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youknowandy
Blue Jay
Joined: Mar 16, 2008
Age: 31
Posts: 98
Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota
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 Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:34 am Post subject: Don't play video games anymore, just obsess over them |
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| Ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration. But I do find myself spending a lot more time obsessing about the details of a game on the internet than actually playing it. For instance, I'm the only active administrator on the Castlevania Wiki (Reinhart77) and have spent much time writing articles, discussing, and searching for all thing Castlevania. I'd much rather watch movies for Tomb Raider, Doom, and Resident Evil than actually play the games. Fighting games are fun, but mainly as a way to access the dripping coolness of the character designs. The thing I liked best about 3D games is appreciating the scenery and soaking up the atmosphere, but have little interest in doing what I'm "supposed" to be doing in the game. Since discovering Second Life, which is a limitless world for me to explore in 3D (albeit, not as sophisticated as a PS3 game), I haven't had much of a drive to play 3D games. |
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Veresae
succubus bait
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Age: 20
Posts: 3215
Location: California
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| I obsess about the industry and rant about how few modern games I want to play anymore, don't do a whole lot of actual playing these days. >.> My computer can't run too many high ends games anyway. So I'd want to play The Witcher, Bioshock, and the PC ports of Mass Effect and Gears of War, for example, but my computer isn't good enough. |
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Cyberman
Cyber Lieutenant
Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 1259
Location: Cyber Control
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Since my main AS obsession happens to be games, I do both.  I pay attention to certain details of what goes into games as well as playing them. |
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youknowandy
Blue Jay
Joined: Mar 16, 2008
Age: 31
Posts: 98
Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota
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| part of my problem is that i can't play immersive games while someone else is watching. i like to take my time and smell the roses and simply imagine being there, but nobody wants to watch me do that. also, i'd be in the middle of a good game, then my brother would come down and just watch me, and it'd just derail my whole experience. i have smaller screens to watch where i know i can guarantee privacy, but there's nothing quite as nice for that kind of game as the projector against a big wall of mine in the main living room. |
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Quatermass
Deranged scientist
Joined: Apr 28, 2006
Posts: 17249
Location: The Crucible
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:16 am Post subject: |
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I prefer video games with good storyline, so Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (in Australia, we got the movie disc as part of the package bought) is a god-send.
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Space
Phoenix
Joined: Apr 03, 2006
Age: 25
Posts: 1680
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| I stopped obsessing about games for a long time... but then I got a new HD TV and PS3, so that's out the window. |
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DejaQ
Drill fork! It can drill and fork! ...Mostly fork.
Joined: Feb 18, 2007
Age: 18
Posts: 1978
Location: The Silver Devastation
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| I mostly play video games during social occasions these days, but I still write about them and write up my own ideas. |
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drybones
Toucan
Joined: May 15, 2008
Age: 39
Posts: 254
Location: UK
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I dont play as much as I used to but invest a lot of time in every other aspect of gaming though - obsessively in some cases too
When i do get into a new game though its a full on thing which i milk for every penny i paid for it.
From recent times these games have been obsessions for me:
Animal Crossing Wild World
Resident Evil 4
Zelda Twlight Princess
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Nikolai17
Hummingbird
Joined: Jun 28, 2008
Posts: 19
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My main obsession with them now is analyzing the structure of them and how they are designed. The simplest comparison is how I watch movies. Instead of figuring out the end of the story before it happens based on the events/characters, I try to question the writer/director's intent with the movie, in some sense even judge how intelligent the movie is to the point I'm at so far to help me with this. Then I can start making more assumptions about where I think things are going to go.
With games I find the more brilliant ideas tend to be the smaller ideas implemented, and the pacing rather then the high level design, which more people SEEM to get excited about. |
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TheBladeRoden
Phoenix
Joined: Feb 11, 2005
Age: 24
Posts: 1271
Location: Wisconsin
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I tend to spend more time on video game forums than actually playing them 
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