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[Novotny]

I've just noticed the discussion about simulator vs game. You lot are very amusing indeed.
There's no shame in playing your video game. You don't have to call it a simulator to try and make the hobby seem somehow more mature.

I'm positive that 50 years ago you would all have had train sets, and the pit builders of today would have dressed up as little train drivers back then.

It's a game, you silly, silly men. A very good game, too. When you simulate, or pretend to do something, be it cowboys and indians or playing IL2, you are engaging in play.

I can get quite annoyed when people dismiss gaming as childish, yet insist on watching television aimed at those with subnormal intelligence. But I never lose sight of the fact that at the end of the day, I'm playing games, whether it's Black Shark or BFBC2.

Kind of reminds of of that Argentinian bloke who played Silent Hunter in real-time and designed his flat to look like a submarine. I am curious: how many of you actually do dress up to play IL2?