Any gamers out there?

[Ladylethal 12]

One of the articles is about the years where Sam and Max Hit the Road, The Dig, Full Throttle, Monkey Island, etc. were created and I played them all and loved them all.

[MrsCat 6]

One of the articles is about the years where Sam and Max Hit the Road, The Dig, Full Throttle, Monkey Island, etc. were created and I played them all and loved them all.

Two of my all time favorite games. Monkey Island was just so damn funny. It still is. I wonder if I have that box kicking around here somewhere . . . . . . .

[Ladylethal 12]

I kinda like Sam & Max better out of the two. But Monkey Island was great as well. =)

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

One of the articles is about the years where Sam and Max Hit the Road, The Dig, Full Throttle, Monkey Island, etc. were created and I played them all and loved them all.

There is a new series of Sam and Max games - available for online download. Pretty hilarious writing from what I've heard - and they're episodic, there's 2 seasons now I think.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Games vary so widely as do people's tastes in games.

The latest game that I've played that looks great and plays well, is Lego's Batman and Robin for the PSP.

[fozzie 41]

Games vary so widely as do people's tastes in games.

The latest game that I've played that looks great and plays well, is Lego's Batman and Robin for the PSP.

The Star Wars version was great...no dialogue but then who needs dialogue when you can quote the whole thing anyway.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Games vary so widely as do people's tastes in games.

The latest game that I've played that looks great and plays well, is Lego's Batman and Robin for the PSP.

The Star Wars version was great...no dialogue but then who needs dialogue when you can quote the whole thing anyway.

I love when the enemies break apart and sound like little Lego pieces bouncing on the ground. I know they've done many Lego titles, but it's a great concept...they kind of pay homage to the days of Mario Bros..

[MrsCat 6]

I love when the enemies break apart and sound like little Lego pieces bouncing on the ground. I know they've done many Lego titles, but it's a great concept...they kind of pay homage to the days of Mario Bros..

Heart be still. I still have my nintendo and hook it up occasionally. Husband said I'm an uber-geek. I say I'm retro-cool.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I cannot wait for FFXIII to come out next year!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I love when the enemies break apart and sound like little Lego pieces bouncing on the ground. I know they've done many Lego titles, but it's a great concept...they kind of pay homage to the days of Mario Bros..

Heart be still. I still have my nintendo and hook it up occasionally. Husband said I'm an uber-geek. I say I'm retro-cool.

You are totally retro-cool.

[fozzie 41]

Games vary so widely as do people's tastes in games.

The latest game that I've played that looks great and plays well, is Lego's Batman and Robin for the PSP.

The Star Wars version was great...no dialogue but then who needs dialogue when you can quote the whole thing anyway.

I love when the enemies break apart and sound like little Lego pieces bouncing on the ground. I know they've done many Lego titles, but it's a great concept...they kind of pay homage to the days of Mario Bros..

it's fun and quirky take on stuff people know inside out already. A great idea, but maybe in danger of wearing out.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Games vary so widely as do people's tastes in games.

The latest game that I've played that looks great and plays well, is Lego's Batman and Robin for the PSP.

The Star Wars version was great...no dialogue but then who needs dialogue when you can quote the whole thing anyway.

I love when the enemies break apart and sound like little Lego pieces bouncing on the ground. I know they've done many Lego titles, but it's a great concept...they kind of pay homage to the days of Mario Bros..

it's fun and quirky take on stuff people know inside out already. A great idea, but maybe in danger of wearing out.

True. The cut scenes are great to watch also. I think most concepts have already been done many times over...so it really comes down to making a game that is fun and enjoyable to play.

Edited March 31, 2009 by Mister Fancypants

[DeadPoolX 9]

I have some very fond memories of the NES. One my favorite games was Mega Man 2. That game had the single best soundtrack of any NES game. In fact,

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My dad liked the old Sierra/LucasArts games, but for some reason or another, he really enjoyed Metroid, Rad Racer and Tecmo Bowl.

The first game I ever "played" was King's Quest on an AppleII. The reason I put played in quotes is because I was four years-old at the time and my efforts to help my dad usually amounted to me accidentally drowning King Graham or walking him off a cliff.

Thanks to gaming (adventure games in particular) I was able to meet my wife. We met on the official Gabriel Knight message boards.

Edited March 31, 2009 by DeadPoolX

[HannahP 119]

Gamer here.

Used to play on old mainframes (Old Mud Games), then consoles (basically all of the early ones, my Dad was a nut for them), then the PC. Jeez I'm freaking old...

Currently playing EQ2 and various other stand alone games (C&C, Falcon 4.0, MechWarrior, Harpoon)

Waiting for the Star Trek MMO.

What MUDs did you play? I MUD'd ('tho mostly MUSH/MOOs -- cyberpunk and Pern because I'm a girl) from, oh, 94 - 98 or so. Yeah. I started MU*ing when I was like nine.

I've been playing WoW since beta, also did CoH for the first five minutes it was popular & LoTR:online which is highly underrated/populated.

Also, the link is Farked but here's another gamer article:

#9: Picking Up Every Single Item In Fallout 3

video game ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder, video game addiction, video game comedy, minus world, comedy game, game comedy, comedy blog

If you walked around your house with a sack and filled it with cups, forks, wrenches, bottle caps, and irradiated soda cans, people would assume you were bat-shiat crazy. Bethesda Software preyed on our inner obsession to pick up everything and then made us question if any of it was ever worth it. Max out your item slots and you become a sluggish, over-encumbered traveler - like a fat comic book nerd with too much Jedi flare pinned to his trench coat.

#8: Organizing Your Animal Crossing Furniture

video game ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder, video game addiction, video game comedy, minus world, comedy game, game comedy, comedy blog

Don't lie: Your bedroom in real life is a farking disaster compared to your Animal Crossing house. The more time you spend color coordinating furniture sets, reorganizing your dresser, and making sure the carpet matches the curtains, the less attention your actual personal hygiene and gas and electric bill are getting. Throw in the notion of Feng Shui arrangement and you can pretty much kiss goodbye to life as you know it, and that's when you're not shaking down every tree in town for bells. Make sure to lose sleep all night at the thought that there might be a roach in your house or a weed in your town just waiting to be wiped clean. It's probably there now. No, it definitely is. Maybe lots of them. Go. Now.

Now.

#7: Meticulously Juggling Dozens Of Save Files For One Game

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Imagine if you could wake up with the possibility of living out your day as one of 8 different versions of you. There's the one that had a healthy dinner and got a good night's sleep last night, sure, but most likely you're going to be forced into spending Monday as the guy who wasted all his money at the bar last night, furiously unprepared for whatever the day will throw at you. Gamers know this regret will eat away at their minds and could even force them to abandon their quest entirely, so we assign a save slot for every single thing we do, kill, or collect because we have to.

#6: Shooting A Few Bullets From Your Clip Before You Pick Up A New Clip In A FPS

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You murdered a room full of idiotic soldiers, stocked up on ammo, reloaded and..what's that? More ammo? You're not just going to leave it there on the floor, are you? What if a kid finds it and ends up on the news blaming video games again? It's probably best to fire off a single round so you have some capacity to pick up a new clip, and then repeat until the floors are completely clean and spotless of discarded armory. Make sure to backtrack through every area and grab all the body armor, despite already sporting a chest full of it.

#5: Repeatedly Shooting The Door In A Metroid Prime Game Even Though You Know It Will Load Eventually Anyway

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It's a well known fact that the door animations in the Metroid Prime series are cleverly masked loading screens that help to ease the transition from area to area without breaking stride. That doesn't stop gamers from incessantly hammering them with arm cannon blasts, missiles, and anything else to ease the wait. Does it make the door open faster? Go try that same shiat on the elevator button at your job and find out for yourself.

#4: Timing Your Jump After A Super Mario Bros. 3 Boss To Catch The Wand Perfectly Mid-Air

video game ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder, video game addiction, video game comedy, minus world, comedy game, game comedy, comedy blog

Scientists have determined that the number one motive behind the SMB3 wand jump is simply because it looks awesome as fark. You have to catch the wand. You just kicked the scurvy out of a Koopa Kid in an airship galley and you're just going to let that wand drop from the sky, hit the floor, and bounce for 5 seconds as you stare at it in idiotic awe? No, you dolt! You're going to leap into the air and grab some farking style points before they get tainted by the ground beneath you. Don't miss it. Don't even think about missing it. It barely even counts as beating the boss if you miss it.

#3: Audibly Singing "SEGAAAA" When A Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog Game Booted Up And The Sega Logo Flashed

video game ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder, video game addiction, video game comedy, minus world, comedy game, game comedy, comedy blog

Maybe it's inherently connected to that same shred of membrane that made us sing along to awful sitcom theme songs growing up (Full House's theme song oddly pondered the whereabouts of "predictability" while simultaneously delivering the most predictable plot scenarios imaginable) but many of us can't look at the Sega logo without singing it's name. Even through the Genesis' warbled sound drive or worse - through the Game Gear's tinny little muffled speakers we knew we were just moments away from incredible, yet to be tainted Sonic the Hedgehog goodness. It's like watching a girl unbutton her bra right in front of you. You know within a matter of minutes you'll have some tits in your face.

#2: Picking Up Every Item In A Legend of Zelda Game Even Though You Already Maxed Out What You Can Carry

video game ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder, video game addiction, video game comedy, minus world, comedy game, game comedy, comedy blog

Almost every game is littered with instances of over-feeding your inner collection #######, but Zelda games take it to the next stage by rarely even giving you much to spend your coin on (or rupees, in this case). The result is a maxed out wallet and a dungeon packed with treasure chests that don't amount to #######. But are you really going to leave that room without opening every single chest, smashing every pot, hacking away at every blade of grass, and slaughtering every skeleton? Of course not! That would just eat away at you for the rest of the temple.

#1: Jumping As You Enter A Boss Door In A Mega Man Game

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Every single Mega Man gamer is inexplicably guilty of this wildly rewarding but ultimately pointless display of action. Some of us probably did it all over again without even thinking twice when Mega Man 9 hit consoles last year. But why do we do it? Nobody knows for sure, but I'd like to think that nothing screams "I'm going to fark you up, robot master!" like leaping through a doorway and levitating over to the next screen to surprise him. Plus, it's one of the few times you can jump with certainty in a Mega Man game without the possibility of projectiles, disappearing platforms, or random explosions killing you.

[DeadPoolX 9]

I learned to pick up -- and hang onto -- everything when playing Sierra adventure games. I loved how you could stuff a ladder into your pocket.

That and when the text parser interface was still around (before point-and-click), I used to type all sorts of crazy things. The usual response from the game was: "You kiss your mother with that mouth?!" The one response I hated was: "Oop! You tried something we didn't think of!" The game would then crash out into DOS.