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Post by Head Mutant on Aug 10, 2005 8:33:52 GMT -5
If you're not a gamer -- even a GamerLite -- then I guess just skip on by  Please respond in this thread by filling out the following fields! CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one) CURRENT FAVORITE GAME TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE |
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Post by Head Mutant on Aug 10, 2005 8:37:34 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
PC. Running a 2.0 ghz with 1 gig RAM and a Radeon 9600 pro video card.
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
World of Warcraft (pulled back in, playing a dwarf hunter primarily).
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
Chrono Trigger & Master of Orion (space strategy rulez!)
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
How buggy PC games can be, how slow they are to roll out, and how many $$ are spent on developing dumb sports games instead of stuff I'd actually play.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
Probably when I was playing the original Alone in the Dark on the PC, right at the end. I had beat the scary -- at the time -- game, was relaxing as the end scene unraveled, and they did a very cheesy fake scare where your car's driver turns around and he's a zombie or something. I shrieked like a little girl and my mom thought I had got caught in a bear trap or something.
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Post by Al on Aug 10, 2005 9:23:23 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
Xbox (though I finally now have a PC that can handle games made in the last three years, so perhaps it'll change)
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
Evil Genius (PC)
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
The Secret of Monkey Island and A Link to the Past (although Chronotrigger and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis are always jockeying for position in my heart)
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
The fact that Rockstar can create a wholly immersive and addicting world in San Andreas, but whenever the same experience is attempted in any other genre, we produce bland, boring games like Morrowind.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
I don't know if it's funny or sad, but in highschool I watched my friend unravel before my eyes over the course of seven full days as he tried feverishly to ressurect Aeris, eschewing homework, school projects, and even a date. I still don't think he ever beat that game.
Al
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Post by DocD83 on Aug 10, 2005 10:47:05 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
PC--and not an incredibly good one.
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
Guild Wars
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
Command and Conquer Red Alert 2, and another which I probably shouldn't name, because I'm probably the only one in the world who likes it (from what I hear it's similar to the Master of orion series). I still play both.
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
There's a tie: the cost, and other gamers (in MMOs, anyway).
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
It's not really funny, but memorable: a group of three of my ships was caught out of position by an invasion force numbering over sixty vessels. In the end, only one of my ships was destroyed and fifteen of the invasion force retreated. I wound up losig the game, however, because the computer took the opportunity to build the fleet back up with more modern vessels.
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Post by TheOogieBoogieMan on Aug 10, 2005 13:10:28 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
PC.
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
I dunno...I'm playing X-Men Legends for Gamecube currently (rented), and I'm enjoying it.
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
Toejam and Earl 2 (might be 3, I forget...for Sega) and a tie between the Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
The price. I would play more video games if they weren't so expensive. And the Blockbuster near me has very few Gamecube games available to rent, which doesn't help me get into video games more. If there was a way to rent PC games, I would do that more often.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
The number of times I would have to pull out the video game cartridge (for both N64 and Sega Genesis), blow the dust out of the cartridge, put it back into the console, and repeat. Although that's actually funny in a "pain in the rear end" type of way.
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Post by dajaymann on Aug 10, 2005 20:38:03 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
A 699 mhz PC - BEAT THAT SUCKAZ!!!!!11!
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
I borrowed Jedi Academy from a friend at work. That's a pretty radical game
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
Final Fantasy II/IV and Super Mario Bros 2 (just because that was the first game I ever beat - nostalgia)
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
I'd love for someone to give me a souped-up PC so I can play Doom 3 and Half-life 2, but on the practical side, I'd just love to be able to find decent, older PC games around here. I'd love to find System Shock (which I hear is AWESOME) or something along the lines of Silent Hill 2, but it's just so hard. All the retail outlets stock up on super-new games, and the bargain bin deals are always "Hello Kitty Sticker Fun!" or "Mysteries of the Atlantic Pyramid Bermuda Triangle Vampire Puzzle Mystery".
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
The Monty Python's Meaning of Life PC game was a hoot through and through. I had to stop and explain to my girlfriend what I was laughing about constantly.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Aug 11, 2005 0:23:06 GMT -5
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES The fact that Rockstar can create a wholly immersive and addicting world in San Andreas, but whenever the same experience is attempted in any other genre, we produce bland, boring games like Morrowind. 1. . .2. . .3. . .4. . .5. . .6. . .7. . .8. . .9. . .10. Ah, all better now. Everything's cool, and I am placid. Doin' the bull dance, feelin' the flow. CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one) A somewhat medium-high end PC, that somehow still has an aggravatingly tough time with a few of the newer games. I think the graphics accelerator may be the weak link. CURRENT FAVORITE GAME Dang, just one? Okay. Far Cry. TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES Final Fantasy III/VI and Chrono Trigger. Aaand Secret of Mana. Sorry, they're an indivisible trio. BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES The fact that Rockstar exists, and that they can't seem to make a bad game, and that everyone loves them with more love than the combined total of that felt by all of the pigs in the world, for all of the corn in the world. Also, the increasing preponderance of online-only stuff. Won't someone think of the grumpy hermits? FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE Playing General Chaos into the wee hours of the morning with my best friend. Thats some pants-wetting hilarity right there. Especially since we had a fully-functional soda fountain in our immediate vicinity (This friend's grandma was one of the coolest old ladies ever). |
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Post by mysteriorockanova on Aug 11, 2005 13:48:26 GMT -5
PLATFORM OF CHOICE: Gamecube
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME: Metroid Prime
TWO FAVORITE GAMES: Super Punchout! and Super Mario World
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION: When RPG's try to put in action parts but the controls are all crap.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY: Playing Mario party and being in last but then getting all the bonus stars and coming in first! That was rad!
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DARTHMADLER
Boomstick Coordinator
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Post by DARTHMADLER on Aug 11, 2005 15:15:07 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
PC
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
HALO for PC
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
Homeworld & Mechwarrior 2
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
I used to play a lot of Dawn of War online and I loved it. Ever since the latest patch the game now crashes about 95% of the time. Interestingly enough, the 5% when it doesn't crash is when I'm losing. And THQ doesn't give me the option of not installing the patch to play online.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
Towards the end of Homeworld there is a glitch that allowed you to capture an entire fleet (approx 100-200) of enemy frigates. So by the last mission you have a fleet that is too big to view at once. Anyways, at one point in the last mission the enemy throws a vastly inferior number ships at you and the voice of fleet intelligence comes on and announces that "We are being overrun!"
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Aug 12, 2005 9:26:50 GMT -5
Off topic -- though I will answer the survey later, promise -- but did you guys hear about that guy in Japan who died after an extended gaming session? Just read a blurb about it in USA Today yesterday; apparently the guy had been sitting in an internet cafe playing a MMORPG for 49 hours with no food or sleep, and he just keeled over right there and then died at the hospital, they think of a heart attack. (My mom mentioned she didn't think just two days without food or sleep would do that; I pointed out it was probably the last hour that did it.) Apparently he'd been fired from his job the month before for missing too much work to play video games. See, obviously it's a sad story, but at the same time... every time I feel bad about spending 80 hours on Grand Theft Auto or Final Fantasy or collecting all the jets on Ace Combat or whatever, I just look at guys like this and think, I could be MUCH worse off.  -D |
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Post by PoolMan on Aug 12, 2005 18:44:28 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
PC
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
X Men Legends (GameCube)
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
Super Metroid (SNES), Jedi Outcast (PC)
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
Weird difficulty levels, either way too easy or way too hard. I get the feeling most game makers are making the games more and more easy to get through (in an effort to get a bigger audience of players, not all of whom may be as talented as those of us from the original 8 bit generation). On the flip side, the rare programmer who creates a game that makes me want to hurl my controller through the nearest wall isn't much better... there's some parts of the old school that just don't need to be preserved.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
I remember when me and my brothers were kids there was a wrestling game that was based on (I think?) the MUSCLES toys. If not them, something very similar. Anyways, there was one character that was just impossible to lose with, he was so imbalanced and had great super powers. To this day, I can still remember the absolute madcap panic that would settle on us when one of us played the Ninja and powered up, and the other would just start freaking out and trying to get away. Like, jump to your feet and start screaming freaking out. And there was some nonsense phrase we would always yell when it was OUR turn to be the Ninja guy. We'd shout it and then laugh for ten minutes straight.
Ah, guess you had to be there.
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Aug 16, 2005 23:03:05 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one) PS2. Just keepin' it real. CURRENT FAVORITE GAME Ironically not for PS2, the original Super Smash Brothers. Nothing better after a long night drinking, um, soda with your buddy. I'll take Link, you'll take second place. TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES Final Fantasy VI/III, for being the most in-depth, emotional game I've ever played, with the best story to boot. And The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, because while Ocarina of Time (not to mention all the rest) doth rock, the Game Boy one got me through more boring car rides than I care to remember. BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES Tie between beating the Weapons in FF7 (man, Emerald Weapon took forever... I won't even try the you-breed-'em monsters from FFX), and the fact that I still haven't beaten Wart from SMB2. It used to be Dark Link from Zelda 2, but I finally beat him earlier this year. Victory is mine! FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE Growing up, my best friend and his brother and I played dozens of video games, but one of our favorites was the original Spider-Man for the Sega Genesis. One time we were all hanging out in my friend's room, which happened to be the attic of their house, and for some reason we got into a disagreement over Spider-Man, like whose turn it was or whatever. Taking the mature way out, my friend stood up, quietly and calmly left the room... and locked his brother and I in. Don't ask me what fiendish contractor put the lock on the outside of the door, but there it was, and then to top it off, he actually left the house and went elsewhere. (And yet, somehow, we're still friends.) Well, with their parents gone and no phone in the room, his brother and I did the only sensible thing- tied his bedsheets together and climbed out the third-floor window. I went first and actually dropped from a few feet up, but bless their landscaping choices, some bushes broke my fall. We both ended up okay, but needless to say, we were NOT happy with my friend when he got back. We couldn't really tell on him without admitting our own, you know, incredibly stupid and dangerous stunt, but I seem to recall him getting the silent treatment for a while after that.  -D |
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Post by kylerexpop on Aug 17, 2005 17:59:03 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
game boy. it's the coolest!
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
resident evil 4. before i loaned it to my friend, who then moved to los angeles and took my game with him, i could easily just fire up the gamecube for some random destruction. absolutely fantastic control scheme and great screen set-up. ab fab!
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
resident evil 4 (it's seriously one of the greatest things ever) and bomberman ('cuz it's FUN)
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
my first two video games ever were 'legend of zelda' and 'ghosts and goblins.' i couldn't beat the first level of 'ghosts and goblins' for like a month. i'd be in my underwear almost immediately upon pressing power, and i could never hold on to the weapons i wanted to. argh!
currently, i can't get out of the first room in 'metal gear solid: the twin snakes' and i'm not sure how to walk in 'players' choice: resident evil 1." thank god they were just a combined $35, so i won't feel badly when i break them with a rock.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
probably saturday nights after soccer games, where for the seven years i played competitive soccer half the team would end up at someone's house after our game and we'd all spend the night, and almost always rent or buy a new nes game to play. i know we all loved 'bionic commando' and 'metal gear' but the most fun we had as a group was playing 'dragon warrior' for hours at a time. great game!
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ThePickleMan
Boomstick Coordinator
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Post by ThePickleMan on Aug 18, 2005 17:32:33 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE
X-Box. It's what all of my friends and I have, so we can easily hook up.
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
Fifa 2005.
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
GoldenEye for the N64 and Supermario 64 for N64
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
When games are too short. Enter the Matrix? Fun game, but I beat it in about an hour.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
Last November at my best friend Ed's birthday party, we were having the usual Halo night with 4 Boxes. At the start of the night I had accidently spilled a soda on the floor. We cleaned it up a bit and we went on. About 2 hours later, we were all zoned in playing Halo, when our friend Ted said "Ewe, I think I stepped in the wet spot.".
It doesn't seem that funny, but we were all zoned into the game and were stunned at first when he said it. We all cracked up laughing after that.
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Aug 18, 2005 21:47:02 GMT -5
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES GoldenEye for the N64 and Supermario 64 for N64 You know, I honestly misread that the first time through and thought you said Superman 64. I'm like, "Wait, the game that rivals Atari's E.T. for the title of Worst Game Ever is one of your favorites? Not even." Glad to know you're sane after all. -D |
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