What game are you playing?

[Chron]

My entire childhood was spent playing graphic text adventures.
Not only was this a blast from the past, it made me laugh and managed to be really fun for something you can complete in just a couple of minutes.

[Mikero]

Haha I got all the achievements pretty quick, but it was fun!

[Johncarllos]

I shared it with Alec, but I heard of it from a VGcats update.

[Mikero]

OH WOW.

[Johncarllos]

So when break started, I owned GH3 and GH:WT, and was borrowing Okami and the new Tales of Symphonia game.

I just bought DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for 14 bucks at a local store called Bull Moose.
Basically, any new game there is 45 bucks.
And used game is under 25 guaranteed.
and they mostly specialize in music and movies. Just shelves and shelves loaded with full episodes of TV shows and movies, even the most obscure things you could think of.
It's amazing.

[Mikero]

Do they "have Touched By Angel on DVD? To rent... or buy?"

[Johncarllos]

I threw Guitar Hero 3 back in after months of not playing it due to World Tour.

It's a better game.
And I'm way better at it.
I go try some songs just for kicks and I rip them to shreds.
Like, I've scored another 100k point total on like just 5 songs.

[NovaMan XP]

I only played World Tour for a week and got very bored of it.

I would sell it, but I don't think I can sell the equipment and if I can I bet I'd get absolutely nothing compared to how much I paid (about $200).

[Johncarllos]

Do they "have Touched By Angel on DVD? To rent... or buy?"

Most likely.

[Mikero]

Do they "have Touched By Angel on DVD? To rent... or buy?"

Most likely.

It's a quote from Clark And Michael (clarkandmichael.com), but I don't expect many people to have seen that. I don't really care about Touched By An Angel. Promise... Really though. Real talk.

[ASR]

Ahaha, I watched one of those forever ago.

Posted on:  3 March 2009, 22:06:11

http://zarat.us/tra/offline-games/eversion.html

Eversion.

Play this freeware indie game.

Dinosaur Comics linked to it and I love it.

Described as "a cute platformer with a dark secret."

[Fatso]

Castlevania 4. Practicing for the SDA run again. The video is of a so-so practice run that I uploaded merely to demonstrate my route to another SDA member

[Johncarllos]

Ahaha, I watched one of those forever ago.

Posted on:  3 March 2009, 22:06:11

http://zarat.us/tra/offline-games/eversion.html

Eversion.

Play this freeware indie game.

Dinosaur Comics linked to it and I love it.

Described as "a cute platformer with a dark secret."

Played it.
Startled the dirt outta me.

[ASR]

...what "startled" you?

[Fatso]

That... was... disturbing.

[Fatso]

Well, that too. Just... disturbing. In a really awesome way, in fact in the only way that can actually scare me.

[ASR]

...I don't see how it's scary or disturbing. It's neat, sure, but I guess it was more effective on you guys than it was on me.

I definitely loved the concept, though. And yeah, it is really short. I've still got to get all the gems.

[Fatso]

That sort of 'everything's slowly falling apart and there's really nothing we can do to stop it' concept is the only concept that I actually find frightening. Like, only.

[ASR]

Well, I just 100%'d it.

What a fantastic ending. I mean, seriously. So great. Totally fits.

Level 7 is so much fun to 100%.

And Level 8 is pretty damn cool, I must say.

[Slugkid]

Okay, I got to the ending without getting all the gems.
Huh.

Cool.

[Snare]

Level 6 pissed me off so I gave up.

I'm really bad at these games

[Speed Racer]

I've been playing Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Virtua Fighter 5.

I also picked up Smash Court Tennis 3, but I left that in my new apartment because I can't foresee me wanting to play that in the days up to me moving.

[Mikero]

I should finish Web Of Shadows someday, I quite liked it.

[saldite]

Dragon Quest III for me.

I found it cheap at a Gamestop and figured I might as well give it a shot.
I mean, for $5 you can't go wrong, especially with Dragon Quest.

[Vinchenz Rock]

You should play the superior SNES version which magically turned English the other day.

[preventerWIND]

I should finish Web Of Shadows someday, I quite liked it.

I wanna play that real bad, but I'm not equipped with an Xbox 360.

[Johncarllos]

So, I've been playing Solitaire.
It was an over break challenge between my room mate and I to see who could get the best high score.

My current is 4860, which it took me 2 minutes and 3 seconds to finish.

I think that's good enough for now.

[Vinchenz Rock]

A friend of mine finally got the highest amount of points possible playing Solitaire one day.

He got far too obsessed with it...

[Johncarllos]

and what is that score?

[Vinchenz Rock]

Don't remember. I'll ask him the next time he pops up on MSN.

[Johncarllos]

k lol.

[Edgecrusher]

The highest possible score in Solitaire for windows is 745, unless you're factoring in the bonus points from time, in which case the highest possible score is 24113.

[Johncarllos]

I only had 550 without time....

Posted on: March 09, 2009, 12:35:49 AM

I just beat Half Life 2 for the first time.

Now for episodes 1 and 2.

I should probably also play Half-Life: Source...

[Chron]

Half Life is a better game anyway.

... well, that's questionable when you get to Ep. 2, but only barely. Episode 2 has the most amazing end fight sequence in any of the games for sure, but it does require play through the other games to understand how significant it is.

But seriously, the time to play the original is now.
You'll miss all of the in-jokes in the Episodes otherwise.

[Johncarllos]

So, should I get the original, or Half Life:Source?

Posted on: March 11, 2009, 10:52:42 AM

I got the Anthology.
Half-Life 1, Blue Shift, Opposing force, and Team Fortress Classic.

15 bucks.

Posted on: March 11, 2009, 12:01:07 PM

I love that I can play Half Life 1 while it's downloading...

[Mikero]

I should finish Web Of Shadows someday, I quite liked it.

I wanna play that real bad, but I'm not equipped with an Xbox 360.

I played it on Wii. You have a Wii, right?

[preventerWIND]

Oh, didn't know they had it on Wii.

And do I have one? No. It's my brothers, and he took it with him when he decided to move out and live in someone elses #####ty basement.

[NovaMan XP]

I played Dead Rising on the Wii.

...

I want to know the jackass responsible for the annoying zombie parrots and poodles. They completely ruined the game with that, they're EVERYWHERE, hard to hit, and bother the hell out of you.

Don't get it. It's not even similar to the original, which was actually really, really fun.

[preventerWIND]

I hear they just reused a lot of the ##### in RE5.

[NovaMan XP]

*RE4

And yes, they did. Which is sad. To put it short, Resident Evil 4 had sex with Dead Rising and then they made a retarded baby. Then put it up for adoption and Nintendo was tricked into getting it.

[Vinchenz Rock]

I'm playing Ys I&II right now on DS. They're great classics but nothing compared to the Complete remakes on PC.

Just finished Ys I and now moving onto Ys II.

[Mikero]

You know I played the Dead Rising demo on my XBox 360 and it was anything but fun so I don't really think the Wii version is missing out much at all anyway.

[NovaMan XP]

I think the game is great. But that's just my opinion.

[Chron]

Ugh, Ys. I've only played III, and only up to the first cave. That game is such a horribly boring grind fest, I can only hope the others are not like it, Vinch.

So, should I get the original, or Half Life:Source?

Posted on: March 11, 2009, 10:52:42 AM

I got the Anthology.
Half-Life 1, Blue Shift, Opposing force, and Team Fortress Classic.

15 bucks.

Posted on: March 11, 2009, 12:01:07 PM

I love that I can play Half Life 1 while it's downloading...

There's no difference between the two versions besides shiny water and some people say the AI is tougher in Source (but why would you want that given the AI in the original?).

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Some company needs to hurry up and make a game worth playing so I have something to ramble about here. I've started played FF9. That is trouble brewing.

[Edgecrusher]

Madworld is pretty good. It reminds me a bit of Wild 9 on the PSone, just due to the variety of ways to kill your foes. That said, it's a better game.

I like the artistic direction, and I've been looking for a good beat-em-up lately. John DiMaggio and Greg Proops are freaking perfect as announcers, and give the game a lot of charm.

If you liked No More Heroes, you should check this one out too.

[Vinchenz Rock]

Ugh, Ys. I've only played III, and only up to the first cave. That game is such a horribly boring grind fest, I can only hope the others are not like it, Vinch.

III on the SNES/Genesis?

Yeah, that game is completely different from other Ys games and is often regarded as the worst in the series. They remade the game awhile ago and called it "Oath in Felghana". They totally remade it to use an overhead system, much like all of the other games in the series. I haven't played Oath yet myself, but I heard it was insanely good, with incredible music much like the other games in the series.

Actually, watching a video of Oath is what got me into the series in the first place. And it was Rez himself who linked to the that video.

[Chron]

Wow, I sure know how to pick the games I use to judge the worth of a series.
Maybe I should check the others out after all.

[TheRedPriest]

Ugh, Ys. I've only played III, and only up to the first cave. That game is such a horribly boring grind fest, I can only hope the others are not like it, Vinch.

... you did not just bash Ys3.  One of my favorite side scroling RPGs, grinding and all.  I once maxed out my stats in the first dungeon before I played any farther just because I COULD.  Also, it has the best music in the series, and one of the best RPG scores EVER period.

But speaking of the Devil, I just finished Legacy of Ys Book I & II on DS.  Damn fine game.  Damn fine.  Book 2 is a good 3 times longer than 1, but it all balances out into one complete and awesome RPG.  God I miss the days of the silent protagonist.

I am now starting up Jake Hunter.

[Vinchenz Rock]

I got Resident Evil 5 now.

And I'm having tons of fun with it! In one sitting, I managed to get all the way to Chapter 4, half-way through the game. On a friend's PS3. Where I couldn't transfer the save file onto a USB Drive. Because it has online data.

I'm rather disappointed...

[NovaMan XP]

Sounds like the Wii... meh I don't understand why they do that.

Also, Re5 is apparently shorter than 4, which is lame.  I plan on getting it eventually, probably May or June or something.