Fnord wrote:
There are more that just board and video games.
There are actually games that require both thought and creativity.
Oh, there are plenty of video games that require both. Saying that there arent is, frankly, a rather silly assumption and generalization.
Of course, the problem with the industry these days is that so many people know only of the big mainstream games, usually only on consoles, at that. I personally like games that encourage careful thinking, creativity, and exploration, but..... yeah, I dont find many of those (or any, really) if I only look there. But as I actually do know where to look, it's not really a problem. I also prefer games with a very high level of challenge.
That being said, "creativity" is rarely needed among retro games (or at least what I consider to be retro games).
As for tabletop games, which I'm assuming is what you mean, ehhhhh..... in theory, they're interesting to me, but.... I'd never get a group set up for that. Not around my place. It just wouldnt happen. Most of my friends are extremely stereotypical Xbox Live FPS fanboy types. Needless to say, I dont do much in the way of multiplayer here.
Though, my extremely limited patience level probably would mean that I wouldnt exactly make the best group member for that sort of game anyway. I tend to be the sort that'd go "Aaaaaaargh, everyone stop talking already!" followed by dashing into whatever the situation is and wildly attacking anything that moves. And everything that doesnt move, just in case it were thinking about moving. Doesnt help that I'm pretty darn bad at all social things, too. Still, it'd be nice to have a chance to try it at some point. Not over the Net though. I know that's doable, but the idea bugs me.
Anyway, on topic here, hmmmmmmmmm......
Well, I love most games on the Atari 2600, a few favorites being:
Reactor
Demon Attack
Jungle Hunt
Mario Bros
Space Jockey
Solaris
Jr Pac-man
too many others to list
And I love old arcade games as well:
Jungler
Galaxian
Galaga
Jungle King
Burgertime
Moon Patrol
Popeye
Zoo Keeper
Robotron
Mr. Do!
Juno First
Devil Fish
Major Havoc
Q*Bert
Bubbles
And NES games:
Metroid
The Goonies 2
Super Mario Bros (the first one being my favorite)
Ice Climbers
Kid Icarus
Clu Clu Land
Sqoon
Zanac
Xexyz
Ikari Warriors
Urban Champion
And way, way too many others to list
There's much more, but.... yeah. Too many. Way too many. Those 3 categories are the big ones for me though.
29 Sep 2013, 4:01 pm
