Do you play video games? If so which ones?

[Alex+R 0]

Am I the only nerd who likes DDR? That's the only video game since the original Mario Bros that I've been addicted to

[Ban Hammer 14,155]

The Incredible Hulk is massive destruction. I love to pick up the little men, the tanks, the cars, and chuck them into the air.

I've never seen a game where you can play golf with Pedestrians and a torn up lamp-post

or you can play master of orion and obliterate 300 billion people with biological weapons (one of many choices)

eta: genocide - urban renewal on a galactic scale

Did you ever play Alpha Centauri? It was an unofficial sequel to Civilization (set after you win the game by building a spaceship for colonising other planets). It had a pretty good diplomacy engine. You could outfit your soldiers with chemical weapons or use nuclear weapons that could literally blow a hole in the landscape - but you'd get embargoed by the other civilizations.

Also because the voting system didn't have proportional represenation - once you were powerful enough you could win basically every election even with everyone else voting against you.

never tried that one. currently i'm on age of empires 2, silent hunter 3 and 4, port royal, civilization, and of course - moo.

eta: i have aoe 3 but don't like it too much... graphics are different and the game limits you on certain things - like towers.

I have Silent Hunter 3. Still can't shoot the torpedos without the automatic targetting.

BTW - if you like Master of Orion you might want to check out Galactic Civilizations 2, which is essentially the same - but has some pretty cutting edge AI.

i refuse to go thru the nutroll of all that math for a game. jeesh it's supposed to be fun, not a freaking algebra course! i have sunk the rodney though, got depth charged into the stone age but survived

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Am I the only nerd who likes DDR? That's the only video game since the original Mario Bros that I've been addicted to

I think DDR's popularity really showed that video game playing doesn't have to be about button mashing which I find boring. If you and Rey haven't bought a Wii, I'd recommend going out and getting one (if you can find one).

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The Incredible Hulk is massive destruction. I love to pick up the little men, the tanks, the cars, and chuck them into the air.

I've never seen a game where you can play golf with Pedestrians and a torn up lamp-post

or you can play master of orion and obliterate 300 billion people with biological weapons (one of many choices)

eta: genocide - urban renewal on a galactic scale

Did you ever play Alpha Centauri? It was an unofficial sequel to Civilization (set after you win the game by building a spaceship for colonising other planets). It had a pretty good diplomacy engine. You could outfit your soldiers with chemical weapons or use nuclear weapons that could literally blow a hole in the landscape - but you'd get embargoed by the other civilizations.

Also because the voting system didn't have proportional represenation - once you were powerful enough you could win basically every election even with everyone else voting against you.

never tried that one. currently i'm on age of empires 2, silent hunter 3 and 4, port royal, civilization, and of course - moo.

eta: i have aoe 3 but don't like it too much... graphics are different and the game limits you on certain things - like towers.

I have Silent Hunter 3. Still can't shoot the torpedos without the automatic targetting.

BTW - if you like Master of Orion you might want to check out Galactic Civilizations 2, which is essentially the same - but has some pretty cutting edge AI.

i refuse to go thru the nutroll of all that math for a game. jeesh it's supposed to be fun, not a freaking algebra course! i have sunk the rodney though, got depth charged into the stone age but survived

Its annoying that if you start in the 1st Flotilla, you basically get an upside down bathtub with 3 torpedoes and no deck or anti-aircraft guns. Depending how good (or not) you are at shooting the torpedoes you can get maybe one ship, assuming you don't get any duds.

I had a score once - managed to get "under the radar" into the Port of Dover and started sinking stationary ships. That doesn't seem to work with the larger U-Boats unfortunately. The best one to try is Portsmouth, but its a lot harder to get in there.

BTW - If you can get into the naval base at Scapa Flow, there's supposed to be a King George Battleship anchored there (depending the date) that you can take out with like 4 torpedoes. The patrols are a ####### to get past though.

[kisschick1976 0]

Jonny's the gamer so he would have more to say on this than me, but I did kick his ### at Guitar Hero II!!! Last game console I bought was N64. I still have my old NES and I wish it still worked because I miss playing Mario Brothers.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned on here yet is Neopets. I have been playing Neopets avidly for about 5 and a half years.

[TracyLuis 0]

My man likes the soccer games...

I don't know much about video games, so reading these posts has me completely lost

[Niels Bohr 72]

TracyLuis,

Then start playing! It's what make a technical person, technical! Why is it those who avoid games are afraid to get technical. I mean, being technical is about being smart. Don't be afraid to get technical! JUMP INTO IT!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Did anyone play Parrappa the Rapper for the PS1? That was a fun party game.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Chop, Kick, Punch! That's all I remembered. It was fun! I loved it! So addictive!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Chop, Kick, Punch! That's all I remembered. It was fun! I loved it! So addictive!

The story was hilarious - managed to complete it. The driving test episode was hilarious if you did badly the guy started to crash the car. Best one was the cooking show...

Breakbreakbreak the egg into the bowl.

[Welshcookie 17]

But then again I am an avid WoW player *twitch*

i'm back on again ..... almost level 63........*twitch twitch*

i just started a blood elf warlock.. lvl 27!.. i have my lvl 70 huntor stuck in outlands..

YAY!!! Glad to hear you came back to the darkside, Cassie

Pedroh, I decided to give my lvl 49 warrior some battleground experience so I carried on my daughter's lowbie NE...I am having ball It felt good to be weak and humble again

[mawilson 2,133]

Am I the only nerd who likes DDR? That's the only video game since the original Mario Bros that I've been addicted to

What's DDR?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Counter Strike still holds it's place when it comes to balance and fast pace in online team games.

And it is actually a family binding ritual, since I play against members of my family back in Brazil...

ETA: , so people don't think I am insane or anything

Do you guys allow for killing your own team members? My God, I remember playing it online and there'd always be some yahoo doing that. They'd eventually get bumped off the server but man was it annoying.

I also think the sniper rifle is to easy - at least in the first version.

AWP #######!!

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

I've played WoW for about two and a half years, on and off. Stopped playing altogether this year. Just not that interesting anymore.

Neverwinter Nights before that.

First game I ever played was Quake and Doom.

Hubby recently bought a Star Wars package, I've been playing some Battlefront.

That's about it for me.

Jonny's the gamer so he would have more to say on this than me, but I did kick his ### at Guitar Hero II!!! Last game console I bought was N64. I still have my old NES and I wish it still worked because I miss playing Mario Brothers.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned on here yet is Neopets. I have been playing Neopets avidly for about 5 and a half years.

LOL I love Neopets!!! I haven't logged on in a while though, I think my pets are dying >.>

Am I the only nerd who likes DDR? That's the only video game since the original Mario Bros that I've been addicted to

What's DDR?

Dance Dance Revolution? Not sure.

[Marilyn. 340]

we don't really have a game system right now.. I would like to get a game cube though or play station....

my bother had Play Station and I loved playing Spyro the Dragon.... I got really far but then I got stuck... and gave up on the game

i also like playing Crash Bandicoot and Vigilante 8....