Video game confessions...

[HaRuMaN]

I'll start.



It's true...   

[Slippyblade]

Wow.  You are sooooo fired.

[yotsuya]

Try as I might, I can get to the end of Unreal Tournament, but I cannot for the life of me beat Xan.

[BadMouth]

I don't actually play games.  I just like building stuff and getting the games to work. 

[jdbailey1206]

I'll start.



It's true...   

[jennifer]

    OHHHHH..... Jennifer just want to hug the sad bear.

[opt2not]

I play new games.

[wp34]

I actually loved the Atari 2600/800 controller.

[dgame]

I may have finished the first screen of Donkey Kong. . . once. 

[ChadTower]

I don't actually play games.  I just like building stuff and getting the games to work. 

Same here over the last year.  I spend tons of time working on my games and my gameroom but I never actually power them up unless I'm troubleshooting.   

[yotsuya]

I actually loved the Atari 2600/800 controller.

Amen, Brother wp34. Best controller ever.

[Malenko]

My first gaming machine was a Commodore 64 (I was soooooooooooooooo ---smurfing--- good at the pacman port on there)
I didnt get a Genesis until late in the V2 release
I owned a 32x
I thought the GameGear was better than the Gameboy (hardware, not software!)








I own the complete Killer Instinct and Mortal Kombat Card sets

[yotsuya]

I own the complete Killer Instinct and Mortal Kombat Card sets

[wp34]

I actually loved the Atari 2600/800 controller.

Amen, Brother wp34. Best controller ever.

Word.   

I remember when some of my friends got the Wico 3rd party joystick for their Atari's.  I hated that thing.  Ironic now because my favorite arcade stick is a wico leaf.

[BadMouth]

I actually loved the Atari 2600/800 controller.

Amen, Brother wp34. Best controller ever.

You guys must be masochists.
Worst controller ever.

[yotsuya]

I actually loved the Atari 2600/800 controller.

Amen, Brother wp34. Best controller ever.

Word.   

I remember when some of my friends got the Wico 3rd party joystick for their Atari's.  I hated that thing.  Ironic now because my favorite arcade stick is a wico leaf.

The ONLY thing that sucked about the Atari Joystick was when the sleeve would come off the stick, and you were stuck with that skinny white plastic stick.... not that it prevented us from playing, mind you.... 

I actually loved the Atari 2600/800 controller.

Amen, Brother wp34. Best controller ever.

You guys must be masochists.
Worst controller ever.

1 button, 8 directions. Perfection.

[ChadTower]

You guys must be masochists.
Worst controller ever.

Hell no.  I still have a scar on my palm that looks like a cigarette burn from the C64 joystick.

[knave]

in 2011 I played Angrybirds...A lot. 

in the 80's I used to "cheat" at Spy Hunter on my C64 by driving along the right edge...

I also used to use the Atari controller with my C64 and sega master system although with only one button available.

I had Choplifter on the C64 as a cartrage.

currently I am a Steam/Humble Bundle addict but I rarely play any of the games.   

I come here everyday yet have 5 cabs in my garage I never touch.   

[opt2not]

Ok I got a better one:   I like playing fishing games. 

[Louis Tully]

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[ChadTower]

I talked to someone today about a job as a slot machine tech at a casino that is about to open near my house.  Primary reason I was curious:  They use Bally/Williams slots. 

 

[hypernova]

What's the pay scale for that?

[Louis Tully]

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[jdbailey1206]

Ok I got a better one:   I like playing fishing games. 

I used to fish a lot in WoW. 

Fishing was the only quest I could beat in Fable.

[yotsuya]

I think DK is a terrible game.

I like SMB2 more than 1 and 3.

Yot don't judge....

[ChadTower]

What's the pay scale for that?

I didn't even ask because it's a "full training included" position.  Those are generally entry level and wouldn't be a good career move for me.  Sounds like it would be fun, though.

[Le Chuck]

My favorite games are the Lucas Art adventure games, which I replay religiously, and I've never used anything newer than an Xbox console-wise.

[yotsuya]

My favorite games are the Lucas Art adventure games, which I replay religiously, and I've never used anything newer than an Xbox console-wise.

I made it about 3/4 of the way through Grim Fandango before a game glitch made my progress unplayable. 

[Nephasth]

I think DK is a terrible game.

I like SMB2 more than 1 and 3.

Yot don't judge....

But Neph does... Pfft...

[Malenko]

Since someone mentioned Wow I guess I can confess I have over 600 hours logged on my Barbarian on Diablo3

[Slippyblade]

Since someone mentioned Wow I guess I can confess I have over 600 hours logged on my Barbarian on Diablo3

I can never do this.  Games have the same place in my mind that books and movies do, it's all about the story.  Once I've beaten the game / read the book / seen the movie I can't turn around and play/read/watch it again right away.  Time has to pass and things have to get fuzzy for me.  Then I go back and re-live the story again.

[TopJimmyCooks]

confession:  I've realized arcade games are uninteresting compared to pinball machines.   

[Malenko]

I can never do this.  Games have the same place in my mind that books and movies do, it's all about the story.  Once I've beaten the game / read the book / seen the movie I can't turn around and play/read/watch it again right away.  Time has to pass and things have to get fuzzy for me.  Then I go back and re-live the story again.

600 hours over 2 years is less than an hour a day.  I didnt spend 600 hours playing the story over and over, most of it was spending (and still is) grinding for gears. The adventure most is just a grind fest, the story has always been a joke in Diablo.

[Slippyblade]

600 hours over 2 years is less than an hour a day.  I didnt spend 600 hours playing the story over and over, most of it was spending (and still is) grinding for gears. The adventure most is just a grind fest, the story has always been a joke in Diablo.

Completely missed the point of my statement.  I play the game for the story.  Once the story is done, I'm done with the game.  I cannot understand "most of it was spending (and still is) grinding for gears".  To me that would be like watching the same 5 minute clip of a movie on infinite repeat.  Or maybe like the 10 hour Gandalf nod.

[Malenko]

nah I got it,  I was just saying I wasn't playing for the story. I have a lot of hours on my other toons, learning to play with ranged characters and all that jazz, but theres something cathartic about steamrolling trash mobs and just clubbing them to death

[yotsuya]

confession:  I've realized arcade games are uninteresting compared to pinball machines.   

[pbj]

I've never beaten Doom 2 without a cheat code.  Neither has anyone else in the history of the world.

I used to think I had piles of unplayed games because I was downloading them and didn't have any money in it.  Now I've got a drawer full of unplayed WiiU and PS4 games.

I haven't played a pinball machine in months. 

 

[yotsuya]

I haven't played a pinball machine in months. 

 

This last one surprises me.

[lilshawn]

I'd rather watch youtube videos of people playing games that actually play them.

[Thenasty]

I got 99 credits on Pacman/Ms.Pacman with one Quarter


After this, they got wiser and invented the Anti-Stringing device