Thread:Nep-Nep/@comment-26913812-20151014193423/@comment-24978536-20151017065747

Learning English through video games is a done and true method :) (though of course it requires at least some degree of studying alongside with it). I played San Andreas a lot too back in my comprehensive school days and learned English through it and other games well enough that I never really had to try in my English classes anymore past 5th grade (English studies start in the 3rd grade here in Finland) and I always got the highest or second highest grade in tests. It has come back to bite my butt though, since I'm not very familiar with all the grammatical rules in English language and my spoken English is very lacking too, yet I'm planning to start translation studies. I can unconciously tell how sentences are formed in English language, but I can't explain much of it in actual words. If I had listened more in my English classes back in the day and paid more attention to spelling and such, I'd be much better off right now for my (possible) future studies.

I did play some Battlefield 2 a lot back in my comprehensive school days so I too do have some experience of war games, but it is the online gaming aspect of it that really interested me, as it was the first online game I ever played. Despite having fond memories of the game, it is after that game I began to gradually dislike competitive online gaming though.

I didn't mention visual novels in my earlier post, but I have experience with them too. I totally understand what you mean (unfortunately, haha). :) I love visual novels for how emotional they tend to make me, despite the fact I don't usually show much emotions in front of others irl (despite Nep-Nep being my username). Also, it isn't just sadness, but other emotions as well, such as joy, anger, excitement and even fear. There is this one R-18 visual novel (or eroge in other words) I played called "Yume Miru Kusuri" - that one had some darker themes like bullying and drugs, and during this one bullied girl's route, I became so afraid of what would happen I ended up quitting mid-route. I've sworn to go back to the visual novel one day and finish it though, no matter how heart-rending it is.

Thanks. Also, your writing is comfortable to read, don't worry.