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Post by DarthToad on Aug 20, 2005 2:56:17 GMT -5
Platform of choice: Man, this is a hard one, but I'm going with Gamecube because I currently am not on any huge gaming projects and in those periods Gamecube's multiplayer games just rock. But I just got a new computer so that might change once I get Guild Wars. And then the Revolution will come out soon. I've been wondering about those controllers for almost a year.
Current Favorite Game: Well, I have to seperate this from all time. Paper Mario 2 was a pretty good game and I played that not too long ago so I guess that's concidered current.
Two all time favorites: Super Smash Bros. Melee hands down my favorite multiplayer of all time. I would list every final fantasy I've played, but since I can't do that I'll say Final Fantasy IX because it has Amarant and he was really fun to play with, and I almost cried in the end (won't reveal spoilers).
Biggest frustration in gaming: I have a lot but I'd go with computer lag, because that can really tick me off.
Funniest video game memory/experience:
Hmmmm...I have to think about this one. I could dish out a bunch of FF scences. But instead I'll go for when I was playing the first Paper Mario and my brother said "Crack" after everything anyone said. Man, that cracked me up (no pun intended). I guess it's really something you'd have to experience yourself, or you'd have to be 13 years old.
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Post by Spiderdancer on Oct 7, 2005 16:18:35 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
P.C. No question. I have a 3.0 ghz computer with a 120 gb memory (2 internal hard drives, modified by me) and a radeon 9600 card. IMO the new systems are nothing more than stripped-down gaming computers anyway. Kind of annoyed that Starcraft Ghost is not coming to PC, though.
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
Disciples II. It's a turn-based fantasy strategy game. Requires more thought than most RTS.
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
Warcraft III, Deus Ex. (NOT the second one.)
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
Game designers who whine about how women don't play their games. Then they add female characters who look and dress like porn queens, and male characters who are fully dressed in massive suits of armor or trench coats.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
Playing Warcraft with my sister Sabrina and hearing her say, "Have some FIERY DEATH!" whenever she fires off a mortar team, tower, dragon, et cetera.
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Post by bladestarr on Oct 7, 2005 17:00:19 GMT -5
Umm.... I think you mean 120GB of hard disk space, not memory. What is commonly known as 'memory' is RAM, random access memory as opposed to hard disk space which is known as ROM for read only memory (which is now a misnomer). As far as gaming is concerned, RAM affects your gaming experience far more than ROM. The only way that your hard disks affect your gaming is if your hard disks have a really slow RPM, or if they are VERY full. Just call me a nitpicker.  |
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Post by PoolMan on Oct 7, 2005 20:33:14 GMT -5
Um, I dunno... I understood her just fine...
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Post by pfrsue on Oct 8, 2005 14:34:54 GMT -5
Just call me a nitpicker. Uhm, okay. Nitpicker. (Man, people ask for the weirdest things around here...) |
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Post by Head Mutant on Oct 8, 2005 22:04:33 GMT -5
Shoot... MY computer has Magic Gerbil Memory (MGM) that makes it go with a few wishes and a pinch of fairy dust!
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Post by pfrsue on Oct 9, 2005 6:20:24 GMT -5
Shoot... MY computer has Magic Gerbil Memory (MGM) that makes it go with a few wishes and a pinch of fairy dust! You know, you can increase your computer's storage capacity with an external HD (Hamster Drive). |
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Post by Spiderdancer on Oct 10, 2005 21:26:14 GMT -5
I can't believe I call myself a geek and I forgot the difference between RAM and ROM. As my fantasy boyfriend Crow T. Robot would say, "I'm filled with shame."
Sue: You should never try to use a Hamster Drive unless your machine is cutting edge. Most machines made in the last three years can use an external Chinchilla, but only if you have a BTA (bushy tail adapter). Unless you have an imac, of course. Those are generally compatible with both, but most people pay the extra $55 for one of the new dwarf hamster drives because of their compactness. Unfortunately, the DHD is still proprietary with Mac products. I understand Dell is coming out with a competing External Vole early next year.
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Post by pfrsue on Oct 10, 2005 21:36:03 GMT -5
I understand Dell is coming out with a competing External Vole early next year. Ooooooh, is that the one with the alfalfa port with optional legume expansion? |
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Post by bladestarr on Oct 11, 2005 9:09:12 GMT -5
Just consider it a part of MRFH hazing for the prestigious BladeStarr to find some problem with something you wrote. It's what I DO, every mutant has had a taste. Except Sue, I think. DAMN you Sue and your anal-retentive attention to detail! Your time will come, oh yes, your time will come. ;D If I ever actually end up becoming a full-fledged Mutant, I'm sure that EVERY one who has ever been to the forums will be lining up with their microscope on hand to search for the one little error that I may make. I consider it a challenge. By the way guys, you CAN use the DHD on a PC, you just need a custom ROM (Rodent Omnidirectional Module) Adapter, with a mac emulator; such as ARDI's (Awesome Rodent Demodulators Incorporated) Executor program.  |
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Post by grothgar on Oct 11, 2005 12:58:54 GMT -5
CURRENT VIDEO GAME PLATFORM OF CHOICE (just one)
Has to be my X-Box, although I have just bought shedloads of games for my PC, so this could change in the near future.
CURRENT FAVORITE GAME
Jade Empire. Despite completing this three times already, I just cannot stop playing it. I even bought the strategy guide (something I never do) so I can wring even more out of it. I cannot actually explain why I like this game (or most other Bioware Games actually) but I think it is the ability to be an evil person. I mean, being the RAF I do not get many opportunities to sell a mother and daughter into slavery and even if I did, it would hurt my career to do so ;D
TWO OF YOUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAMES
The latest iteration of the football (soccer) games made by Sports Interactive, since the beginning of time and Neverwinter Nights, I just cannot get enough of goblin slaying. (Yeah, I'm wierd... sue me)
BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IN VIDEO GAMES
Games that are either too short or too easy. The reason I love many Bioware games, as well as sports management games, is because I actually have to invest time into the game to complete it. Plus, with Neverwinter Nights, there must be about 50million+ modules out there that I can dip into and out of whenever I want to.
FUNNIEST VIDEO GAME MEMORY/EXPERIENCE
Playing Alien Vs Predator (The first one) with a group of friends crowded around the monitor. It was about 2:30am and we were all a bit tired, but we could not pull ourselves away from this, even though it was, at that time of the morning, scaring the bejesus out of us. Anyway, I think we were on the first mission actually, and we got to a point where there was an alien in the room with us, but we could not see it, only sense it on the motion tracker.
We were spinning around the room trying to locate this blasted thing, and then the motion tracker goes off. This being one of the few times we had played this game, we all breathed a huge sigh of relief, only for the alien to leap off the ceiling, fill our screen and then our head disolving in a red mist. However, it was so late, and we were tired, that we all just fell backwards out of our chairs (I think there were 5 of us gathered around the computer, and we ALL did) screaming like the women we were at the time.
That is not the funny bit though. Because our screams were so girly and high pitched my neighbour was woken up and thought that murder (or something like that) was being committed next door, so the idiot phoned the police. I think he was convinced especially seeing that, in the time it took the police to arrive, we had another screaming fit... this time when a face hugger jumped onto the screen. Anyway, so we heard the sirens as it pulled into my road, and we all wondered what the police were doing here, only for them to stop outside my house and a team of 15 riot police jumping out of the police van and sealing off the street.
I was slightly embarrassed... and I think that is an understatement.
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Post by Spiderdancer on Oct 11, 2005 15:30:28 GMT -5
I think you mean "screaming like fanboys."
That's a really hilarious story...
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