Random Gaming Thoughts

[KalessinDB]

You guys got me curious so I did a forum search.

Looks like there HAS actually been a few GOG/Steam covers made... I'd link them, but all the hosting services are blocked here at work so I can't tell if they're dead links or not.

But yeah. Apparently if you like shelf candy, you like shelf candy. No matter what I'd probably do it, but I really don't play PC games. Hell I can barely remember the last time I turned my PC on, everything's either phone or Chromebook for me these days.

[isiolia]

I think, at that point, I'd rather just look for merchandise related to the game instead.

[Sload Soap]

I've been playing Singularity and it got me thinking:

1: I wonder how many video game Russians I've killed over the last five years?

2: I wonder how many times I've had a helicopter ride shot down or crash for some reason?

3: Has every graphic artist since 2004 taken the same seminar on colour theory? So much blue and orange.

[lisalover1]

I'm finally done with Final Fantasy IX, and I can't believe it took this long! It was the first FF game I ever played (unless you count Kingdom Hearts), and I have beaten many FF games in the meantime since the first time I started it up. Through various calamities involving corrupt memory cards and scratched discs, I wasn't able to complete it the many other times I had tried, but now I have! Definitely my favorite game in the series thus far, and one of the most enjoyable games I have ever played.

[Gunstar Green]

Random discussion with my girlfriend while playing Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Everything was said with complete sincerity.

GF: Can you drown?
Me: No, he's like Mario.
GF: Why can't Mario drown?
Me: He's a plumber.
GF: Oh.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Random discussion with my girlfriend while playing Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Everything was said with complete sincerity.

GF: Can you drown?
Me: No, he's like Mario.
GF: Why can't Mario drown?
Me: He's a plumber.
GF: Oh.

The logic is totally sound.

[ZeroAX]

I'm finally done with Final Fantasy IX, and I can't believe it took this long! It was the first FF game I ever played (unless you count Kingdom Hearts), and I have beaten many FF games in the meantime since the first time I started it up. Through various calamities involving corrupt memory cards and scratched discs, I wasn't able to complete it the many other times I had tried, but now I have! Definitely my favorite game in the series thus far, and one of the most enjoyable games I have ever played.

. What did you think of Vivi's story? (use spoiler tags)

Random discussion with my girlfriend while playing Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Everything was said with complete sincerity.

GF: Can you drown?
Me: No, he's like Mario.
GF: Why can't Mario drown?
Me: He's a plumber.
GF: Oh.

The logic is totally sound.

My ex-plumber's lawyer says otherwise.

[Kkasino]

Some recommendations for books about games?
I am looking for something with certain topic, nothing like "best 101 games" or "every snes game reviewed". Thanks

[ZeroAX]

Some recommendations for books about games?
I am looking for something with certain topic, nothing like "best 101 games" or "every snes game reviewed". Thanks

Apparently this is very good

http://www.amazon.com/Console-Wars-Nint ... 0062276697

[dsheinem]

Some recommendations for books about games?
I am looking for something with certain topic, nothing like "best 101 games" or "every snes game reviewed". Thanks

Racing the Beam by Ian Bogost and Nick Montfort is a good one, and I think the new MIT series "Playful Thinking" is also quite good and accesible: http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/series/pl ... ing-series

Or are you looking for something on a particular game? Perhaps Masters of Doom or either of Jordan Mechner's "Journals" books?

Some recommendations for books about games?
I am looking for something with certain topic, nothing like "best 101 games" or "every snes game reviewed". Thanks

Apparently this is very good

http://www.amazon.com/Console-Wars-Nint ... 0062276697

I am planning to read that soon myself (it is sitting on the shelf and I've leafed through it a bit...)