Evening Reading
- VR to help combat trauma
- Dont help the sick duck
- Chimps have culture, fling poo.
- Enjoy it while you can Apple
Lastly, Google Desktop 2!
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replyPC and console denial in reply
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Oh boy!
The XBOX 360 is not too far from release and going to Quakecon always makes me
want to upgrade my machine. I have been buying consoles and upgrading my PC for a
while now but I took a break after I bought a 9800 Pro to play Doom 3. I thought I
was going to just skip the PC as a gaming platform for a while and stick to the
next generation of consoles. After a lot of thought I have decided I am not going
to upgrade my PC for a long time. Maybe a couple of years. I also will not pick up
the new consoles at launch.
Why?
I don't spend enough time gaming. There are too many demands on time and it is too
easy for me to spend 2 hours shacking. I have too many books at home that I bought
but never got around to reading. The main reason I will not upgrade and pick up
the new consoles is that I have too many unfinished games as it is and I still
have a few games that I want to replay in the near future.
Games that I own and need to install/finish (it is a longer list but this is off
the top of my head):
Quake 2
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Duke Nukem 3D
Homeworld
Psychonauts
Planescape: Torment
Fallout
Fallout 2
Starcraft
Warcraft 3
Age of Empires 2
Age of Mythology
Total Annihilation
Deus-Ex
System Shock 2
Sanitarium
Metroid Prime
Zelda Wind Waker
Castlevania Lament of Innocence
Advance Wars
All three Castlevania games on GBA
Ninja Gaiden
Pikmin
Gunstar Heros (thanks redfield)
Yoshi's Island
Radiant Silvergun
Ikaruga
Forza
Halo 2
Tomb Raider
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
Soul Reaver
There are many more, but between these games, World of Warcraft, and BF2 I think I
am set for at least 2-3 years. There are also a handful of games that I have
finished and I want to play through them again: Symphony fo the Night, Ico, Final
Fantasy 7, Shadowrun,Donkey Kong Country,God of War, Max Payne 2,THPS 2X, etc. The
only game that is being released soon that I plan on buying is Shadow of the
Colossus.
TLDR = fuck shackhype!
p.s. If I could borrow somebody's copy of Shadowrun for the Genesis I would appreciate it. I only have the SNES version.-
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Little by little, my man! I went through a hell march of old games a few formats ago. Good times. I used bitterness as the fuel to burn through whatever old games I'm trying to play through.
Since your post has gone and inspired me, I'm going to run through the rest of Forza in the coming weeks as well as reinstalling/finishing Call of Duty: United Offensive. I just realized that I never finished it. I meant to, but I upgraded to a SATA HDD last year and lost my savegame when I did.-
that was the short list. I guess that's a good thing because it means a lot of entertainment for a long time. Man i muist have about 50 unread books here at home. I am set for a while. If I could get a decent chinese and italian restaurant to deliver food I would never leave. Oh wait. I have to work.
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goddamn mark this informative.
This is exactly what I'm thinking of doing
I want a new console for the cool factor, awesome graphics, functionality - wank factor etc but ultimately - I have a seriously large qty of PS2, Xbox and PC games that I should complete
and i'm not talking shitty games either, I'm talking A+ games which I've just been too busy shacking to finish :( -
How old are you? this is happening to me too. I have like 7 games for the Xbox pending to finish, San Andreas for PS2 waiting to be finished (I even got the damned slim PS2 just to play that one), Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes for GC waiting to be finished too.
I guess the gamer in me wants to keep on playing, but Real Life(TM), the job, going out, the girl, all of that keeps me away from it. I also did a small upgrade to my PC like you (got a Radeon 9800pro) just to play Doom 3 and HL2 (these of course I finished).
And then I'm salivating for an Xbox 360 and got a DS two weeks ago, damn.
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I'm in the same boat. 31 and have a pile of games to finish. I may get a long ways into a game, but work, real life, or a different game tends to keep me from finishing games. I think the only reason I finished God Of War when I did is cause it is a REALLY short game.
Coincidentally, I told myself that I would pick up and finish Ninja Gaiden (2 levels left) and Metroid Prime 2 (about 2/3 of the way through) this week. We'll see how that goes. I suspect that Advance Wars DS will dereail those plans.-
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Getting a DS (and PSP) was never a question for me. I travel all the time for work, I love portable games, and I LOVE puzzle games.
If anything, Lumines and Meteos are the games most responsible for derailing Resident Evil 4 and Metroid Prime 2 for me.
Burnout 3 is the reason I never finished Ninja Gaiden. Damn that game was addictive. -
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Nintendo wants to try and make a lot of the really old games easier on the eyes while keeping the gameplay untouched. I hope they include "classic" versions too, but I understand why they want to do it. I often try to introduce people I know to older games they didn't play, either because they missed them or because they weren't gamers at the time, but they sometimes just refuse because they say they "look too ugly". It's like when people refuse to watch black and white movies (and I refuse to not punch them in the face). So it's probably for the best.
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I won't upgrade for a while either. The stuff I play now is mostly older games anyway.
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Id say book in an hour a day for game time. Two hours on the weekend. Making sure you have time to chill and making sure you have time to game are two things you should make sure to do! ho ho.
I don't upgrade my machine that much but when I do, I focus on PROcessor and memory and features and then video card is towards the bottom. I keep the focus on the working part of the machine and then I give a nod to the gaming that I do. -
we need a list of CLASSIC games that must be re-played - a list of things so we can re-enjoy pc gaming.
obviously some classics are not as good as we think and nostalgia is holding them up - but me, personally, I plan to play very few new PC games and focus primarily on existing pc and console games and one or two new games.
Things like Monkey Island old and Ultima Underworld old I need to re-play
Really need to make a list - like my "movies to watch.xls" list :(
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