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Anyone here play games?
« on: May 31, 2012, 03:28:02 PM »
I was curious if anyone here played video games of any sort?  I'm currently in the middle of Skyrim and play Star Wars: The Old republic and Battlefield 3.

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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2012, 07:17:11 PM »
I'm a big fan of older games, my favorite game is most definitely Star Fox 64 (can anybody beat 1812 kills?). Right now I'm replaying a lot of my favorite games from childhood. On the 64, at the moment I am playing Majora's Mask for the first time and replaying Donkey Kong 64 for 100%.
On the gamecube I'm replaying Sonic Adventure Battle 2 for 100%.
On the ps2 I am finishing up Final Fantasy X and am halfway through FF7. I haven't played these before but I'm really enjoying them and am looking into older RPGs for the PSone. I've started Grandia, and Xenogears is next on my list.
However, at the moment I am in possession of an xbox 360 (and nothing else) so I gave into the temptation to try Skyrim. The only other xbox game at the moment I really like playing is Madden. I'm not a big fan of the FPS. The only shooters I really like are Battlefront and Metroid Prime.
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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2012, 09:11:50 PM »
All I've really gotten into is Kingdom Hearts and a few sports games, especially SSX. I've just never been that big of a gamer.
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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2012, 11:15:37 PM »
I used to play a lot of MMOs, but now I've kind of moved on and mostly just work for a gaming site. The only games I have time for now are Facebook ones.  :-\

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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 04:47:44 AM »
You and I are going to get along, Ender Wiggin; I also play Skyrim :)  I'm also in the middle of Bioshock and one of the Total War games, and Starcraft has been a favorite of mine for a while.
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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 09:05:33 AM »
Awesome.  I'm still a bit behind in Skyrim, as I'm on the PC version and I keep getting distracted by pretty player-made questlines, weapon and armor packs, and the side quests in the game itself.  I recently found the easter egg Minecraft pick on top of a mountain. 

I really need to play Bioshock.  I think I'll tackle that after I complete Dead Space.  Also have some playstation 3 games I need to get through. 

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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2012, 11:06:30 AM »
Meh, don't worry about it.  I play on the PC as well, and am currently having a blast with the mounted combat and arrow kill-cams.  I only have an occasional Ethernet connection on my PC, so I don't have any mods as yet, but they look awesome; I don't blame you at all for getting behind.

Bioshock is fun; much more gritty than skyrim, though.  I've never heard of Dead Space... what is it?
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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2012, 05:43:41 PM »
Dead Space is a Science Fiction Survival Horror.  You get trapped on a derelict, huge space ship of some sort and find a lot of horrifying creatures that killed the entire crew.  You have to find out what happened and get out alive.  It's an extremely gorgeous game and really accomplishes what it sets out to do.  It can be challenging too, as the enemies can be quite the nuisance.  Just be prepared to feel a little uneasy during much of it.  I may be soft, or the developers succeeded in creating the eerie atmosphere they were going for.

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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 08:45:44 AM »
im in skyrim right now, via xbox, and i love it.. i knew archery was way OP when i started so I am doing the whole game with 2H weapons haha
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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2012, 09:30:35 AM »
Melee is so satisfying in Skyrim.  Some of the magic spells are quite amusing too.  I recently did a little quest chain so I could marry someone in Skyrim, and I wound up marrying an ogre, lol.  It was...weird.

I'm thinking of picking up a copy of Dragon's Dogma for xbox.  The game looks cool and seems to have solid opinions from gamers, plus it comes with the Resident Evil 6 demo.  I've been a big Resident Evil fan since the first game.

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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2012, 09:37:55 AM »
never heard of dragons dogma... but ive been really busy with work and school and family... whats it about?
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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2012, 07:39:30 PM »
It's a medieval fantasy title that lets you make your own character and explore the world.  It's got a unique combat system that specializes on large boss fights with mythical creatures like a Basilisk, Dragon, Behemoth, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrCiV4LOYk4

There's a decent intro to the game.
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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2012, 09:25:55 PM »
I'm currently into classic board games. I'm trying to wrap my head around Mahjong, but am greatly struggling with the rules!

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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2013, 01:12:52 PM »
I'm off today to go play Dungeons and Dragons with a few friends...

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Re: Anyone here play games?
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2013, 08:51:34 PM »
I used to, but my current generation computer recently died... now stuck on a computer about ten years old. Non-computer related games though... P&P RPG's.

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