Gaming and Gamers

[Somegeezer]

Seems to be a fair few of us around the site and find it very interesting. My thoughts were to just make a casual thread for gaming. Perhaps tell us your favourites, what consoles you own/enjoy playing on. Maybe what first got you into gaming and what your first game was? What games are you playing now?
If it's cool with you, maybe add gamertags/usernames for people to add you. Of course, like any information on the internet, make sure it is something you are sure you want to share with the public before doing so. =]

I'll start us off, as I should. =P

I started gaming back when I was about 4 or 5. At least that I can remember. I'm not sure if my first ever experience of gaming was on a PC or my Sega Megadrive [Genesis for you strange Americans and such].

Of course my first on the Megadrive was the classic Sonic The Hedgehog. I don't know a single person who didn't have this for their Megadrive. It probably came in some bundle at the store or something. I would totally buy a Megadrive again, just for that game. =P

On PC, I remember my first games being Superfrog and the absolutely amazingly cheesy Zool. A game sponsored by Chupa Chups lollipops. XD That was on my father's PC. Probably one of the very early adopters of the PC and especially an early adopter of PC music recording.

But hey, back to gaming. I went through/have been through many consoles. With my first being the Megadrive, I went down the Playstation route. PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3. In fact still owning the last 3. I found the PSP to be incredbly flawed though. I bought maybe 1 game for it ever. Ended up hacking the thing and downloading other games through torrenting for it. Even now, I still never really pick the thing up.

First ever game on my PS1 was Worms. A game which actually got me into both Trance and Ambient music, through the amazing work of Bjorn Lynne. I think he's like the official go to guy for Worms series music. But a damn great game too.

I still enjoy my PS3 from time to time, but games on the thing are a real blow to the funds at times. But with online play being free and have great processing power, I really can't argue. Did you know, the first batches were actually being sold at about half the price they were worth? Puts a real spin on everyone complaining that the prices were so high eh?

These days, after building myself a great music production rig, I've actually turned to the PC as my main gaming rig. With just the addition of a fairly nice graphics card, I've been able to play everything I've ever desired to.

Some of my favourite games... Definitely the Worms series. Especially the early games. Metal Gear Solid. Since playing the first one, I always wanted to play the others. Eventually did and have loved the series since. The PSP versions, not to great. Looking so forward to Metal Gear Rising though!
The GTA series, as typical as that may be. =P I have posters from the series all over my bedroom wall. Again, been a fan from the start. I think I played the first game back on a PC before playing it on the PS1 though.

Right now I'm playing a lot of Skyrim. Just completed the newest Assassin's Creed. Love a bit of Dirt 3 now and then. I like to play around with new games before going back to old ones that have lasted the test of time. I'm not a huge online gamer, but I do when I can. I'd especially love a partner on Portal 2 if anyone ever fancies it.

PSN: SolidConscience
Steam: SolidConscience

[opalescent]

I'm not really a gamer - I am exploring role playing board games which I enjoy but doubt it will become the obsession it is with some of my friends. Still, and I cannot explain this, I often attract, and find attractive back, Jewish, atheist, geeky, gamer dudes. Most of the men I see right now fit all or most of those categories.

[ThatGuyInBlack]

I started out on NES. Mario Brothers. My great-grandmother bought it for me while I was in the hospital recovering from spinal meningitis, so I had more than enough time to sit around and get nicely addicted. lol.

From there I graduated to a Sega Genesis, then an N64, GameBoy Color, Sega Game Gear, PlayStation, PS2, GameCube, Xbox, Nintendo DS... and sadly, that's where I sit right now. I still can't afford a PS3 or X360. It makes me cry at night.

My game of choice right now is a toss-up. I'm either sitting at my brother's playing Skyrim or Batman: Arkham City (Come not near to me, I am more Batmanly than thou).

Gray, Monochrome, and I are currently prepping a GURPS campaign to game long-distance because we're having dice withdrawals, lol.

[ThatGirlInGray]

Opal, if you're not quite sure you're ready to dive in to rpg games, I highly suggest giving the card game Munchkin a try. It comes in lots of variations (DnD, Vampires, spies, cthulhu, ninjas, etc.), it's not nearly as much work/thought as creating your own character, and you can finish a game in less than a couple hours.

For me, I don't do video games much. I played Breakout, Centipede, Frogger, etc occasionally on my grandparents' Atari when I was a kid, got an NES in middle school and played Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt (when my sis and I could get the controller from our dad) but until I got married that's about it.

Monochrome and I have owned a PS and a PS2, and still have some games for them, but we haven't played them in FOREVER. I think at one point we had a N64 that I played a Southpark game on. It involved turkeys, iirc. But now my 5 year old wants to try video games, so some of those might get dragged out again.

I'm a tabletop gamer. DnD, Vampire: TM, Mage and Monochrome is working on getting me into a GURPS or Heroes game with TGIB. I'm not a great actress, so my characters end up being a lot like me (or like I wish I was :p) but I enjoy sitting around with my friends with soda/snacks/alcohol. Kinda like a movie night but FAR more interactive. :)

[Castalia]

I started out with Oregon Trail on our first family computer and then moved on to Tetris and Duck Hunt. I still wish they would add old fashioned Tetris on the ps3, which is the system we have now. As a kid I also played some of the typical board and card games, Uno and trouble.
Learned to play Everquest years ago while with an ex and I hated it.
Gamerboy taught me how to play Magic when we first got together. I built a couple of decks; kicked his butt, BAD. After that we played board games for a while, Settlers of Catan and Kill Doctor Lucky. Then Gamerboy convinced me to start playing WOW with him. I don't play regularly or have top level characters but I do enjoy playing occasionally.
We bought a ps3 last year but we rarely play games on it. We bought it so we could watch Netflix and Hulu in the livingroom.
Eventually Madscientist and Gamerboy wanted to start playing D&D again and needed another player, so they convinced me to learn how to play.
D&D is the game we most frequently play and we've been playing fairly regularly for a couple of years now. In that time the guys have decided to strip down and rebuild the game, so we are playing a slightly different version now.
I think Gamerboy sometimes regrets teaching me how to play D&D. He frequently runs the games and Madscientist and I are a fairly ornery team. Madscientist and I bounce off of each other a lot and rarely taken the beaten path. Gamerboy has had to learn not to plan out anything too much since Madscientist and I always do what he least expected us to. I say it has made him a better story teller and player but I think sometimes he'd love to smack the both of us.:D

[Somegeezer]

Awww, Guy In Black, it's a shame you can't afford them. Especially as the 360 is really damn cheap these days. You could even get a good PS3 for a nice price. Even better if you go second hand. I'd say I'm lucky in that I had the many monies it cost for my PC. But it really is a tool I needed. I do the majority of my work on here, as well as using it for gaming.

Girl In Gray [Grey =P], I remember that South Park game. I'm sure it must have been on PS1 as well or something. I never owned it, but I knew friends who did. It was pure cheese of a game. =P

I've never been much of a board games kinda guy. I'm probably from one of the first generations that got into computer gaming before board games. But it's hard to beat a classic game of Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit. I've never played any tabletop stuff like D&D though. Perhaps I should give it a go, but I'd have no idea where to start. It's such a stereotypical nerd game. =P

[ThatGuyInBlack]

Well, being unemployed for about two years'll do that to your finances. Before that, I was the breadwinner, so I didn't spend a lot of cash on things for myself. All went to my kids.

[NovemberRain]

"It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."

I'm not what I consider to be a gamer, but my loves certainly are. I adore gaming memes.

Though I'm a mad addict for Settlers of Catan. It's a board game, in which the board is different every time you play. You play for resources and then you build stuff.

[current bf said to me tonight, when I was discussing this forum, and that I was surprised to find that lots of gamers are poly, 'co-op is fine, but we prefer multi-player.']

[Somegeezer]

"It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."

I'm not what I consider to be a gamer, but my loves certainly are. I adore gaming memes.

Though I'm a mad addict for Settlers of Catan. It's a board game, in which the board is different every time you play. You play for resources and then you build stuff.

[current bf said to me tonight, when I was discussing this forum, and that I was surprised to find that lots of gamers are poly, 'co-op is fine, but we prefer multi-player.']
I've never played that game, but I certainly know of it. I was brought up on games a little after the text based stuff. Side-scrollers were probably my first love. Oh but when true 3D gaming came about... My mind was blown. To see the way gaming has come so far, too. I'm amazed at it all. =] I can't wait to see where things go. I certainly hope I can still be around when they are hooking up our minds so that we can visualise these virtual worlds just as our real one. ^_^

[ThatGuyInBlack]

"It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."

Magic Missile. Always Magic Missile.

[Castalia]

Magic Missile. Always Magic Missile.

haha, or glitter dust.
I am constantly teasing Madscientist about his use of glitter dust :p

[ThatGuyInBlack]

Oh, that reminds me. Zynga games. I am addicted to Facebook games.

Glitter dust reminded me, because CastleVille frequently makes me beg people for "glitter dust" and "fairy wings." Oh, the teasing.

[ThatGirlInGray]

"I shoot the darkness!!"

(Yes, real quote from a real gaming session. Wasn't me.)

[RunicWolf]

Oooooh boy where to begin on this thread....

Let me start at the begining. I started gaming, back in the day, on an old Commodore 64 my parents had. Playing things like Frogger and Q-Bert, as well as things like Bruce Lee's Kung Fu and Zork 1-3 (I later tracked down a CD that has all the Zork games up to Return to Zork on it).

About a year after it came out my mother broke down and bought me an NES. I was a pretty hardcore Nintendo gamer up until a few years ago when things started to really split and what system you had really did matter. As of right now I own a Wii that Yoda plays, and the XBox 360 which everyone plays. The hot games for me from the consoles are pretty much the Mass Effect series, that and Gears of War. I'm a sucker for epic last stands, and both games pull them off well.

For my PC I just picked up a copy of Oblivion with all the DLC for $6.25 on Steam so I've been poking at that every now and again. My main games are The Old Republic, City of Heroes, and World of Tanks. I've also got a severely neglected League of Legends account.

As for other games...

I learned to play Magic right around the release of The Dark and stopped in '98. I picked it up again for about a year when my local gaming group looked for something to do. In that time I picked up Magic, Pokemon, and Legend of the Five Rings. Of those the only one I miss is Legend of the Five Rings. It was a good mix of everything and the story that's told from set to set is pretty awesome, if you like samurai epics.

I play Warmachine, and was a massive Games Workshop junkie. I have 2 40K armies (Dark Angels/Deathwing and Tau), a fantasy army (Dark Elves), an Epic force (combined Eldar/Imperium), 2 Necromunda gangs, a Blood Bowl team (High Elves), and some other stuff kicking about. I stopped playing when the rules changed every couple of years, required you to buy a $70 book, and that there was no guaranteeing that models you'd bought prior would be worth a damn in the new version. So rather then keep pouring money into it I walked away and picked up Warmachine.

As for RPGs, I usually end up running the games around here. I've run/played more games then I care to list (it's a lot of typing, really) and read more on top of it. I see running games as a craft of sorts, weaving a story that others want to participate in while everyone has a good time. I usually end up running something horror related, with an Orpheus game being my best so far. Currently I'm running a Scion game and am prepping for another WoD game. I'd love to do more sci-fi RPGs, but the folks I game with prefer fantasy or modern style settings.

Also, I LARP. Both in a salon style, and with boffers. Laugh if you want to, then come out and try and keep up. ;) Also, while not a LARP but still with foam weapons, I fight Dagorhir. Spear mostly, sometimes other things.

Also, Catan rocks. I don't get to play it often enough.

[BrigidsDaughter]

I started video gaming on the Atari, moved up to the old 8bit NES when I was about 8, got a Sega Genesis when I was in 6th grade. Earth worm JIm on Sega channel and Buck O'hare were some of my favorites. We got our first computer when I was 15, right around the time that I was introduced to Vampire the Masquerade table top game. On the computer I played Caesar III and Diablo II.

Runic wolf's gamer friends took me in after he left for basic training. They bought me my first deck of magic cards and got me into their after school D&D game. We played a hybrid of 2nded when the 3rd Ed rules came out and our gm wanted to give them a try.

We currently have a Wii and a 360. I am playing through Dragon age origins. On the PC I play City of Heroes. We table top game every week, alternating between Changeling and Scion. I <3 white wolf. We also LARP.

For years we played Legend of the Five Rings the card game, but there are no local players around here. I played Blood Angels on Warhammer 40k up until a few years ago and Britonians in Fantasy. I currently have a Retribution army for Warmachine.

Everyone should play Settlers of Catan...... They even have it computerized for Xbox 360.

[ThatGirlInGray]

I've played Magic (high school) and Legend of the Five Rings (college) and even LARP'd a bit, but none of them ever grabbed me.

And I SUCK at strategy games. Good at Tetris, though.

[ThatGuyInBlack]

Ooh, I forgot about Magic.

Oh, and my guilty pleasure... Pokemon. I can't not play it! I don't know why! Save me.

[Setxfamily]

I must be one of the loan wolfs. I started out on board games such as Clue, Monopoly and life then one day discovered D&D and was hooked for years on it. Computer games had not really come out then except for in the arcades and since we did not have much money RPG's was my escape. I would still play them but cannot find anyone in my area who want to play and can work with my schedule and around kids. Later on I discovered computer games but I never really got involved in them to much except for the original wolfestien and all of the Doom games. I do not care for the FB games and have no time for the online games like WoW and stuff.

[BrigidsDaughter]

Everyone in our Monday night game has kids. But this was not the norm for years.

[nycindie]

In reading all the games mentioned in this thread, I feel like I'm looking at a foreign language!

[Setxfamily]

In reading all the games mentioned in this thread, I feel like I'm looking at a foreign language!

LOL.:p Looking back over this thread I can see how someone could become confused:confused: if they were not gamers. ;)

[Amitrye]

I started out playing games on Sega Genesis and PC. The first two games I ever became obsessed with were 3D Pinball Space Cadet and Sonic the Hedgehog. My favorite game of all time is still Guardian Heroes from Sega Saturn. I loved the multiple endings and variations in the game- plus having a bunny to fight through Earth, Heaven, and Hell with me was pretty cool.
I later switched to card games briefly- Pokemon and Magic mostly. I tried playing Yugi-Oh but cards like Injection Fairy sort of put me off. I also played, and still play, D&D. I still prefer 2nd ed. because it's what I learned to play originally.
I've done LARP in the past- but not in the last two years.
I used to play EQ and EQ2 along with FF11 and Runes of Magic. Currently I play World of Warcraft and Perfect World. My character's name on WoW is Moonchime on the Silver Hand server. I have a giant collection of Magic cards (still) and am looking for a group to do campaigns with (if not 2nd then 3rd ed). In addition I have two separate Chaos armies and some Space Marines painted with some terrain for Warhammer 40k.

[Somegeezer]

LOL.:p Looking back over this thread I can see how someone could become confused:confused: if they were not gamers. ;)
When I'm having conversations with close gamer friends, most people around us are much the same way. =P But I think the classic board games and tabletop stuff can often make me feel the same way. I think I'd love to try some stuff like Warhammer and D&D, but never really had the chance.

I was a little into the Pokemon stuff when I was really young, but never got fully into it. I do still have a good deck of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards though. Haven't played in a long time. If I am going to play with cards these days, I much prefer a good game of mahjong or something. :p

[Setxfamily]

If I am going to play with cards these days, I much prefer a good game of mahjong or something. :p

Where I do enjoy a good game every now and then I have noticed that as I age (gracefully mind you) my choice in games has changed as well. I'm not sure if it is a patience thing or what. I still enjoy some of my older games but I do not have the same passion I use to have for them as I did when I was younger.

[RunicWolf]

Where I do enjoy a good game every now and then I have noticed that as I age (gracefully mind you) my choice in games has changed as well. I'm not sure if it is a patience thing or what. I still enjoy some of my older games but I do not have the same passion I use to have for them as I did when I was younger.

I've noticed this as well. Games like Warhammer used to hold my attention for the whole 4-6 hours they'd take to play. Now I prefer much shorter games with a higher strategy/combo element to them. Playing Warmachine is akin to playing speed chess mixed with Magic. You only have so long to do your turn, models play off each other, and you've got to be on the ball thinking not only of your turn two turns from now, but what your opponent will probably do. I think it's because I'm better thinking and acting off the cuff now then I was in my early twenties.

Of course, when it comes to video games, I never was much of a shooter player, and today's shorter games bug the crap out of me. What happened to the Final Fantasy style games that would take 60+ hours to beat and focused on story rather then pretty cut scenes?

[Somegeezer]

I've noticed this as well. Games like Warhammer used to hold my attention for the whole 4-6 hours they'd take to play. Now I prefer much shorter games with a higher strategy/combo element to them. Playing Warmachine is akin to playing speed chess mixed with Magic. You only have so long to do your turn, models play off each other, and you've got to be on the ball thinking not only of your turn two turns from now, but what your opponent will probably do. I think it's because I'm better thinking and acting off the cuff now then I was in my early twenties.

Of course, when it comes to video games, I never was much of a shooter player, and today's shorter games bug the crap out of me. What happened to the Final Fantasy style games that would take 60+ hours to beat and focused on story rather then pretty cut scenes?
Same here. Though an amazing exception are Metal gear Solid games. Great story AND pretty cutscenes. But there are so many companies now just trying to spread stories over so many games, that each one can be completed in a day. Assassin's Creed, I'm looking your way. ¬_¬
I think Skyrim is really one of the best games I've played in such a long time. My quest log isn't even nearly complete. My map still hasn't been fully explored. I still haven't unlocked all my powers and 'shouts'... and most of all, I'm moving so slowly to level 81, I feel like it could be weeks in real time before I ever get there. These guys really know how to make a game.

[RunicWolf]

I think Skyrim is really one of the best games I've played in such a long time. My quest log isn't even nearly complete. My map still hasn't been fully explored. I still haven't unlocked all my powers and 'shouts'... and most of all, I'm moving so slowly to level 81, I feel like it could be weeks in real time before I ever get there. These guys really know how to make a game.

Dude, it's an Elder Scrolls game. I played Daggerfall for years and never saw it all or got bored. They've perfected that style of game over the years. The only company that can match them, in story, imho s BioWare. Although I'll admit I'm a whore for them. The only game series by them I haven't touched is Bioshock. BrigidsDaughter just beat Dragon Age, and I've played through Mass Effect 2 probably 3-4 times already, with another in the works before 3 drops. I'm also working on The Old Republic. Haven't touched Bioshock simply because I don't want to get addicted. >.>

[NovemberRain]

Bioshock is pretty. Current bf stayed up for what felt like a week, until he completed it. He loves to explain the games to me. I'm good for watching a round or two at a time.

[Somegeezer]

I have Bioshock, but still never properly played it. I find that being alone, late at night, in a dark room, whilst playing on a game, where I'm alone... in the dark, just makes me shit scared. =P

But I would love to get in and complete it. There's always so many games about these days though. So much choice. there are still games from 2010 I've been wanting to play, but not had the time or money. :(

[ImaginaryIllusion]

Magic Missile. Always Magic Missile.

"I shoot the darkness!!"

(Yes, real quote from a real gaming session. Wasn't me.)

SHHHH!! Don't wake the Gazebo!!!

Between GURPS and Munchkin TGIB and TGIG just became my new favorite peoples.

BridgetsDaughter get's honourable mention for rockin the Atari. ... I think I missed the opportunity to dig that out, the kids will never give up their Wii for that at this point.

[BrigidsDaughter]

I couldn't tell you which Atari we had, but I remember playing Pong and loving it. Though my favorite NES game would have to be Dr. Mario. (I'm a big Tetris fan too!)

[Somegeezer]

Did any of you guys ever play a game called Gauntlet?
Such a difficult bloody game! I can't remember when I last played it. Probably about 5 or 6 at latest. I might have to see if anyone has ported it to PC. Such a great game.

[ImaginaryIllusion]

Did any of you guys ever play a game called Gauntlet?
Such a difficult bloody game! I can't remember when I last played it. Probably about 5 or 6 at latest. I might have to see if anyone has ported it to PC. Such a great game.

I think there's still Gauntlet II games in the Arcades on some of the Ferries around here...
I'm pretty sure there's been at least 1 PC port...a lot of the Atari Arcade games have been. I know I have a Game Boy port around as well.

[Somegeezer]

I think there's still Gauntlet II games in the Arcades on some of the Ferries around here...
I'm pretty sure there's been at least 1 PC port...a lot of the Atari Arcade games have been. I know I have a Game Boy port around as well.
I remember mine was a port on my Megadrive. I'd imagine there is one for PC. Even if it means searching around for it. =P Or whether it will even work on Windows 7. Could have to bring out my old 95 machine to play it. XD

I've not seen any Gauntlet game in the arcades though. But on a similar note. Time Crisis and Virtua Cop. Some of the most addictive arcade games I ever played. Even to this day, there are still a ton of those light gun games about. Seems they will never die. =D

[Somegeezer]

Hey any Minecrafters out there? I just set up a server myself on my machine and would be cool to have anyone join in on it. No restrictions on, so if you do want to join, tell me, I'll make you an op and you can go play around with creative mode and such.

81.102.213.89:25565 for those of you who do want to.

[JennMarie]

Although I like board games I am more of a MMO Gamer. Currently I am playing SWTOR (Star Wars: The Old Republic). Used to play WoW (World of Warcraft) but got bored with it. :rolleyes:

I have owned quiet a few gaming consoles (Atari, PlayStation, Xbox) while growing up and now own a Wii. We love it. We mostly have the Lego games and the Guitar Hero games for the Wii.

Hopefully there are more MMO gamers out there... :D

[Jdiknt2]

Although I like board games I am more of a MMO Gamer. Currently I am playing SWTOR (Star Wars: The Old Republic). Used to play WoW (World of Warcraft) but got bored with it. :rolleyes:

I have owned quiet a few gaming consoles (Atari, PlayStation, Xbox) while growing up and now own a Wii. We love it. We mostly have the Lego games and the Guitar Hero games for the Wii.

Hopefully there are more MMO gamers out there... :D

Nice post sweetheart!

I was so proud to see you posting your love for SWTOR! :) Of course, you could have kept WOW to yourself... Haha... Just kidding! LOL

And I love the Guitar Hero games! It's almost time for Rockin' Taco Night! :)

[Rymmare]

I wasn't allowed to play video games as a kid, or really do anything ever, at all. When I started dating my hubby he got me into video games by throwing me in the deep end and signing us both up for WoW. I haven't played it in awhile now but I wouldn't say no if given the chance lol! We've also played GuildWars and SWTOR together and I am in love with Skyrim, but hardly get the chance to play :(

[Subarcana]

...one of my first posts and it's about gaming. :o I'm somewhat of a gaming geek when I'm not working. Started with Atari and worked my way through all the consoles until someone introduced me to the fact that I could IM and kill monsters in FFXI, played that for a while, WoW and now SWtOR.

[LadyKane]

I'm a total gamer geek.

Starting at a young age, we had the following consoles: nintendo, snes, sega genisis, nintendo 64, gamecube, wii, xbox, xbox 360 ps1 and ps2.
Now that I'm an adult, my mother bought herself a ps3 last christmas, lol...

As for me now, I am primarily a PC gamer. My favorites include Killing Floor (seriously, if anyone plays, omg hit me up. I love it) Civ 5, Starcraft 2, Lego Batman, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Diablo 2 and 3, Portal 1 and 2, Fallout 3, and Fallout 3: New Vegas, Unreal Tournament 3, and Minecraft.
MMOs.... EVE online currently, but in the past- Lineage 2, and a little bit of WoW. League of Legends... and I think that's mostly it....

[Rymmare]

...one of my first posts and it's about gaming. :o I'm somewhat of a gaming geek when I'm not working. Started with Atari and worked my way through all the consoles until someone introduced me to the fact that I could IM and kill monsters in FFXI, played that for a while, WoW and now SWtOR.

This thread was my first post! Even before I introduced myself lol! Gotta stick to the comfort zone!

[Somegeezer]

I'm a total gamer geek.

Starting at a young age, we had the following consoles: nintendo, snes, sega genisis, nintendo 64, gamecube, wii, xbox, xbox 360 ps1 and ps2.
Now that I'm an adult, my mother bought herself a ps3 last christmas, lol...

As for me now, I am primarily a PC gamer. My favorites include Killing Floor (seriously, if anyone plays, omg hit me up. I love it) Civ 5, Starcraft 2, Lego Batman, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Diablo 2 and 3, Portal 1 and 2, Fallout 3, and Fallout 3: New Vegas, Unreal Tournament 3, and Minecraft.
MMOs.... EVE online currently, but in the past- Lineage 2, and a little bit of WoW. League of Legends... and I think that's mostly it....

Gotta love Portal. Portal 2 with the whole user made levels and multiplayer and such really just upped it so much too. I'm rather addicted to Minecraft at the moment. Playing with the Tekkit 3.0.3 mod on my own survival server, building some fairly technical stuff. Still not touched half of what is included in it though. If you haven't already, I'd reccomend highly that you play Minecraft with Tekkit. Adds so much more.

[Jdiknt2]

...one of my first posts and it's about gaming. :o I'm somewhat of a gaming geek when I'm not working. Started with Atari and worked my way through all the consoles until someone introduced me to the fact that I could IM and kill monsters in FFXI, played that for a while, WoW and now SWtOR.

Yay for SWTOR! What server do you play on? Republic or Empire?

[Lu2k155]

Hi, I am Desert Rose,

I have been playing games since the Tandy2000 came out in the late 70's. I am not that old.....LOL.
Anyway, I am currently nearing the end of a Bachelors Degree in Game design. I plan to make a media-gaming company out of my education.
My favorite form of gaming is on my pc, though I started out with game systems.
My favorite games right now are first person shooters. I like mystery games. I like all games really, but these are my favorites. I game with my clan on Combat Arms......which I am developing a site for the clan and making a personal flash game for the clan.
I play all COD.....though I am anxiously awaiting the release of COD Black Op II.
I am gamer on WOW, RIFT, AND Diablo III.
Diablo III, is a whole other conversation to say the least, anyway, thought I would introduce myself here and what I do.


:)

[thenewgirl79]

i play WoW and Diablo. :)

[Lu2k155]

What server are you on in wow, and when do you get on Diablo III.

If your ever on lookup Madlady37;)
It will be madlady37 in Diablo,

If you play on the blizzard server for wow, which on, if not do you play on a private server.

I had my own wow server for a good minute, then got tired of it. I play on Molten Wow.

[thenewgirl79]

yeah i tried to add that to my wow live id, didnt work, i play on kul tiras primarily. let me go add u to diablo

[thenewgirl79]

soooo i went on diablo and madlady37 is not a name i can just add to my friends list...whats ur battletag?

[Lu2k155]

OK, let me know what time your on, and when so we can do this thing, lol.:)

Normal if I get on it will be around 8:00 pm est. Madlady is my handle.

[Lu2k155]

Sorry, thought I posted it,

Madlady37#1288 is the tag.

Hope to see you in the game.

DesertRose

[aLABiMCpl]

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My first console type video game was Pong
First computer was the Radio Shack TRS-80

Since those days pretty much had hands on everything from Handheld light games, which you still see now and again in stores.... Watch games, Merlin, Atari, Odyssey, Intellivision, Original Sega, Nintendo up to the Wii, Gameboys up to DSi, PlayStation's up to PS3, Pinball & Arcade Games, various phones with games, even my Kindle & Kindle Fire have games on them.... and the ultimate gaming system: several PCs that even when maxed out only last a few years at best.

I remember when PacMan was single, Donkey Kong was a bad guy, the best defense against a Dragon was a Bicycle Pump, and using a ball to kill an alien Centipede was a huge innovation.

Lived through R.O.B., U-Force, Virtual Boy, & the Power Glove.... not sure how.

Basically: I am old & being born in '75 allowed me to see most of the steps that have led to gaming today and just lucky enough to evolve with it.

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Today:
I play mostly anything online
My go to downloaded computer games are Natto-Cat & Creeper World 2
My favorite MMO is Wizard 101

PS3: Recently got Assassin's Creed II & now have Brotherhood & Revelations being delivered any day now.
Got screwed with WWe'12 & still hoping WWe'13 actually has good game play and functional Servers.

Wii: More for the Grand Kids, but I like Bowling on it & trying to get back into Super Mario.

Whatever I missed you can ask me about.... Y'all know where I am. :D

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[jndmoore]

I'm strictly a PC gamer. I love Team Fortress 2, Portal 1 and 2 and Left 4 Dead 1 and 2. I like Battlefield 3, just hate the interface.

But I can't play any of these (except Portal 1) without being in a Skype call with friends. It's more of a social interaction than just playing video games.

If anyone is interested in playing any of these together PM us and we can exchange Steam names.

[Storm77]

My first experience with video games was when I was under 5 years old (way back so unsure how old I was) My older brother would usually be in the local arcade/pool hall as a teen. Honestly not sure if they were all 18+ back then, I remember some places at the 18+ sign on the doors. My older brother was in deep shit for not being home on time, I whined to go with my Dad there once got in my bro was playing Frogger and told me to take over could barely see the screen, lol. I guess he knew our Dad was gonna be yelling and swearing so went with him outside so her could get it out instead of in front of me in the car going home.

Then had Colecovision, Intellivision rentals from movie stores back then. My first "own" console was an Atari 2600 (lmao) I remember carrying it home like it was my friggin baby as a kid I think also got Missile Command with it.

At 10-12 years old got a Nintendo (NES) and first time into the RPG's and Sim type games like Sim City. Later got the SNES still into the same type of games. I thought Nintendo was the BEST thing out there, subscribed to their Nintendo Power magazines and everything.

Then I saw the hottest new bombshell on the block and dropped Nintendo faster than my pants when my wife says she horny lets do it.

First time I saw the Playstation and actual video clips in a Top Gun game I was sold almost like going from being a kid to being a man as far as video systems went :p Nintendo seemed like a bloody child's toy with their kiddie colorful graphics. Played through PS1 and PS2 and still sitting there. Don't really have the cash now to spring for a PS3...

Anyways after seeing an Xbox with Kinect at couple's place we were hoping would click with pretty much think our next system won't be a PS3 but a Xbox. (Couple didn't work out with fucking sucks! Wife hit it off with the guy and their dating now, I'm back to women telling me off YOUR MARRIED!? POLY EEW THAT'S DISGUSTING YOU SICK PERVERT)

We currently have a PS2 with the Eyetoy, some of the singing games with the microphones, dance pad etc but rarely use it.

My wife and I have also played World of Warcraft for many years. First on retail servers for 2-3 years guild blew up after Wotlk came out. Tried "free servers" and luckly found a great adult one with mature players. Actually fucking ENJOYED WoW like never before but sadly it shut down last year when one of the owners go into some shit and had to disappear, lol.

I enjoyed being a Game Master on that one with about 100 players and later for to be a (level 3 for anyone that knows) on another server which tried to replace the one which shut down. It bombed since the owner was running it from a home computer, had ZERO leadership skills and was a total pussy where anyone could cheat, hack, say their sorry and would get unbanned and back to cheating. Quit that one even being a GM.

Messed around setting up my own home WoW server with a Trinity Core but got boring fast with just my wife and I although she LOVED having full GM powers, fly around, spawn stuff, one-shot bosses, etc. Like a kid in a candy store hehe. I tried a few others since but can't stand the bloody kids on most servers. I LOVE the game, just HATE most of the people :p I think the only reason I'd play WoW again would be to help maintain and GM a server with owners staff I could respect.

I've tried other games but WoW seems to be the only one with stunning graphics, love the game controls and will actually work on our old piece of shit desktop computers. (P4, 1gig ram pc2700, 64mb standard video) tried others and they require higher system req's and worse graphics like that when I saw on old SNES games.

Now just fart around on Facebook games, trying to get back into working on my websites. Wife REALLY wants me to make a Poly dating site and market it since have done SEO internet advertising.

Meh I've thought about going back just to check out my guild on Eternal-WoW, left a 300 member guild there as Guild Master lol. If any Wow'ers are thinking to check it out don't waste your time. More bugs than usual, even a Guild Bank bug which I have NEVER seen having tested prob hundreds of servers over the years. GM's mostly just do silly events, ie kill the GM. Although you CAN buy pretty much anything you want if you got the cash!

Anyways, yeah I do long posts.

[castle33]

I love XBOX and PS3 games. I have started playing WoW again for my husband. I am slowly getting back into it. Maybe I can make it fun this time.

[Somegeezer]

I just got back into playing on my PS3. Been a PC gamer for going on 2 years now. My PS3 has been sitting cold. But recently [far behind, I know] got a HD TV. First flat screen TV at all, oddly. =P Took me long enough to even get one for my PC. Even now, it's still a measly 19" 1366*768 thing! Haha. But yeah, now with the full power of my PS3 able to shine through, and with some trophy updates for Metal Gear Solid 4, I figured I'd dust it off and play through some of the games again. Still mainly on my PC though. Even though my TV may be HD, my measly PC monitor at least can still manage modern graphics details. Even a lot of the PS3 games are starting to look blocky. You just get used to higher and higher quality from graphics.

[Drifter]

In reading all the games mentioned in this thread, I feel like I'm looking at a foreign language!

I truely know what you mean. Although growing up with a younger brother who was massively into nintendo, magic and all that sort of thing, I can catch whiffs of the gamer chat and recognise a few words. A bit like hanging out in a foreign bar where you know how to say 'hello may i please have a drink or 3, thank you.' And that's about it.

That said, I do love cards, backgammon, chess, word games. Minesweeper was a favoured timewaster in the college computer labs. And if we are to include the real life 'games people play' well...:rolleyes:

[Rowan]

I've always been a person who avoided the gaming stuff. In high school, the Atari, Commodore 64 and other such devices were just out on the market and all the guys seemed to be drawn to them. Some girls, yes ... but mostly the guys were addicted to the point of madness by these gaming consoles.

My first husband and a couple of our mutual friends started up a DnD group, and I played along. Mostly to spend time with them. The Dungeon Master accused me of being there solely to destroy his carefully laid plans. *evil chuckle* It was a good time.

After first hubby and I split up, I moved to another state where I had friends, got involved in a DnD group here mostly as a way to make friends. But found it had lost all it's appeal.

A dear friend of mine wanted me to try World of Warcraft, and I happily spent many hours with my current husband questing, raiding, achievement hunting and all sorts of things to do. My appeal to the MMO was constant as there was always many things to do and the best part was playing with my husband and friends.

We've moved on to Star Wars now. Happily so, since I've been addicted to all things Star Wars since the first movie came out. :)

My husband? Oh, he's a hard core gamer. Has the latest Xbox and PS3, Gamecube, PS2 and probably every gaming console he ever bought! I love it because it gives me great gift ideas for things because new games are always coming out that he would love to play. The good part of all of this is that we have a great relationship with his kids, because "game night" is usually the Wii ... and someone is going down to Table Tennis or whatever! /giggle

[Avatar]

Like aLABiMCpl, my gaming started back in the dawn of time. Pong, VIC20, TI99/A, handheld football, Commodore 64, Colleco, Intellivision, Pac-man, Battlezone, and the like. Programmed several by hand from magazines, experienced the early days of pirating software, wasted tons of quarters, one of the first to get a 20 sided die, and two time Atari competition champ. These days, I work for a company that makes world class gaming hardware, have several consoles, built a complete MAME arcade, but rarely play anything other than a few games on my phone/tablet. Words with Friends and WELDER are my main two.

[Aduras]

I played wow for way to many years then did some game hopping a while mostly pc and at least at the moment I have settled on guild wars 2

[Somegeezer]

I just got into the beta of Planetside 2 the other day. So far, I'm quite impressed. I'm looking forward to seeing what the fully released game will end up being like. Especially as so much stuff is still locked out at the moment. Even after it releases, they have so many plans on where to take it too. I think this is going to be a game that is around for a very long time. Plus the whole free to play is VERY much my kinda thing. =P

[InspirationFlow]

My gaming started a couple years after Nintendo came out. I was given $5 allowance and my friend's parents would take us to the local mall and I'd spend it all on Space Invaders and pinball machines. I was given a Gameboy when it first came out and Tetris...it was all over. Over the course of the first 6 months I had it, the money we spent on batteries could've bought at least another Gameboy. Dr. Mario, Metroid II and Zelda were also in heavy rotation. I eventually convinced my parents to get me a Nintendo. All I had on it were Super Mario Bros and Duckhunt (that damn dog's laugh haunts me to this day...lol) were my main games.

I saved up enough money to buy a Super Nintendo outright and my parents bought the game package of Super Mario 1, 2 & 3 (all in one cartridge) and Zelda (again...lol) are the games jumping out at me at the moment. I remember getting SOOOO excited when they came out with the conversion cartridge that allowed me to play Gameboy games on the SNES.

Then we got a computer...a Packard Bell (which no longer exists) with Windows 95 and companies were still coming out with games for DOS. The 3 games I started with (Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Koshan Conspiracy) were all DOS-based and the computer HATED DOS. After much trial-and-error, I eventually created a boot disk so I could play them without having to reformat & reload drivers (which was at least a 2-day project back then).

From that point on, it was mostly RPG's and First-Person Shooters on the computer. I still had one foot in console gaming, though. We opted for the Nintendo-64 instead of the Playstation, and I played mostly either Mario 64, Super Smash Bros Vol 2, or Zelda. Notable PC games were Duke Nukem, Unreal Tournament (LOTS of all-night LAN parties in college with this one), Diablo (I & II), Fallout series, Quake II Arena, Ultima Online, Heretic, and there's countless others that I can visualize it but can't think of the title. When I had high-speed internet at home, I found a torrent with all the music from Diablo II...lol. Took me a while to find it, but this also means SOMEone spent all the time to pull the music from the game! lol

I had a PS2, and I remember being confused with the new button setup, being used to letter disignations. I played mostly NHL games, Guitar Hero (1 & 2), Final Fantasy 10, GTA III (which I would just waste time driving around & no quests...lol), and a racing game by Atari in which I could play pong while it loaded (the title escapes me).

I'm at the point where I play games incessantly for about 4~6 months then take about 2 months off. I have a PS3, and the games I have are NHL 11, Skyrim, LA Noire, and FF 13.

I don't have internet at home, so no gamer tags for my PS3.

[MusicalRose]

Did you ever play Final Fantasy VI (Japan)/III (US)? That was one of my favorite SuperNintendo games.

[Somegeezer]

Then we got a computer...a Packard Bell (which no longer exists) with Windows 95 and companies were still coming out with games for DOS. The 3 games I started with (Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Koshan Conspiracy) were all DOS-based and the computer HATED DOS. After much trial-and-error, I eventually created a boot disk so I could play them without having to reformat & reload drivers (which was at least a 2-day project back then).

I had a PS2, and I remember being confused with the new button setup, being used to letter disignations. I played mostly NHL games, Guitar Hero (1 & 2), Final Fantasy 10, GTA III (which I would just waste time driving around & no quests...lol), and a racing game by Atari in which I could play pong while it loaded (the title escapes me).

I'm at the point where I play games incessantly for about 4~6 months then take about 2 months off. I have a PS3, and the games I have are NHL 11, Skyrim, LA Noire, and FF 13.

I don't have internet at home, so no gamer tags for my PS3.
Hated DOS? I remember I used to play a fair few DOS games on my 95 and 98 machines. =P It especially doesn't make sense, as 95 and 98 were actually built on top of DOS. and i remember once it came to XP, you have to find a new way of playing them, which was DOSbox. I don't even think you can use that anymore though. Unless you're still using XP for some reason.

If you thought the switch from PS1 controls to PS2 controls was weird, what about to PS3? There was a huge change in controls there. =P I know suddenly my thumb finally felt at rest from that dreaded X button. XD the constant tapping, smashing, and holding it down as long as I could without my hand getting tired... XD

[InspirationFlow]

Hated DOS? I remember I used to play a fair few DOS games on my 95 and 98 machines. =P It especially doesn't make sense, as 95 and 98 were actually built on top of DOS. and i remember once it came to XP, you have to find a new way of playing them, which was DOSbox. I don't even think you can use that anymore though. Unless you're still using XP for some reason.

If you thought the switch from PS1 controls to PS2 controls was weird, what about to PS3? There was a huge change in controls there. =P I know suddenly my thumb finally felt at rest from that dreaded X button. XD the constant tapping, smashing, and holding it down as long as I could without my hand getting tired... XD

Yeah, I always got the Blue Screen of Death whenever I tried loading a DOS-based game while in Windows, for whatever reason. I think it was more the computer itself than the OS, but the line between OS-based issue & computer-based issue was pretty hazy. Once I wrote my own autoexec.bat & config.sys as well as the mouse drivers, I was able to switch between DOS & Windows prettty easily.

I was referring to switching from Nintendo's letter-based designation to PS's shape-based...but took me maybe 1/2 a day to get used to it.

Did you ever play Final Fantasy VI (Japan)/III (US)? That was one of my favorite SuperNintendo games.

I did, after I discovered ROM's. I didn't really get into RPG's until after I got into PC gaming; up to that point, Zelda was really the only RPG I was exposed to and had any interest in. I definitely like FF 6, though. :)

[RunicWolf]

I was that kid who owned a few of the "fun" games for the NES, but owned Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior. >.> I also actually beat Battle Toads when I was a kid. Tried it again a few months later and my gaming style and preference in games has totally killed my twitch gaming reflexes. I now lean more to RPGs for the most part with a few third person shooters. I can't stand FPS games. With all my experiences in the military, playing paintball, combat sports, and LARPing in the woods I've come to rely on all my senses and my twitchy RL body reflexes (I can't twitch move just my thumb, but I can dodge, twist, and generally make my whole self a hard target while returning fire. Go figure. -.-). FPS games make me feel like I'm running around with a box taped to my face, my arms in a brace that's connected to my head, ear muffs on, and weights on all my limbs. I feel like a crippled gimp so I usually avoid them. Third person balances out the crappy lack of senses with at least a wider visual arc.

That said, I've been playing Fall of Cybertron, Skyrim (which is okay even in first person because i'm not trying to compete with other humans as to who is the better gimp), and The Secret World. Thinking of picking up Guild Wars 2 soon because lots of my friends are playing it. Now that City of Heroes is getting the axe (don't get me started on that) I need some kind of MMO to play.

[PotatoBrain]

I grew up on nes and snes (mario3, link to the past, megaman x, chrono trigger, mariorpg, earthbound, contra 3). My favorite pc games were Ascendancy, Civ 2, and Baldur's Gate. I spent so much time in all three of those. I played alot of n64 too! Then I started playing tibia, and eventually wow. Really happy I don't play mmorpgs anymore, just too time consuming and addicting for me... though arenas were fun when they first came out.

I picked up ut99 and ut 3 during that time too. Now I really just play League of Legends. Which I am happy to play with anyone here. Might be giving it up though if this computer dies :P

I use to play alot of mtg, now just the odd draft. Magic Workstation is pretty awesome if you like mtg! Its a free to play library/1v1 internet program. Its really great for testing ideas out in.

I don't really have an active group for Dnd anymore =/


Oh now I play nba2k and fifa sometimes too.

This feels obligatory, sorry if I missed it being posted :P

its pitch dark!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE


I can't believe you beat battletoads RunicWolf. Congrats!

[winterscoming]

Wait... someone actually was able to beat Battletoads?

[RunicWolf]

Wait... someone actually was able to beat Battletoads?

Took me lots of time one summer. It was a pain, but I was determined to beat that damn thing.

[learninginTN]

I love PC gaming. My favorite series are 1) Half-life 2) Call of Duty, 3) Grand Theft Auto, and 4) Elder Scrolls (Skyrim, etc.). I also love flight simulators, baseball sims, and almost all the Star Wars titles. I also love BioShock, Deus Ex, and the entire Total War series.