ahoodedfigure

Power Up the Mainframe! (Games that use painfully anachronistic computing references) 0

Despite some notable exceptions, mainframes are on the outs compared to distributed networks.  Distributed networks allow you to link a bunch of cheap computers and get decent processing power and relative security as compared to the old centralized

Mass Effect as Human Training Simulation for Inclusion into Spacefaring Culture 2

As Jokek's A History of Human Inclusion shows, the video game Mass Effect was instrumental in preparing a sizable quantity of human fledglings for their initial induction into Galactic society.  Since then, humans have, in turn, been instrumental in

100.0% 7/7 Votes

DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK 21

As much as I like the word dark, I'm making this list to remind myself just how often people have been overusing it! :)

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If I get a PS3... 17

... these are the games I will hunt down.  Going to stick with what I know to be exclusives for this list, although if this was my only third gen I can think of some other games to add.

100.0% 8/8 Votes

Co-operative Play Where You Don't Kick People Out of the House 0

For those of us who have friends or partners who actually live in the same house, whom you don't want to kick out in order to play a video game with, this song is for you.

100.0% 1/1 Votes

RPGs that Tried Something Different (Even If It Didn't Work Out Financially) 2

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Featured Environments I'd Like to See a Life-Sized Version of 0

100.0% 1/1 Votes

Stuff I Regret I Missed Out On 4

This is more about stuff that can't be played on the current line of consoles and computers.  I realize there are ways, many ways, to play old games, but I'm talking the straight and narrow here.

100.0% 4/4 Votes

Apocalyptic Toolkit 7

You know what? I don't care if it's zombies, the bomb, aliens, robots, foreigners, domestics, whatever.  If people get feral on me, I'll be sure to let them know that there was once a vast, complicated, imperfect civilization, and that I saw it all. 

100.0% 14/14 Votes

Interesting Aliens or Supernatural Creatures 2

I honestly don't know if they're out there.  I love that we use our imagination to guess what they might be like, but too often people try to make aliens a bit TOO relatable.  Since it's impossible to guess what a true alien might be like, aliens wil

100.0% 1/1 Votes

Not Color-Blind Friendly 4

You heard me!   Not every one of the offenders really makes a huge impression on me; I usually manage to find ways around the problems.  Every once in a while, though, the game becomes all but unplayable due to bad color choice. Special awards go to

100.0% 2/2 Votes

Simple Can Be Good 4

In many ways, you can't go home again.  I grew up with the 2600, moved on to the Atari 400, and kept going up the gaming evolutionary chain, usually a few steps behind where everyone else was.  Cheaper that way.  Many of the games, when I picked them

100.0% 3/3 Votes

Games with Music that Haunts Me 10

I tend not to think about music so much in games. I guess it's all about how it fits together. But sometimes a track really stands out, and I turn into a Youtube zombie until I can find it. Here are games that spring to mind as having tracks that par

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Games that Managed to Spook Me 13

Not so easy to do unless you do the JUMP IN YOUR FACE thing. The good ones get inside your head. This list will probably increase the more remember some of the old nightmare games of my past.

87.5% 7/8 Votes

Games which trigger my rage gene 2

With everyone a bit weary over the mindless, screaming debates of late, I thought I'd commemorate a bit of my personal gaming rage in a short list of games that make me go a bit crazy.

66.7% 4/6 Votes

Soul Calibur characters I like, or play frequently 3

Started playing Soul Calibur II when we had a guest over, and got reacquainted with the game. Wanted to record some of my thoughts on the game by highlighting some of my favorite characters, both ones I play, and ones that look cool but don't happen

100.0% 8/8 Votes

Inspiring Premise 2

Whether or not I know a thing about the game itself, the premise causes creative sparks in my brain.

100.0% 7/7 Votes

Intriguing Minimalism 8

I don't know why, but white-on-black minimalism somehow does something to my brain. I can't get enough of it. Maybe it started when I saw the white halls of Bespin in Empire Strikes Back, only to find the corruption within. This theme was repeate

90.9% 10/11 Votes

I've watched these all the way through but never played them 14

Tired of being left behind in games conversations, I've just watched the games I've begun watching others play games I've wanted to see. It's not usually the ideal method, obviously, but some of the elements in most games can be enjoyed no matter ho

88.9% 8/9 Votes

Game Boy games I TOTALLY own 3

I mean "own" as in have in my possession; I haven't even beaten Tactics Ogre or Tactics Advance yet.

100.0% 2/2 Votes

Wii games people apparently like 5

Where I try to list all the games people tend to like, to help counter the blind hatred some people have for the Wii because the franchise is successful without these folks having given any money to Nintendo. I've not even SEEN a Wiimote in person,

88.9% 8/9 Votes

Mortal Kombat characters I like to play 2

I find myself usually playing certain MK characters, preferring some over others. This is my attempt to figure out just how many there really are.

100.0% 2/2 Votes

XBox games sitting on my shelf 5

Just want a list of the games I own, since I'm starting Toulose LauTrack of them.

100.0% 3/3 Votes

Favorites 18

Everyone has a favorites list. I can't really remember everything I like since I sorta have to be in the right frame of mind to even remember stuff I liked or still like. Played many games...

100.0% 12/12 Votes