasts where they belong.

It's ironic that Dungeons and Dragons is in a medieval setting, because we will end up close to a medieval setting.

The future of computers is uncertain. Computers may revert back to their early days of punch cards, gears, and cranks. The challenge will be to maintain the power, materials, and infrastructure that allows us to manufacture transistor boards.

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Falconoffury', 'I') take solace in the fact that Dungeons and Dragons and similar tabletop roleplaying games will survive. All you need are paper, pencil, and dice. We can definitely carve dice out of hardwood if the need arises. Chess will also survive. Games will be put back in the hands of the nerdy social outcasts where they belong.

It's ironic that Dungeons and Dragons is in a medieval setting, because we will end up close to a medieval setting.

The future of computers is uncertain. Computers may revert back to their early days of punch cards, gears, and cranks. The challenge will be to maintain the power, materials, and infrastructure that allows us to manufacture transistor boards.

[Falconoffury]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'V')ideo games are a dumb way to flush your productive years down the toilet. Go outside and play.

[lateStarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') think the biggest change to gaming in a PO world will not be electricity but rather we will no longer have 4 hours to kill.

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') think the biggest change to gaming in a PO world will not be electricity but rather we will no longer have 4 hours to kill.

[PrairieMule]

Sorry! I do NOT think however recreation in general will go away. My bad...

[UIUCstudent01]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Falconoffury', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')ivilization

[lateStarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'S')orry! I do NOT think however recreation in general will go away. My bad...

[UIUCstudent01]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', 'S')orry! I do NOT think however recreation in general will go away. My bad...

[funzone36]

I still see action games as a way to train ourselves for the military draft.

[Omnitir]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PhilBiker', '
')Video games are a dumb way to flush your productive years down the toilet. Go outside and play.

[Falconoffury]

When I said, "artistic" I actually meant in design, not in visuals. I am not seeing many creative visions being applied in games these days.

In civilization, I disagree that the outcome can become decided long before the end. I've beaten the odds before. It's a game that can challenge you to think about your choices.

[lateStarter]

Omnitir,

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou may not realise it, but video games often engage multiple people at once. Playing a game alone in the dark is not the only option. Games can be quite social in the proper setting.

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', 'O')mnitir,
Always being plugged in and available is not always a good thing. The flip side of living in an 'industrialised' society is that it seems to leave you with not only little free time, but less inclination to use whatever free time left, with interacting with other humans in a physical (as opposed to vitual) way!