Need a game I can play on my laptop to murder boredom at uni, suggestions?

[nothtr]

Not sure how this is looked upon here, but I'd recommend an emulator and Advance Wars. I love those games. RCT is also a great choice.

 

[Melon Hunter]

DEFCON is a pretty fun way to kill time (and millions of enemy civilians). Uplink is another good game by the same developer.

 

[Zetatrain]

Have you considered Pornography and Masturbation?

Alturnatively, look at the steam store for indie games, cheap cheersful and low spec.

Try Dyson.

Umm.... he is looking to kill time on a train not at home.
If you're just kidding then disregard.

Anyway

-Command and Conquer series (except Tiberian Twilight)I believe there is a deluxe pack that comes with all the ones before C&C 3 (that means 5 titles with their expansion packs).
-Warcraft 3
-Fallout 3
-Morrowind and Oblivion
-Starcraft I and II
-Supreme Commander
-Sins of a Solar Empire
-Star Wars: Empire at War

I'm sure you can find physical copies of these games on amazon and ebay and if you're lucky maybe even at gamestop.

 

[Tharwen]

DWARF FORTRESS

Infinite fun! Carp! Elephants! Death by murder! A detailed and semi-realistic retelling of a vast procedurally generated fantasy world inhabited by wonders and excitement beyond your wildest dreams! Magma! More death!

...I like Dwarf Fortress.

where do I get this dwarf fortress?

[a href="http://bay12games.com/dwarves/"]Here[/a].

I won't blame you if you don't want to try to get into it, but once you get over the 'D = nasty angry dragon' graphics and the hideous interface, it's very deep and enjoyable.

Also, people tend to look at you weirdly when you describe it to them, so that's a plus.

Play adventure mode first if the interface confuses you. Adventure is very simple(compared to fortress), and will let you get used to reading ASCII. Also, I'd recommend getting a tileset from here http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Tileset_repository and installing it. Personally, I use Herrbdog, because I like the smooth shading.

And remember, Losing is Fun!

how do I download/switch tilesets?

Hang on...

Would you mind if I suggested that you restart with [a href="http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2801"]this link[/a] instead (but only if you're on Windows)? Sorry, I forgot about it before.

That's a link to a program which manages tilesets and game settings for you, as well as packaging some helpful third party utilities in with the game (you can ignore them if you want though). Just run the application and you can go to the graphics section and choose a tileset (I suggest Mayday for starters).

For learning how to play, you'll probably get nowhere without a tutorial, so [a href="http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Quickstart_guide"]here[/a]'s one. By the way, Magmawiki is an invaluable resource. If you get stuck/confused/frightened by anything in the game, go there first.

 

[Chrmike]

Civilization 5 is a very good strategy game. Not that hardware intensive either, with lots of options to tweak it.

 

[Best of the 3]

Killing Floor is a fun FPS game. Can't take too much to run if I can get it to work on my lappy.

Plants VS Zombies is another great one. Funny and a time killer. Good sense of humour in that game.

Warcraft 3 (Reign of Chaos and Frozen Throne) are 2 great choices. Firstly, they have amazing single player. A really great story and good solid gameplay. And online the community is still quite strong even after all this time. I highly recommend these 2.