Not on your list, but on mine;
Starcraft -- very good game mechanics, not huge on story but enough to hold the universe together.
Warcraft -- much like starcraft, not as balanced (IMO) but fantasy genre, rather than space genre.
Halflife/Blue Force/Opposing Force, etc. -- Great series, single player has a story, good game mechanics -- lots of online fun as well.
Team Fortress -- a halflife mod, more like Quake in that you respawn if killed -- very good online team oriented FPS
Counterstrike -- also an online only mod to the halflife game, but adds more realism
-- if killed you wait until the end of the round (objective met, time limit, or team killed) {my personal fave}
Age of _____ -- great RTS series -- since you liked Civilization
Rise of Nations -- ditto
As for writing -- code or prose -- You might try Java, which is pretty popular and there are existing free IDE's which really help. I personally have most experience with JBuilder, the free personal use Dl is here. You might consider putting together a personal web site or blog site, and just build content which you find interesting.
And, just a personal hobby of mine -- getting more leet with linux.
Starcraft -- very good game mechanics, not huge on story but enough to hold the universe together.
Warcraft -- much like starcraft, not as balanced (IMO) but fantasy genre, rather than space genre.
Halflife/Blue Force/Opposing Force, etc. -- Great series, single player has a story, good game mechanics -- lots of online fun as well.
Team Fortress -- a halflife mod, more like Quake in that you respawn if killed -- very good online team oriented FPS
Counterstrike -- also an online only mod to the halflife game, but adds more realism
-- if killed you wait until the end of the round (objective met, time limit, or team killed) {my personal fave}
Age of _____ -- great RTS series -- since you liked Civilization
Rise of Nations -- ditto
As for writing -- code or prose -- You might try Java, which is pretty popular and there are existing free IDE's which really help. I personally have most experience with JBuilder, the free personal use Dl is here. You might consider putting together a personal web site or blog site, and just build content which you find interesting.
And, just a personal hobby of mine -- getting more leet with linux.
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