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FTL has got my teenage son addicted
« on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:25:16 »
Some time a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled on a discussion of the FTL game here.

I never game, but I got it for my son and he has been enthralled for a solid week at least.

He has been playing shoot-em-up games for a while, but he says "Daddy, this is the first one that really makes me use my mind."

So, thanks, I guess.

He needs something else to do with himself, but I am glad that he is learning to think like a leader rather than an animal, at least.
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Re: FTL has got my teenage son addicted
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:27:14 »
whats FTL?
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Re: FTL has got my teenage son addicted
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:28:23 »
Faster Than Light?
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Re: FTL has got my teenage son addicted
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:30:02 »
Quote from: JesuswasaZombie on Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:28:23
Faster Than Light?

Gottcha...Thanks for that info.
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Re: FTL has got my teenage son addicted
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:31:40 »
A quick Google search turns up, Faster than Light. This sounds a lot like Enders Game. 'This my favorite book, TBH.
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Re: FTL has got my teenage son addicted
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:45:41 »
Sorry, I was under the impression that "I" was the one failing to be with it! Silly old me!

Faster Than Light is a single player Steam game.

You are the captain of a spaceship, and you have to actually manage the entire operation of the ship, not just fly around and shoot.

Apparently, there is quite a bit to do. Give it a whirl, for $10 it seems like a worthwhile game.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: FTL has got my teenage son addicted
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:51:48 »
This is exactly Enders Game! That's worth a read for him, since you were asking for books for him earlier this year. The game sounds cool!
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