We could play that/it sometimes.

[Ashraful Haque]

Me and a few friends were talking about video games online. The conversation was about what games we could play when we're not in the mood for serious games. I said the following:
"We're getting need for speed for free this month. We could play it/that sometimes. Make sure to download it as soon as it comes out."

I know that we use 'that' and 'it' for something we've already mentioned. Although I'm sure about 'download it as soon as..' but I'm not sure whether to say 'play it sometimes' or 'play that sometimes.'

My intuition says it should be 'that' since I've heard people saying 'that' before saying 'it' in sentences like these.

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

I was talking to some of my friends about video games online.

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

Need for Speed is free this month. We could play that sometime.

Sometimes the choice of a word is based on preference more than anything else.

Is Need for Speed the name of a game?

What do you consider a serious game?

(I probably missed something, but that's par for the course. ;-) )

 

[GoesStation]

[STRIKE]Me and[/STRIKE] A few friends and I were talking about video games online.

You will see native speakers use phrases like "me and some friends" as a subject. It's ungrammatical and, to the many people who make such judgments, marks the speaker as uneducated. Learners shouldn't emulate this usage.

 

[jutfrank]

"We're getting Need for Speed for free this month. We could play it sometimes.

Use it.

I think you might have intended to say some time instead of sometimes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Ashraful Haque, I hope you noticed that both responders who included the title of the game in their posts capitalised "Need" and "Speed". It's important to remember to capitalise proper nouns. Usually, short connecting words such as and/of/for remain uncapitalised. If the word "the" is the first word of a title, it is also capitalised but if it appears later in the name, it is not.

I am playing [a video game called] Need for Speed.
I am playing [a video game called] The Godfather.
I am playing [a video game called] Hunt the Squirrel.
I am playing [a video game called] The Hunt for Red October.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Perhaps:

Need for Speed is free this month. We could play that sometime.

Sometimes the choice of a word is based on preference more than anything else.

Is Need for Speed the name of a game?

What do you consider a serious game?

(I probably missed something, but that's par for the course. ;-) )

I'm sorry I though everyone knew about 'Need for speed.' Yes it's a game. And in my opinion a serious game is a game which you and your squad/friends want to win every time and there is a rank system that goes up and down according to your performance.

I don't know what you actually meant by the question but gamers earn millions of dollars nowadays through youtube/twitch/competition and other platforms. And in case you didn't know the gaming industry is actually bigger than Hollywood.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Use it.

I think you might have intended to say some time instead of sometimes.

Doesn't 'some time' mean a single incident and 'sometimes' mean occasionally?

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Ashraful Haque, I hope you noticed that both responders who included the title of the game in their posts capitalised "Need" and "Speed". It's important to remember to capitalise proper nouns. Usually, short connecting words such as and/of/for remain uncapitalised. If the word "the" is the first word of a title, it is also capitalised but if it appears later in the name, it is not.

I am playing [a video game called] Need for Speed.
I am playing [a video game called] The Godfather.
I am playing [a video game called] Hunt the Squirrel.
I am playing [a video game called] The Hunt for Red October.

Thanks. I always use to wonder why they write it that way. I though it was just their style/theme.

 

[jutfrank]

Doesn't 'some time' mean a single incident and 'sometimes' mean occasionally?

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'm sorry. I thought everyone knew about 'Need for Speed.'

Never assume anything about anyone, especially when it comes to "popular" culture. I have precisely zero knowledge about video games. The last time I played anything similar, I played Tetris on a Nintendo GameBoy. That should tell you how long ago it was. These days, I play mahjong, backgammon, crib (cribbage) and gin rummy online against friends but that's it (only because of lockdown and social mixing rules - normally we play in person). I'm pretty sure no one would refer to them as video games. I've heard of Minecraft but I have no idea what it is or how to play it (nor do I want to).

 

[Ashraful Haque]

Doesn't 'some time' mean a single incident and 'sometimes' mean occasionally?

Yes.

"We're getting Need for Speed for free this month. We could play it sometimes."

Then that's what I meant. I wasn't talking about playing it one random time. If you look at the first post I said that we'll play it when we're not in the mood for serious games.