I never played most of these games. I have a hard time with the shooter games as they make me sick to my stomach. I love GH and Wii sports can be entertaining.
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I never played most of these games. I have a hard time with the shooter games as they make me sick to my stomach. I love GH and Wii sports can be entertaining.Get confident, stupid
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SIck to your stomach as in you haste violence or sick to your stomach as in motion sickness? I experience the latter on some games.Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View PostPLesa excuse the tpyos. -
1. Pong.....we had a Pong Machine in our home. I was really young so my older bro and sis had most of the playtime on it. But our place was hang-out central for several months until more neighbors started picking up the machines.
Does everyone rememer the old video game systems....you would connect them to the UHF/VHF inputs (two metal screws) via this black metal box. The box had a switch/lever that allowed you to choose between "game" and "TV."
2. Pac Man......as a child of the 80s, I had Pac Man fever. We skipped classes the day that Ms Pac Man came out and headed over to Pizza Hut to eat pizza and play the game.
3. Doom....I was in college and into girls by this time. Internet access was not widespread so there was no real way for me to play this game. I actually have never played it.
4. Dance Dance Revolution...I have only played this game once, it isnt for me. But I don't think there has ever been a better vehicle (including karaoke) to make skinny asian teenage boys to look cool to all their peers. I don't know what it is about asians and DDR, but they are the unquestioned kings of the eletronic dance floor.
5. World of Warcraft.....never played, no interest in playing. Blizzard is our client, though, so every time I have been out to Blizzard for a meeting, I have to pretend that I think it is cool. The Blizzard HQ building here in Irvine is a mecca for pimply nerds that want to take their pic out front.
6. Guitar Hero....played this one, but ditched it for the Rock Band franchise the first day Rock Band came out. I think that was Thanksgiving break 2 years ago.
7. Wii Sports....I am not a huge fan of the Wii because the games are not great and the controller thing gets old. The Wii is a great party game, though and has mass appeal to all ages, so it gets a thumbs up overall.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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I am suddenly feeling really really dorky.Comment
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How is Goldeneye not included in this list?"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
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1. Pong - First game I ever played. We were late on that bandwagon.
2. Pac-Man - played it but have nothing to say.
3. Doom - I won a tournament at BYU, which is kind of funny if you think about the all the satanic themes.
4. DDR - played it in Japan and stateside a time or two, but never really got that into it.
5. WoW - yeah, I have enough to do without flushing my life down the toilet. The South Park episode was hilarious, though.
6. GH - Eschewed for Rock Band, but I am so good I am embarrassed.
7. Wii Sports - meh.Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.Comment
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Goldeneye? What about Asteroids?Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
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No Tecmo Bowl featuring Christian Okoye?
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or Mike Tyson's punch out???
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come on!"They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.Comment
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DDR's inclusion on this list is a sham. Nintendo's Track and Field with the action pad was 15 years ahead of DDR as far as getting a "workout" while playing a video game. Also, DDR is boring.
Also, leaving Super Mario Bros. out is ridiculous. Nintendo was the stepping stone between Atari and our game systems today, and every nintendo came with Super Mario Bros. Who among us can't identify with that adrenaline rush the first time you faced off against Bowser?!Last edited by Donuthole; 02-10-2009, 12:59 PM.Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
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Pong to Pac-Man is a pretty big leap. Space Invaders needs to fill that gap.Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
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everyone who was in college when that game was out wasted way too much time on that game.Originally posted by Hot Lunch View Post"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam CarollaComment
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I think the leap makes sense. Space Invaders was a classic, as was Pac Man.Originally posted by myboynoah View Post
But while Pong introduced the world to in-home gaming and the really to gaming in general, Pac Man was the first game to show the potential commercial viabilty of video games. Space Invaders was not a marketing juggernaut. Pac Man was everywhere.....cartoons, clothes, Top 40 radio, even that delicious tasty breakfast cereal! Pac Man brought video games out of the pizza parlors and arcades and onto Wall Street.
I wish I had a nice bowl of PacMan cereal right now.
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Goldeneye? What did that game do that hadn't been done before? It was just immensely popular, no? Is that the game that broke ground by bringing FPS games to consoles? I think Goldeneye did its thing while I was on the mission, so I missed it.Originally posted by Hot Lunch View PostComment
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Originally posted by RobinFinderson View Post
Yep. FPS and the 4-player split screen. My freshman year of college (97-98) i had three friends fail out of school because they played this game so much.
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There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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