POLLO FUCKING HATES HALO and other videogame talk

[FreddyKnuckles]

I bet the internet has saved me a thousand bucks on shitty games I didn't like anyway

[Mike24]

late to the lists but contributing nonetheless
 
1. super smash bros. 64
2. mario 64
3. sim city 2000
4. civ II
5. doom
6. goldeneye
7. fallout 3
8. FFVII
9. RE 4 (wii)
10. mario kart 64

just kind of pulling them out of the hat i guess, but these games are the ones that have stuck with me the longest either because of the company i had playing them or the way they fired my imagination.

[Killdozersnakeboy]

A couple of log-ons to my Steam account today has suggests GI will not  be sleeping much in coming days due to Civ 5. Along with a large number of other people around the world I imagine.

[lucky strike]

super mario world
super mario bros 3
super mario 64
street fighter iv
final fantasy vii
mgs series
chrono trigger
super metroid
noby noby boy
maniac mansion

[Good Intentions]

A couple of log-ons to my Steam account today has suggests GI will not  be sleeping much in coming days due to Civ 5. Along with a large number of other people around the world I imagine.

Playing 'Chime' in the wee hours of the morning doesn't strike me as 'early to bed, early to rise' behaviour either.

Also, I've already finished two quickish games of Civ 5. I really like the change to the culture system, and I think they've made the right choice to no longer have the economic sliders. Back in the old days, your cities would generate money, which you divvied up among the various expenses, and you'd put the remainder in your pocket. The stuff you built in cities gave you bonuses to your expenditure. So, each city would have a gross income, and you'd have a global slider splitting it among research, culture, espionage (in the later expansion) and treasury (but really, only between research and treasury except in special circumstances), which then would then decide how each of the cities split its expenditure on, which is where its buildings would kick in, and then each individual city's result would be added up together for a civ-wide net research, income, etc. gain per turn. It was simultaneously finnicky and rather coarse - moving your research slider one notch from 60% to 70% could quite easily half your cash income, for instance. Now your cities generate the various gains directly, which is much cleaner and simpler while simultaneously allowing more efficacious fiddling on your part (since it's no longer the case that your industrial hub and your college town both spend 80% of their income on research). That's one example of a far-reaching change they've made that I'm finding interesting. I'll make up my mind about the combat in the following weeks, I'm sure.

Guys, I'm falling into a very deep hole here...

[kyle]

list:

Pirates
Tactics Ogre
Half Life Counter Strike

Thats All I can think of now that hasn't already been mentioned.

[FreddyKnuckles]

OH GOD IT IS TIME

[Good Intentions]

Best of luck. I'm about to move onto 'Prince' difficulty, where neither you nor the AI get an advantage.

[Thermofusion]

Pirates

Thats All I can think of now that hasn't already been mentioned.

Pirates was on my list. Going back to when I was a kid, I've probably logged more hours with the NES version than any other video game.

[YojimboMonkey]

Speaking of games that maybe haven't been mentioned on top tens, did any have X-Wing or TIE Fighter (or X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter) on theirs?  I spent so much time on those games back in the mid 90s, trying to get all the optional goals in every mission, my brother and I trying to compete over who could rack up the most kills on a single mission (I had the high of 612 I believe).  One time I spent a few hours taking down a Corellian cruiser with a TIE Interceptor.  Every other ship on my side was gone and I just kept at it, strafing run after strafing run (and then the crazy retreats as the entire battery of cannon opened up on me, the TIE Interceptor has no shields so you couldn't afford to get hit at all), taking out the shield generators and then battering away at the hull until it was finally destroyed.  good times

[Swimmy]

How does it play? It looks like it's easy to lose your little guy/have no idea what's going on with them guns.

Related: I think I'm ready to get into shmups. Where does a PS3 owner start, pook?

#1 shooter resource: MAME
#2 shooter resource: Dreamcast

With this combination you will be unstoppable. And oh lord do I have recommendations if you're really going down this road.

[Swimmy]

Seriously, you guys, play Minecraft! The classic version is free. You, too, could be building giant stone pixel Tommy Wiseaus!

[kyle]

Pirates

Thats All I can think of now that hasn't already been mentioned.

Pirates was on my list. Going back to when I was a kid, I've probably logged more hours with the NES version than any other video game.

My sincerest apologies Thermo. The only fault I see in that game is in the scoring at the end. You should only be able to achieve a 100 point rating if you finished your game as a swashbuckler. But whatevs. It's still baller

Speaking of games that maybe haven't been mentioned on top tens, did any have X-Wing or TIE Fighter (or X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter) on theirs? 

Yes yes yes. That was so awesome.



Stomping out the rebellion was never easier.

[Ignatius]

I played a ton of x-wing in grade school, but I only remember being terrible.

How does it play? It looks like it's easy to lose your little guy/have no idea what's going on with them guns.

Related: I think I'm ready to get into shmups. Where does a PS3 owner start, pook?

#1 shooter resource: MAME
#2 shooter resource: Dreamcast

With this combination you will be unstoppable. And oh lord do I have recommendations if you're really going down this road.

Is there an decent, inexpensive controller out there to enhance my MAME experience?

[elpollodiablo]

Pirates

Thats All I can think of now that hasn't already been mentioned.

Pirates was on my list. Going back to when I was a kid, I've probably logged more hours with the NES version than any other video game.

My sincerest apologies Thermo. The only fault I see in that game is in the scoring at the end. You should only be able to achieve a 100 point rating if you finished your game as a swashbuckler. But whatevs. It's still baller

Speaking of games that maybe haven't been mentioned on top tens, did any have X-Wing or TIE Fighter (or X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter) on theirs? 

Yes yes yes. That was so awesome.



Stomping out the rebellion was never easier.

hell yeah, I owned the Sidewinder too! Used to play Descent with that thing.

[Ah_Pook]

you can use your ps3 controller on the pc if you download some drivers for it

[Ignatius]

I was curious about that... I'd set it up with linux before and it was real easy, but never with windows 7.

[Ah_Pook]

ignatz you getting dead rising 2 tomorrow? its got that there co-op, you know...

[Ignatius]

I hadn't thought about it... I'll look for a demo on the PS3 store. I've never played the first one, or any survival horror games, since RE1.

[Ah_Pook]

its not survival horror at all really. its kinda like majoras mask, but with zombies everywhere.

heres a video review that will give you an idea of what its about

[Ignatius]

Looks like fun... I might get it soon, but probably not tomorrow.

[davy]

you can use your ps3 controller on the pc if you download some drivers for it

I've been wondering the same thing re: the Xbox controller.

[elpollodiablo]

You can, davy, it just requires an adapter. http://goo.gl/AbaB

[davy]

I've been wanting to get my STALKER on. There's a new sequel on PC, I think.

[FreddyKnuckles]

Hello my son