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As someone who hasn't really played anything new since DOOM (and didn't play much for a year before that), I must just be on some killing devils kick cause both of DOOM and Tekken 7 have blown me away. I love the story mode on Tekken, I was cracking up one minute then throwing myself back in my seat and applauding the next. It's just so Tekken in the best way. I really appreciate the story mode / single fight approach for the other characters videos. I didn't go in expecting any sortof practice helper thing, I can see what people are saying on that but I just watched some videos on my favorite characters and have been slowly practicing some chains in practice mode then taking into to treasure mode then finally online against a buddy, and having a blast doing so.

Also this game just feels EXCELLENT (Lee is my main), in an effort to get into some Tekken hype I had gone back and played Dark Resurrection on PS3 and it was doing nothing for me, and DR is definitely not a bad Tekken. I'm not sure if its the xbox controller I am using now, or just the under the hood tweaks but this game went from something I was buying primarily for nostalgia to something I'm actively trying to be good at. Loving it.

Got a PS3 at launch and my older brother was tasked with waiting in line with me. We got it and a copy of resistance and hooked it up in the entertainment room downstairs where the HDTV was at the time. Played through Resistance 20 something times over the next few weeks, going all the way through on co-op (often in single sittings), basically speed running on its hardest difficulty by the end of it.

Then Resistance 2 came out and had that super weird co-op mode that you could do offline but the difficulty wasn't scaled correctly and you needed a full online team to really do it. In college, my best friend and I played the mode for like 8 hours straight, learning the levels and beating them with just the two of us. There was something weird where you needed to beat a mode so many times, and after we did it just wanted us to do it more... something along those lines... that mode made no sense if you did it offline. Anyway, we spent most of a day beating it the amount of times it said and then it just told to do it more and we snapped and burst into psychotic laughter for 15 minutes.

Then we put that silly game away and got down to real stuff. We beat all of Little Big Planet 2, switching off and on some of the challenge runs.... maneuvering a bomb through a desert section where you can't hit any walls nearly broke us, but from it we rose, our friendship stronger than ever.

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I'm pretty much playing exclusively handheld with Airplane Mode on to maximize my lying in bed LoZ time but once Mario Kart and stuff roll around I look forward to playing with everyone!

Inside. Loved Limbo, was excited going in, every "puzzle" was do this simple, yet longer than need be, task 3-4 times (always 2 more times then what was fun or interesting). 3 hours felt like 18 and I shut it down right at the end and just watched it on youtube.

- Asked girl out

- College (North Carolina)

- Moved in with previously mentioned girl

- Seattle trip with best friends and girl, propose

- Surprise pregnancy

- Marriage

- Baby

- Graduate

- Move to Seattle, parents bummed as granddaughter flys away

- Work dream job... contract ends :(

- Become stay at home dad

- Wife gets crappy job...

- Wife gets great job!

- Watching Clifford the big red dog, checking Giant bomb forums.

The first Bioshock was what convinced me to build a PC, then I bought the Orange box and hardly touched it. Ran through it years later and loved it... then Bioshock 2 turned me right back off to all of it.

Dark Souls never seemed that appealing but I ended up with a copy after a Steam sale. When my wife was nearing the end of her pregnancy we needed something to kill time that we could do inside so we dove into it. She would watch and read off all the lore of the places I was in and occasionally drop hints about some of the more elaborate secrets. It was the perfect way to experience that game and it remains my absolute favorite game of all time now.

@choi:

Seconded on Elite: Dangerous. Bought it near launch when the grind was pretty unreal and I burnt out. I was one of the ones to pick it back up after the NMS bubble burst and I'm very glad I did. You are very right, the quality of life touches they have added go a long way in rounding out the game. I recently started exploring (at Jacques Station at the moment) while listening to audio books (The Three Body problem) and it has been incredible all around! I tried it with a HOTAS but was so spoiled from how flawlessly an xbox one controller works with it that it was tough fully converting over. A HOTAS makes combat feel incredible but landing and menu navigation takes a big hit vs the controller.

While one friend I recommended the game too has fallen deeply into it, and is actually the one who got me to come back, I've had many more bounce off it. They admire it but just can't find the fun. @choi nailed it really, if anything, watch a scott manley video on it and give it some honest consideration.

Stay at home dad of a two and half year old which is great. On the side I edit videos for a private detective (Worker's comp/Insurance fraud) and do social media background reports on the people he is investigating. All around a pretty fun setup!

Mage Knight:My number 1. The mechanics are so wonderfully executed and I have more fun with each turn than I do with any other game I've played, even if I win those games.

Arctic Scavengers: My go to deck builder. So moddable and feels much better than Dominion.

Dead of Winter: Great at what it does but needs a bit of simple tweaking to balance out some of the gameplay.

Arkham Horror: What got me into Board Games, but man is that game terrible. It was so fun getting huge groups together and setting it all up but it just had so much needless bulk... I think Dead of Winter pulls off the "In it for the story/ride" with far less setup and needless rules while also granting players more autonomy. The expansions were also a huge bummer.

Can't wait to break out Pandemic Legacy with my group!

As for other games, most anything Vlaada Chvatil is pure gold.

Lastly, if anyone here hasn't heard of Shutup & Sitdown I highly highly recommend checking them out, they are by far the best in the business at reviewing board games.

Battleblock Theater - Adorable and easy to have a casual co-op time with.

Jamestown - The best bullet-hell type game I've played co-op, simple controls, easy to pick up, can get a little difficult but struggle brings people closer...

Trine 1,2,3 ... I hate it, my wife hates it, my friend who doesn't play games much LOVES it. Its a more forced, empty co-op IMO but its a pretty game that is nice and casual and its cost practically nothing when on sale. I have tons of fun complaining about it at least.

Tales Of Zesteria - May be worth looking into, if its like the other tales games then one person controls it like a typical RPG game but when you get in battle the 2nd player will have control over one of the characters, its a more engaged watching experience.

Dynasty Warriors 8 -Great if you want a campaign co-op experience. Easy to pick up and play.

And of course... ROCKET LEAGUE