LightOfArt said:

I play old skool super nintendo role playing games on computer via an emulator. luv em

I bought a mod chip and a microsd card for my Nintendo DS so I can play emulators on it

JoeTyler said:

do you?

do you own a powerful computer? a Play Station? an Xbox? etc?

which are your favourite games? (both modern and vintage)

if you don't play anymore...why?

Yeah, I do still play - hell, I was playing Grand Theft Auto IV last night and earlier today . Not as much as I did when I was younger, not that many of the newer games catch my attention. Plus, it's a pricing issue too - games are so expensive, I've pretty much been priced out of the hobby other than playing whatever games my brother buys and brings into the house.

I love the Grand Theft Auto franchise; the Resident Evil/Biohazard franchise; Mario Kart games; Kameo : Elements of Power ; Eternal Darkness : Sanity's Requiem ; old-school stuff like Bubble Bobble and Super Mario Bros., etc.

johnart said:

Play xbox 360 but haven't in months.

Stuck on the first Bioshock right now. Still have the second one waiting for me as well as Alien vs. Predator (which I only tried out once). LOVE LOVE the Left 4 Dead games. Also loved the Condemned games.

sweeeeeeeeeeeet game...

[Edited 5/17/11 14:52pm]

JoeTyler said:

do you? Sometimes.

do you own a powerful computer? a Play Station? an Xbox? etc? Playstation 1 AND 2

which are your favourite games? (both modern and vintage) Modern = Grand Theft Auto; Vintage = Sonic, Mario, Duck Hunt, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam

if you don't play anymore...why? I don't play as often because the computer became a distraction.

KoolEaze said:

uPtoWnNY said:

What about GTA IV: The Lost and Damned?

Hey UptownNY I know you´re a hardcore GTA fan, and maybe we should dedicate a thread to that game real soon.

I love the GTA series but for some reason, The Lost and the Damned was not really my thing. Don´t know what it is but I don´t really like the atmosphere, with the bikers and all, the music, the fucked up place where Johnny was staying, the biker bar etc.

It is a great game with fantastic gameplay and an interesting storyline but I was glad when I finished it and I don´t really look back. GTAIV and Gay Tony are a different thing though...I really miss being Niko Bellic, that guy and his friends, especially Little Jacob and Patrick became dear friends of mine and the storyline and dialogues were unbelievably good.

I also enjoyed The Ballad of Gay Tony immensely. Funny dialogues, interesting storyline, great characters, and all in all a feelgood game, especially because of the nice vehicles and weapons and the club scene...loved it!

But, all in all, I´m quite happy that I own The Lost and the Damned and I´m glad I played it because I love how the three storylines intertwine. It all makes a lot more sense when you play all three games. And the weapons and motorbikes were cool, too, but like I said, I´m not really into the biker scene, probably because I know people in the biker scene and I don´t really like that subculture. I found the game Lost and the Damned a tad too realistic, which is actually a good thing as far as games are concerned.

By the way.....did you get what really happened with the diamonds? I mean, Louis kinda dropped them, and then the bum found them and got rich, right? But then again, Niko lost them also and they ended up on some dump. I´m getting a bit confused here, been a long time. I think there were a few plotholes regarding the diamonds, right?

I'm not a fan of the biker subculture or that awful death metal garbage, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the game. With TLAD you get to use cool bikes and better weapons than GTAIV. Elizabeta's missions were the best. That was one stone-cold bitch. She had a tight operation until N.O.O.S.E. took her down.

In the opening cutscene for GTAIV, you see the cook in possession of the diamonds, which he stole from the vicious Russian crime lord Ray Bulgarin. The cook was about to sell them to Tony and Luis until the Lost showed up and stole them on orders from Ray Boccino(TLAD mission, "Diamonds in the Rough' and BoGT mission, 'Frosting on the Cake'). During the deal at the museum(GTAIV mission 'Museum Piece', TLAD mission 'Collector's Item, BoGT mission 'Not So Fast'), Luis hijacked them from Niko and Johnny, but he and Tony had to swap them for the kidnapped Gracie. As Tony and Luis were making the exchange with Niko and Packie(GTAIV mission 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend', BoGT mission 'Ladies Half Price'), the true owner of the diamonds, Bulgarin, shows up and all hell breaks loose. During the gunfight, the diamonds are thrown in a dump truck. So nobody won.

Next to Mortal Kombat, GTA is my favorite gaming series. Can't get enough of them. I play the GTA III-era games as much as the GTA IV group. For me, san Andreas is still the kingof GTA. It has everything - great characters, great map, great storyline, the ability to customize your character and a killer soundtrack.

If you really want some fun, play the GTAIV, TLAD and BoGT missions in chronological order.

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

Your reasoning is bullshit.

I know lots of people whose marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of alcoholism. That doesn't mean every person who enjoys a drink is "wasting their precious time."

If, for example, this was a thread about favorite beers, I wouldn't come in here pissing all over everyone who enjoys beer just because there are people around who abuse or have a problem with alcohol.

So...

PunkMistress said:

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

Your reasoning is bullshit.

I know lots of people whose marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of alcoholism. That doesn't mean every person who enjoys a drink is "wasting their precious time."

If, for example, this was a thread about favorite beers, I wouldn't come in here pissing all over everyone who enjoys beer just because there are people around who abuse or have a problem with alcohol.

So...

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you get awesomer (yes AWESOMER) with every post I read

PunkMistress said:

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

Your reasoning is bullshit.

I know lots of people whose marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of alcoholism. That doesn't mean every person who enjoys a drink is "wasting their precious time."

If, for example, this was a thread about favorite beers, I wouldn't come in here pissing all over everyone who enjoys beer just because there are people around who abuse or have a problem with alcohol.

So...

Good points.

I just wish I knew how comes I'm the only one who liked Myst?

Here's the order in which to do all the GTAIV/TLAD/BoGT missions(got this from another site).

Chapter 1

The Cousins Bellic
It's Your Call
Three's a Crowd
Bleed Out
First Date

Chapter 2

Easy Fare
Jamaican Heat
Concrete Jungle
Bull In a China Shop
Hung Out to Dry
Clean Getaway
Ivan the Not So Terrible
Uncle Vlad

Chapter 3

Crime and Punishment
Do You Have Protection?
Shadow
Clean and Serene
Final Destination
Angels In America
No Love Lost
Rigged to Blow
Logging On

Chapter 4

Liberty City Choppers
Bad Cop Drop
The Master and the Molotov
Russian Revolution
It's War
Roman's Sorrow
Action/Reaction

Chapter 5

Search and Delete
Easy As Can Be
Out of the Closet
No. 1
Escuela of the Streets
Street Sweeper

Chapter 6
Luck of the Irish
Buyer's Market
Blow Your Cover
Politics
Coming Down
Off Route
The Puerto Rican Connection
The Snow Storm
Have a Heart

Chapter 7

Call and Collect
Harboring a Grudge
Waste Not Want Knots
Three Leaf Clover
I Luv LC


Chapter 8

Final Interview
Chinese Takeout
This sh*t's Cursed
Momma's Boy
Hit the Pipe
Corner Kids
Clocking Off
Holland Nights
Lure
End of Chapter
Bad Standing

Chapter 9

Heavy Toll
Marta Full Of Grace
Shifting Weight
Actions Speak Louder than Words
I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots and Your Motorcycle
A Long Way to Fall
Sexy Time
High Dive
Caught With Your Pants Down


Chapter 10

Practice Swing
Bang Bang
Deconstruction for Beginners
Ruff Rider
Kibbutz Number One
Undress to Kill
Roman's Holiday
Photo Shoot
This Aint Checkers
No. 3
Hostile Negotiation
The Holland Play


Chapter 11

Blog This!
Frosting On The Cake
Diamonds In the Rough
Taking In the Trash
Boulevard Baby
Meltdown
...Blog This!
Museum Piece
Collector's Item
Not So Fast
Was It Worth It?
No Way on the Subway
Weekend at Florian's
Late Checkout
Get Lost

Chapter 12

Smackdown
Babysitting
Tunnel of Death
Wrong Is Right
Portrait of a Killer
Dust Off
Paper Trail

Chapter 13

Going Deep
Dropping In
For The Man Who Has Everything
Hating the Haters
Union Drive
Buoy's Ahoy
Blood Brothers
Undertaker

Chapter 14

Truck Hustle
Pegorino's Pride
Payback
Catch the Wave
Trespass
To Live and Die In Alderney
In The Crosshairs

Chapter 15

I'll Take Her
Ransom
Ladies' Night
She's A Keeper
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
Ladies Half Price

Chapter 16

Entourage
Flatline
Pest Control
Dining Out
Liquidize the Assets
That Special Someone

Chapter 17

Party's Over
One Last Thing
If the Price Is Right / A Dish Served Cold
Mr. & Mrs. Bellic
A Revenger's Tragedy / Out of Commission
Departure Time

bboy87 said:

PunkMistress said:

Your reasoning is bullshit.

I know lots of people whose marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of alcoholism. That doesn't mean every person who enjoys a drink is "wasting their precious time."

If, for example, this was a thread about favorite beers, I wouldn't come in here pissing all over everyone who enjoys beer just because there are people around who abuse or have a problem with alcohol.

So...

[img:$uid]http://i51.tinypic.com/2ztkppe.jpg[/img:$uid]

you get awesomer (yes AWESOMER) with every post I read

Making up words is fun!

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

I would never have that problem. I'd be playing with him. We'd have romantic "game nights" planned out together and everything.

WaterInYourBath said:

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

I would never have that problem. I'd be playing with him. We'd have romantic "game nights" planned out together and everything.

Aww.

I hope you find a gamer boy to love!

SuperNES.. Mario All-Stars..

Playstation

spyro the dragon (3)

namco museum(dig dug, pacman, pole postion)

Atari classic arcade..( crystal castle, centipede)

PunkMistress said:

WaterInYourBath said:

I would never have that problem. I'd be playing with him. We'd have romantic "game nights" planned out together and everything.

Aww.

I hope you find a gamer boy to love!

Thanks. He would have to enjoy gaming and playing with me, or it wouldn't work anyway.

I think, in certain cases, if non-gamer gals with gamer-dudes would try to play sometimes instead of automatically detesting video games, they may discover just how fun gaming can be. Especially what I call "movie-style games," like the Uncharted, GTA, or Hitman series, for example. I call them that 'cause it's like you're controlling the roles of characters in actual movies, which I think would be super-fun playing close with your guy. And all the while you could take-turns playing, talk, laugh, hug, eat snack foods, etc, together. Just an ideal vision of mine.

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

...I just love the way you assumed that everyone who plays video games is addicted and does nothing else but that.

PunkMistress said:

bboy87 said:

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you get awesomer (yes AWESOMER) with every post I read

Making up words is fun!

yes and my favorite games consists of the following:

Final Fantasy

Star Ocean

the old pokemon games(guilty pleasure)

any anime based RPG.

FABLE 1,2 and 3

PositivityNYC said:

Halo (still working on 3 .... too busy w/work to really play this last yr)

any FPS (first person shooter) game, really

and whatever johnart has @ his place/lends me..

john - what was that one we played together and the zombie clown grabbed me & started stomping me to death?

We played Left 4 Dead together (2nd game/Carnival section)

Final Fantasy fan bitch!

Yes frequently

Plugged my SEGA Saturn back in the other day as i had a craving for some Virtua Cop

Waiting eagerly the new Nintendo console. Just got a 3DS, its fun too.

baroque said:

yes and my favorite games consists of the following:

Final Fantasy

Star Ocean

the old pokemon games(guilty pleasure)

any anime based RPG.

FABLE 1,2 and 3

I've been looking for some. I was playing the Sailor Moon RPG for the Super Nintendo/Famicom but I lost interest

Do you have any recommendations?

baroque said:

yes and my favorite games consists of the following:

Final Fantasy

Star Ocean

the old pokemon games(guilty pleasure)

any anime based RPG.

FABLE

1,2 and 3

the best one was FFX

killer story line and soundtrack

WaterInYourBath said:

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

I would never have that problem. I'd be playing with him. We'd have romantic "game nights" planned out together and everything.

When I first met my husband, we used to play games and have sex. That's pretty much all we did when we weren't working.

I've never really been into videogames, even when I was a kid. Got bored of them quickly and just played outside instead.

I have started using the wii fit though. Quit my gym membership last year because it was a waste of money for the amount of time I was there, and as I don't actually need to lose weight, just tone up, thought I might as well have a go.

The plan is to do an hour a day Monday to Friday for the next 2 months, burning 250 callories per day, to see if you can actually tone up using it.

So far, so good, 2 weeks in, lost 4lb and my abs are killing me from the hula hoop game. Hurts just the same as when I used to do crunches, already noticed a difference. The only negative is that you feel a bit of a dick, but hey, who else knows apart from me and hundreds of strangers on an online forum?

Not really. Once in a while I'll play Mario with my son on his DS. Or I'll play Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune on PS with my husband. Thats it.

Empress said:

No I don't and never have.

I know many couples who's marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of excessive gaming. My closest friend is on the brink of separation because her husband can't stop and her oldest kid is the same.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend hours a day playing this crap. It's a complete waste of time. People should be talking, reading, playing with their kids, doing something around the house, having sex rather than wasting precious time on gaming. Just my opinion, but I've seen how damaging it can be.

[Edited 5/17/11 9:56am]

My husband is an excessive gamer, and I used to get annoyed with it, but that was because I didn't understand it and he'd stay up all night playing then sleep all day. I told him about it and he cut back. He still has all night binges once in a while but now he knows that even though he's been up all night, he still has to get up in the morning.

But yeah, him and his friends take it all VERRRRRYYYYYYY seriously. They text and plan strategies before they get on and I leave him alone when he's on playing. As long as he doesn't skimp out on his responsibilities I'm fine with it.

For some reason, my reply got lost and all that´s left were two smiling emoticons. Will rewrite it soon.

[Edited 5/18/11 8:33am]

bboy87 said:

PunkMistress said:

Your reasoning is bullshit.

I know lots of people whose marriages and relationships are on the rocks because of alcoholism. That doesn't mean every person who enjoys a drink is "wasting their precious time."

If, for example, this was a thread about favorite beers, I wouldn't come in here pissing all over everyone who enjoys beer just because there are people around who abuse or have a problem with alcohol.

So...

[img:$uid]http://i51.tinypic.com/2ztkppe.jpg[/img:$uid]

you get awesomer (yes AWESOMER) with every post I read

KoolEaze said:

For some reason, my reply got lost and all that´s left were two smiling emoticons. Will rewrite it soon.

[Edited 5/18/11 8:33am]

You should try my suggestion about GTAIV/TLAD/BoGT. Makes playing it even more fun.

bboy87 said:

LightOfArt said:

I play old skool super nintendo role playing games on computer via an emulator. luv em

I bought a mod chip and a microsd card for my Nintendo DS so I can play emulators on it

I'm checking this emulator zone site, and it looks bogus as all hell I'm on my work term(pre-grad) semester and I spend many hours alone, so I need to keep up with that emulator stuff

I just wish ol' school super mario games get sold or uploaded into Iphone And no, I'm not talking about the ghetto homemade "Mario Meets Sonic" games