Gaming in your nation

[The Grand World Order]

Gaming is very popular.

Some extremely well-made RTS games are actually televised.

In televised RTS, there are three main kinds. One kind, the rarest, states that each contestant must control their army as a whole. Some shows will have technicians to carry out the contestant's orders, and others have large teams of contestants working like an authentic GWO BattleCOM Administrative Unit.

Often, themes will be seen. For example, a group of convicts might go up against a team of CCU officers, or "meat hawks" against vegetarians, et cetera.

[Rejistania]

Gaming is a way of life for many Nulonanoj,

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Rejistani youths like their games, even though 3d never caught on as much as it did elsewhere. Many games work better in 2d.

[KwunJin Corp]

Gaming/video games in PKC is a pastime for all the ages and gender. There are video games designed for elderly, teens, adult, college students, kids, men and women.
Some notable genres created by game companies in PKC are dating simulation, Life simulation, Heroic simulation, and School simulation. There are also the usual genres found in other countries like Sports, adventure, puzzle, fantasy, shooter, etc.

There are gaming cafes and gaming hotels in PKC where the customers can pay for stay in a hotel room and have their food delivered to their room. Gaming cafes provide a coffees, comfortable rooms or social gaming or single room.

In PKC, the gaming company generated 50 billion annually in profit.

[Magikavela]

Video games have been growing in popularity for a bit in Magikavela, with one of its territories, Arcadia, expanding in that industry.

The name's coincidental, mind you.



....Not really. <.<

[Vetalia]

Vetalian gaming focuses primarily on abstract, complex grand and real-time strategy games. The most popular, of course, are the business and economic simulations...in fact, what would be considered a game in Vetalia might very well be a solid business performance management suite in another country.

[Tutlingburg]

Tutlingburgian gaming is beginning to take off with over 150 million in hardware and software sales. Right now, foreign-made video games/systems have a huge share of the market, but analysts say it is only a matter of time before locally produced software and hardware becomes popular.

In a side-note, arcades stuffed with vintage video games and pinball machines are all the rage among the 18-24 crowd at the moment.

[Binary Load Lifters]

Fairly popular, though Binarians typically don't have access to the wide range of games available to other countries. Instead of violent games, we make access to psychological services more easier to see if we can sort out people's problems that way.

We understand that people will want to "let off steam" in some way, but it has to be in an acceptable way.

[Solar Communes]

There are two primary markets:

Games for retards and games for intellectuals.

Games for retards, which are attractive to the 99% of Solarians who happen to be total idiots because they were born in a society of total leisure where survival and basic needs are taken for granted, are usually Matrix-like realities designed as MMO"RP"Gs where everything is completely handed down to the player, and no challenge really exists. They tend to provide achievement awards over totally inane "achievements" and can even assume control of the player movements inside the reality so he can become awesome with no effort or learning curve. Conversations inside such realities make them look like virtual realities made of idiots. These games are filled to the trim with porn and sexual content and tend to involve far more often virtual reality sex than anything else. Even a complete imbecile can easily play these games.

Games for intellectuals are the complete opposite. Usually they are Massively Multiplayer Online 4X/Business Sim/Grand Strategy/Role-playing Game virtual realities that allow people to create simulated empires, business, revolutions and civilizations, organize and command military forces, guerrillas etc in dynamic worlds and sometimes entire galaxies with completely realistic strategic and tactical gameplay with the help of other players, and tend to be completely dynamic, with 99% of their content being player made instead of randomly generated by pseudo-AIs. They can be overwhelming for those who happen to be used to the other type of games in Solar Communes. Also they include elements from classical late 20th Century Pen and Paper tabletop RPGs and from LARP, having a very complex degree of gameplay and usually enforced "In-character" interaction between players.

[Kirhean Tribes]

Amongst our people engaging in "play" is believed to be one of the essential activities for the promotion of good health.

As such, our culture has developed a strong gaming industry. Both of the video, and gambling nature.


With the assistance of our nanites, we can link up to simulated realities and simultaneously stimulate our musculature. It is rare to see things such as "consoles" as most "games" are hosted on the hyper-net. By law it is illegal to charge subscription fees, as a result most of these simulations make money by charging for specialty services (such as unique weapons and the like).


Currently two games are competing for the top rank as most popular.

The first is a "sandbox" style game, wherein one starts with nothing and can progress to controlling entire planets. It has elements of both RPG, and Strategy and makes most of it's revenue by allowing players to buy and sell goods in the game on the online market and claiming a small "royalty" on all of the sales. Perhaps the most popular feature is the fact that the "starting zone" is a planet modeled after our original Homeworld, causing feelings of nostalgia amongst players.


The second is a combat themed game. Players join teams of up to 500 and engage in games of "Base Defense" and "Carnage," in various "levels" designed for all out warfare. Achievements such as highest kill count in ten consecutive games award specialty gear templates for the players. This game is popular for the fact that there are no costs associated with playing, revenue comes entirely from the customization of appearance in-game. (templates have basic, bland appearances and provide abilities, such as the ability to carry extra grenades. The appearance can be modified, for a fee, by artists working for the company.)


The government, of course, is not oblivious to the value of simulated reality. As such it has applied the technology to training excersises ever since it became feasible to do so. Further details, however, are classified.

[Kylarnatia]

Kylarnatia enjoys gaming as a past-time. Especially RTS (Real Time Strategy) games.

[The Zodi Identity]

The most popular video game in Zodium is the society itself: Know colloquially as "The Identity"

The Identity is the entire identified population, their buildings, social and economic decisions and connections all fully mapped in 3D and available to all one the halo network. Decisions played out in The Identity have bled in actuality and the population of Zodium's 12 houses find these events "intriguing', 'entertaining' and even 'liberating'.

Generally The Identity's vast range of game options fall into the following game options:

* FP Sanction - effectively Identified plan and enact a virtual assassination of host nation's political and financial élite using as limited a number of resources as possible. Best FR Sanction result so far: The assassination of High Llama Tarek of Tzidonia using just a baby in a papoose and a phial of weapons grade Anthrax.
(The actual death High Llama Tarek of an anthrax-type illness is purely co-incidental.)

* RTS Meltdown - Those with a preference for business and transactions hack into a host nations economy and 'stir things up'.
(This game is currently banned in Caribbean states - We're concentrating on the Levant right now ;-D )

* Uprising! - Hugely popular among Identified players in educational and cultural establishments. Effectively programming a firestorm of social protests to test the host nation's security infrastructure. (Roll on Bonn! Copenhagen was a bit of a disappointment after the glorious Zodi Cup in London last summer. Players are blaming Twitter's collapse the day before.)

* Capture the Zone - A superb management strategy game using a host nation's criminal gangs and 'posses' - Each player hacks 1,000 in the host nation's currency and 'manages' a cadre of no more than five 'hoodies' up the Crim-League. Current Champion: The unnamed Zodi Manager for the B.N.P. - Just one riot away from ruling a host nation, however the 'manager' of Tehran's Green Squad promises a surprise real soon.

*Final Fantasy Infinity - The weapons budgets of Host nations allow for all manner of experimentation for players in developing cool new methods of killing - there's always a handy trouble spot for 'field - testing'

Note: Gaming is only allowed for those Identified that have already passed their Level Fifteen Identification and have already spent at least two hours per day engaging in appropriate physical activity (generally with a weapon or against an opponent.)

[Grandtaria]

There is none. Between manditory mass every day and work there is no time for such things. Also we use tech from the 1830s so we dont have computers.

[Picklepoo]

In picklepoo we ban any non-Voilent games.

[Niur]

One of the most popular video games in Niur among teenagers is: Noy Oūr Oūrekt Rilt Issketlet: Fech Amary Dre`a Oūrtektkon Isskekon Fealar

Literally translating to: The Red Blood of Death: Laugh Like A Bloody Dead Person
It is an FPS

[Herrebrugh]

Yes the kids in my nation like to play hide and seek and such. Oh you are talking about COMPUTER gaming. We havn't got any computers for personal use. The Military has got some but they havn't got any game on 'em.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

Video Games are very popular again in Charlotte Ryberg. There is a three way tie between the king of platforms, to which PC, XBOX and PS3 dominate the proportion of video game sales. Oh, and there is a law where DRM is limited to using serial numbers, copy protection and disc check only: no rootkits or activation is allowed except for operating systems, where providing the option to use the telephone at toll free rate is then mandatory.

[Willman]

A recent survey by the Orlin Academy found that in the Republic of Willman, the console rate per capita (how many consoles there are per person) stands at 1.9, with many people having five or more different consoles from the international market, as well as the indigenous Nimban 7 console. Another study found PC gaming to be much less popular, accounting for just 19% of all gaming sessions, though that puts computers as the second most popular medium behind the Nimban line of consoles.

[La Habana]

Many people in La Habana go on 'virtual reality holidays'; where you and your family's consciousnesses are connected up to a supercomputer with other families, and this supercomputer simulates a holiday environment. Electrodes can be put into the skin to stimulate muscles, so any exercise done on the virtual holiday can create real-life health benefits. I'm not sure if this constitutes 'gaming' though......

We have something like that with our "reality plus" sensory augmentation system. It can be used to go on virtual adventures like you describe. Using electrodes is a very primitive way to connect the mind to the machine, though; our angel technology rendered that obsolete centuries ago. You could say that with our angels, Children come "pre-wired" and ready to go.

Mama says that too much playing around with "reality plus" is not good for us, though, so we're only allowed so much time to go on virtual adventures.

[Mama adds: I can't have my Children sitting around all day dreaming. They have chores to do, and they need to get out of the house and get some exercise.]

You misunderstand, its not that we use the electrodes to connect the people to the machine, the electrodes are just a secondary device to stimulate muscles, so that there are some health benefits in virtual exercise carried out, the electrodes do not connect minds to the computer. The mind connecting function is actually carried out through direct data link through connectors at the base of the neck.

[Victorious Decepticons]

Video games were once the greatest social scourge in Victorious Decepticons. They are to some of our citizens what street drugs are to biologicals. Fortunately, we were able to implement fixes, and now we can safely enjoy our games.

Totally unknown until we first established radio contact with the Earth, these things once caused whole sectors to grind to a halt as the citizens became engrossed in "hyper-realistic" artificial worlds. People who have gotten too "into" a video game have been known to run the game script until they run out of both Energon and battery power.

The only way we cured this massive problem was to add a special chip to everyone's motherboards that prevents any game from taking more than 50% of their CPU power or RAM. This was deemed a "code red militarily important upgrade," making it mandatory for all Decepticons to install it. Also, all game programs must now be coded so they will shut down if the player's boards are sending a "low Energon," "low battery," or "incoming attack" signal.

Thanks to these fixes, we can play games without danger, but these changes also pretty much eliminated the true hyper-realism of the old versions. Therefore, actual Raiding has returned to its usual station as the most popular Decepticon pastime.

When playing games, we tend to prefer strategy games that involve taking things over, whether featuring individual players, small groups, or giant teams. We also demand that there be a God Mode option in our games that actually works without crashing. Any companies that put out games without a God Mode have a high risk that the players will find raiding their operations to be a more fun option.

[New Olwe]

Gaming is very popular in New Olwe, and due to our lack of a ratings system there is great diversity in games as well. Though there are family-friendly games for general audiences as well as games geared specifically toward children, there are also edutainment games in which you have to find the G-spot or learn the Kama Sutra as well as various other violent/sexually explicit games.

However, due to the lack of any established gun culture in New Olwe the "shooter" genre is spectacularly unpopular here... only a handful of shooting games have really taken off in popularity, and those are usually either sexually-oriented (best not to ask for details) or provide "honorable" weapon alternatives like swords so the player doesn't feel like a coward for using a gun.

Baldasari Games, a subsidiary of our largest corporation SEX Industries, is currently developing an action/adventure game based on the life of our recently fallen ruler, Jason Frost.

[Nazi Centauri]

Popular that our Government sponsor's those who participate in NSWorld Cyber Games and Cyber Games is the most popular sport in our country and one of our National Sport.Even gamer's get lots of popularity

[RoyalSocializ]

mostly imported games from United States, Japan, and Korea.
We don't have a gaming industry.

[Nazi Centauri]

mostly imported games from United States, Japan, and Korea.
We don't have a gaming industry.

We import games & we have a large gaming industry.We have EA,Microsoft Games,Pandemic,etc.

[Kalakda]

Oh, and here's what gameplay looks like, just picture better graphics and man-sized Dinosaurs and ancient warriors in place of the Uruks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWCgJdvMOAo

[Israslovakahzerbajan]

Videogaming is common among all ages, of course there's a rating system. However we are the opposite of the US in the context that: Boobage>Bloodshed(Eroge is common).