How many Gamers!!

[h1s_l0rdsh1p]

I'm starting to learn who's real, who's "fake", who's who, who's a 1user and who's a gates slut. And I'm still not sure about the apple freaks.

But I want to know;

Who here is a gamer?
you don't have to be a total "OMG! I M 1337 Gam3r 3xtr33333m!!" or some bullshit. But here loves playing video games?

I don't care if it's something that needs a 512MB graphics card or if you're into the 8-bits (:D). I'd like to know. And what you play?


I personally.

I love the 8 and 16 bit games. Golden Axe is one of my favorite 16bits. But on 8bit, it's Heavy Barrel and Contra for the win. Not sure if anybody knows Heavy Barrel. The game on the Famicom was nice, but the arcade version was fuckin'-A!

I have a Wii, but only the Wii Sports game for it. (Don't have the room in my place at the moment) But I've played abit of Red Steel and Zelda: Twilight Princess. I am a !!!!!MASTER!!!!! at Tony Hawk games. I'm not kidding. Play me and watch how badly I ruin your shit at any of the Tony Hawk games. :p

PC gaming though. I play a few fps here and there. Was up till 1am playing Black Hawk Down. Still made it to work by 7:30. Don't ask how. :p

But there are two games I am loyal to. Ever talk badly about them, and I introduce my shoe to your throat.

WarCraft 3 and Elderscrolls 3: Morrowind.

I'm excellent at WC3. But Morrowind. My gawd! I was like a crack addicted with that game. I missed 3 months of school because of that game once. I was that addicted to playing it. I'm over that addiction. Haven't even touched Oblivion yet. I'd probably cum in my pants from that game. So I'm waiting until I'm an old fart to play that.


I'm looking forward to playing the game Portals.
What about the rest of you?

[lumukanda]

i love my games, i'm not a fanatic, but i do enjoy a good shooter, but by far my favourite are strategy games, at the moment i'm playing O.R.B. :

http://www.o-r-b.com/info/Overview.asp
http://www.o-r-b.com/gallery/

but i enjoy just about anything, FIFA football and tiger woods golf is also cool just to pass time.

morrowind elder scrolls is also pretty cool, i bought an old second hand pc and i got a box of discs with it, amongst it was elderscroll, so was pretty stoked.

[h1s_l0rdsh1p]

i love my games, i'm not a fanatic, but i do enjoy a good shooter, but by far my favourite are strategy games, at the moment i'm playing O.R.B. :

http://www.o-r-b.com/info/Overview.asp
http://www.o-r-b.com/gallery/

but i enjoy just about anything, FIFA football and tiger woods golf is also cool just to pass time.

morrowind elder scrolls is also pretty cool, i bought an old second hand pc and i got a box of discs with it, amongst it was elderscroll, so was pretty stoked.
What's the Specs for ORB? It looks like fun, I'd like to try it.


Edit: Nevermind :p

[thirdwave]

I have the odd faze where I like to play football games.. "Pro Evolution Soccer" was the one I liked.... because its not like a game you start and finish by following the plot...... its like a sport... and every game is diforent....

[lumukanda]

thats what i like about sports games, every game is different, i hate watching sport, but playing them is a different matter.

[deca]

yep like my FPS quake counter strike and mame rocks I old enough to have had
8bit machines. I have had bbc,c64,vic20 amiga 500,1200,playstation 1,2 and pc

[klinker]

RPGs are not really my thing but I do like sports sims. I rarely get to play however.

Pro Evo is the nuts.
Colin Macrae Rally series - superb
Toca series - superb
NHL ice hockey
Gran Turismo

Plus a few others thrown in for fun.

PGR on the xbox 360 looks and plays very well.

:D

[lightbeing]

I love playing Virtua Tennis 3 on my Xbox 360, so much fun!:) Still have a burn with PGR3, which is amazing considering this was a launch title!:eek:

[ho1ogram]

Before I found this forum I was playing Ceasar 3 constantly. Now I have a mac and C3 is only available on pc and my pc is a 12" laptop. No matter how good the game is I'm not going back to squinting at a 12" screen ever again!

[lumukanda]

one of the best games i've ever played though was Deus Ex, very interesting story...

[chicken_little]

I mostly play World of Warcraft, but picked up Lord of the Rings Online this weekend. It's a beautiful game, and they did a nice job with it, but there's something about it that I cannot put my finger on that keeps me from getting immersed like I do with WoW.

I also like the WWII first person shooters. Call of Duty and Call of Duty 2 are fantastic games. As are the Medal of Honor games, though some show their age these days.

And Oblivion is a great game! Very addictive. :) The graphics are amazing (Lord of the Rings Online is just as beautiful) and the game play is lots of fun.

[bigus_dickus]

my fav game right now is motoGP 3...

i've taken the championship on the "legend" level and i win every "champion" level race blind folded :D

[jinjo5]

Ive got a few games on the go at the moment....the brilliant Okami,Final fantasy X11,God of war 2,Zelda;Twilight princess,super monkey ball.
Im also trying to play Halo 2 on legendary,i must be mad....progress is near impossible.:)
Recent great games ive played are ICO,shadow of the collosus,we love katamari,Oblivion,Black
Beyond good and evil,killer 7.F.E.A.R

[mada88]

Games are great. Don't forget about the virtual game that you play all the time. The first person RPG game called Life lol.

[yvonne]

I play an on-line game ('Rise of Nations Thrones & Patriots' and the vanilla RON)
And I'm in a clan (my rank is 'Saboteur'..lol), it's great fun!

[ho1ogram]

Games are great. Don't forget about the virtual game that you play all the time. The first person RPG game called Life lol.
Yeah, that's a goodie, I'm playing it right now.

[deca]

yep I am a naughty sim in somebody else`s game...:) i want do what I am told...:D

[ho1ogram]

..and it's other players like you that make it so much fun to play! Thanks for the good times!

[auron]

I love playing the old megadrive games from time to time, with the emulator Gens (http://gens.consolemul.com/)

I downloaded a torrent last year of the entire collection. around 5000 games! They're great to play when you have mates round.

[shodan]

I'm a huge games fan, this year I've played over 300 hours of OBLIVION :eek:

System Shock 2 is my all time favourite (hence the avatar), a must play for any gamer. I love a good shooter, but they are getting a bit 'samey', but I'm hoping thats all going to change with the release of Bioshock in August.

http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/rapture.html

I believe games are and excellent form of escapeism that you interact with, as opposed to just letting TV wash over you.

But games do get in the way of everyday life, if your not careful.

Tonight I'm playing Half-Life 2 :)

[mrguitarbear]

The Tomb Raider games - Done them all.
Max Payne 1&2 completed.
GTA 3 , GTA Vice City , GTA San Andreas , Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories - all done.
Done most of the Crash Bandicoot games as well.
Band of Brothers - both games completed.

I don't play any more though , most games are just pale imitations of previous classics now. My greatest moment was completing ' Brian Bloodaxe ' on the ZX Spectrum , also completing ' Frankie Goes to Hollywood ' on the ZX Spectrum in a mammoth 12 hour session ( there was no Save facility ! ).

[stevenstoolberg]

nothing but the finest for me
http://www.gametab.com/images/ss/xbox/2795/box-l.jpg
*not for new agers

[notaslave]

Yes Im in touch with my inner child too. I play online games, dont have xbox playstation etc. I kick goblins to death mainly.

[adramelech]

Big into gaming. I follow the industry, did some time as a pro and would like to get into design work somewhere down the line. I play everything, but retain a special love for well crafted RPGs, story-driven adventures and completely unique and quirky independent games.

[auron]

Anyone like the Final Fantasy series? I used to play them all the time years ago.:)

[tru3]

i played quake 2 and 3 for a couple of years, mostly ctf because i had dial up for so long. i liked some of the mods like WOD, etc. i blowed up shit real good! :)

[auron]

And Metal Gear Solid! That was an amazing game :D

[deca]

I used to love team fortress theres a new one coming out soon love the online stuff cs cs source dod quake 3 ....sort of not played on line much now think it better not play much FPS at the moment.

[fantana]

I love Leisure Suit Larry

Not into games normally, as they are for dorks, but this game was amazing.

Great game, take a look at it

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3337462/Leisure-Suit-Larry-Collection/Product.html

[auron]

Check out this thread:

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2813

It's an online game called "There". Think msn messenger, but in a 3D world where you can meet up and build your own communities. Me and quite a few on this forum meet up there and discuss things in real time. It's well worth a look.

:)

[bigus_dickus]

I love Leisure Suit Larry

this series gets 5/5 fantanas

[tickles]

Big Call of Duty and Unreal Tournament 2004 fan here.

[domtak]

Big Nintendo fan - in terms of going against the grain they win out every time.

Looking forward to Mass Effect too...

D

[loveemotion]

Gamers are fun :D

i played a lot fo games mmoprgs... in surprisingly stuck to two of the games

Star wars Jedi knight 2 (jedi outcast) you can actually talk over there and have a good conversation, jsut need to find people :)

Battlefield 2 is my second choice... :)

Love an Light

[gordonfreeman]

Video Games are the only thing that doesn't belong to the mind-controlled. But it still belongs in the media.

Games that I enjoy:

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition
Resident Evil series
Warcraft III
Half-Life series
Super Mario series
Star Fox series
Grand Theft Auto Series
Halo series
Sonic Series
Megaman Series
Silent Hill series

Systems that I own:
PC, Xbox, PS2, and GC.

[pollock]

Yup, since the first nintendo, I also remember some of those really crappy pong like games you could get for the first personal computers, gosh they where high tech back then, I was awestruck!
Then it was the supermarios and sonics, then computer evolution drew me to tombraider and such.
My last fav games where oblivion elder scrolls and halflife2, but I dont feel I have enough time to sit for hours and play after my son arrived, so now I mostly play some racing games, need for speed is the game of the moment!

F

[orgo knight]

You young whippersnappers don't know how lucky you all are with all these new fangled games and whatnot !
When I was young all I had was a ball and a piece of string to play with at home !!
And I had to walk 3 Miles through knee high snow with a broken leg to get to school .
Back in the day if I wanted to enjoy a Video game I would proceed 4 miles through thigh high snow to a Video arcade where the music of the day would fill the air.I would listen to glorious foot tapping tunes from bands such as Adam and the Ants,Culture Club,Human League,Depeche Mode, Devo just to name a few.

The games I enjoyed most had names such as Donkey Kong, Pacman, Centipede, Scramble, Defender, Frogger,Phoenix, Pleaids,galaxian.Games with heart and soul.
Anyway that's it from me. Time for a nap.

[lumukanda]

anyone remember king's quest? that was the shit at one point, i grew up in a tiny town and once a year we'd go to the city to visit family and i'd get all the games i could and copy them for friends at home, i was the king for a while, then i discovered girls and that was the end of my gaming for about 5 years, when i finally got back into computers they had this new contraption called a 'mouse'.

[stevenstoolberg]

Video Games are the only thing that doesn't belong to the mind-controlled. But it still belongs in the media.

lol hahahah why do think they gave us game consoles!
ahahaha :)

[limelady]

I'm with rossus. While gaming may be fun, its also
distraction.

Who does it serve to have so many minds distracted in this way?

[lumukanda]

i love playing games, but i do agree lime, but it's like any media, it's not inherently bad or good, music, books, games, movies, tv, the internet, you name it, it has it's good and it's bad side, plus all work and no play...
but if it was to go away tomorrow, i'd probably not miss it.

i do wonder about kids though that never get out, never play outside, there's no balance, just playstation or computer games all day, topped off with generous amounts of tv, thats not good at all.

[klinker]

Kids of the last ten years are known as the Playstation generation. When I were a lad I hated being kept indoors.