Any Gamers here?

[tourist]

I usually go back as far as NES, but I have played Atrai games. Yes Oot was and is definitely one of my favorite games. I grew with Sonic, Zelda, Mario etc. I have a growing collection of games. Rn I hope to hunt down a copy of Parasite Eve for PS1. Thank you! GOD BLESS You too Are you looking forward to the OOT remake?

Happy to see you back, bro. How is the book coming along that you were writing. I did read the excerpts that you provided. Interesting read for sure. I believe that you were developing a game too. Good artistic renderings for sure. Missed you, bro.

 

[Kojikun]

Happy to see you back, bro. How is the book coming along that you were writing. I did read the excerpts that you provided. Interesting read for sure. I believe that you were developing a game too. Good artistic renderings for sure. Missed you, bro.

Hey! How have you been? It's coming along good. And my art has improved a lot! I switched to digital three years back!

 

[tourist]

Hey! How have you been? It's coming along good. And my art has improved a lot! I switched to digital three years back!

I am doing fine. Semi-retired, work 3 or 4 days a week at the local McDonald's. You have a real talent for art and writing that's for sure. Glad to hear that things are going well with you. Don't be a stranger.

 

[Kojikun]

I am doing fine. Semi-retired, work 3 or 4 days a week at the local McDonald's. You have a real talent for art and writing that's for sure. Glad to hear that things are going well with you. Don't be a stranger.

Nice! That's awesome that you are semi retired. Must have been a big shift. I recently got a second job but I'm hoping to get more hours.

 

[StoneLion]

yea... 16 hours straight is a tad...excessive.

This is the hold out on video games -- they should come with warnings...not that they don't already, but the warnings that this game could be addictive.

The mobile game that was most popular to start with was Angry Birds. I'm sure people still play it.

I never played Farmville or heard of Zombie Farm, but I did read the Plant vs Zombie books, they are pretty funny. BRAINSSS

Yes you're so right but to be fair I would often work 16 or even 24 hours straight anyways as a snow plow mechanic in the winter. So when I was Streaming/gaming I was also making a significant income - more than a regular job would for 16 hours (although not as much as working at the shop) so again, it was how I "justified" it .

I really appreciate the warning though and especially young people need to be better protected from the high addictive cycles of gaming. Especially modern mobile games with micro transactions which imo should be illegal.

Also consider that all kinds of things are addictive and bad for people: sugar, social media, screen time in general, negative thought patterns etc so I generally don't worry - unless I know something is specifically Biblically forbidden - which is what Jesus told us not to do - since I know any and all enjoyment I get from whatever source is, like myself, covered by the blood and I am free to enjoy this life with you and our family in Christ that God has made for us!!

 

[StoneLion]

Am playing HKIA on the iphone

I used to have Simpsons game on ipad (you can build up Springfield, you are Homer, and do Homer-y things).
My little cousin tried to get me on Frozen, the Disney game of the movie. Or was it something else. It was a lot of minecart rides. I remember having to race to win/chase coins on the Great Wall of China. But like Sonic the Hedgehog, those games kind of made me dizzy, plus you could tip the ipad so you would roll around more.

My book of cozy games I've borrowed lists a lot of free ones, so I might take another look, but I can only play one game at a time.
Cats and Soup is one that stood out for me.

I think my ipad would be too old to download the latest games now.

A lot of build-your-own games are just based on the original Sim City. Also does anyone remember Where in the World is Carmen San Diego ? Sort of like a Where's Wally video game. I don't know if there is an actual Where's Wally video game. Sure it would make your eyes hurt if there was one.

Word games - Wordle was popular, and my sister used to play 'Words with Friends' which was basically Scrabble on the phone. There are probably other games based on board games you could play, but I'm not a fan of Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit lol.

I think there is one you can play with friends and it's kind of like Charades but with ipad/tablet. The games on mobile devices let you interact with others and you can play them anywhere that has wifi. i.e not stuck sitting or stuck to a desk. I'm sure people do play video games in offices when they are pretending to work lol.

In one library, I had a PC, but I never sat to work on it, just stood as it was on a high workbench. Also it would be out of reach from for the smaller children. The only game I permitted children to play on PC was one I controlled, which was Kahoot, the free version, where I'd make trivia quizzes. The teacher would get the children chromebooks, and they'd play in teams. You had to make up your own team name, of course, they always made up silly ones! I would cast the game to the tv monitor the library had on the wall.

Omgosh yes I do remember Where in the World is Carmen San Diego!! I used to be into a bunch of those type of games.

Kahoot and making games specifically for the children is so sweet and wonderful, I definitely think children need a high level of control and guidance with video games and other non-productive recreation pursuits.

I would love to play some Wordle or board games with you sometime if you're ever interested!

 

[StoneLion]

Here's my collection! Might need a bigger shelf lol.View attachment 295857

That's so cool!! I used to have some physical systems but I'm all PC now and I'm a real cheapstake when it comes to gaming - I won't pay more than $20CAD for a finished AAA game and for example for my birthday I got $200 on steam but I only spent $80 on roughly 18 games.

Hit me up if you're ever looking for deals online, I don't do the steam keys and all that but I am geologically patient and have a great nose for finding hidden deals and sales.

But boy does that collection look amazing, thank you for sharing and clearly you're very passionate about it which I can really appreciate. Would love to game with you sometime!!

 

[StoneLion]

I usually go back as far as NES, but I have played Atrai games. Yes Oot was and is definitely one of my favorite games. I grew with Sonic, Zelda, Mario etc. I have a growing collection of games. Rn I hope to hunt down a copy of Parasite Eve for PS1. Thank you! GOD BLESS You too Are you looking forward to the OOT remake?

I didn't even know there was a remake till you told me! I'm looking forward to it now, but I probably won't play it till 2030 or later. Generally I'll give a "new" game 2-5 years before I start checking it out so you actually clued me in super early for the OoT remake tyty brother!!

 

[StoneLion]

That would be fun! I will have to take you up on that offer sometime

Yay please do! You can always message me here on one of the forums and I'll send you my discord if you use that to chat and game!