Author Topic: Games? Anyone else wastes their time? (Read 31331 times)

Ekaros · « **on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 19:18:26 »

So, my last find for time waster:
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Intresting japanese, indie game. Quite fresh for western market. I like the subjet for being one doing bussiness, hmm maybe it's why I liked Drug Wars on my palm...

So, you are loli-girl who is forced to host a item shop for townfolks and adventurers, or face losing home and living in cardboard-box. Just cause his dad took a loan, which has gotten rather massive...

You can buy items and then sell them for higher-markup. Or hire an adventurer and follow him in dungeon and just collect all the drops. So basicly he is your slave for half-a-day

Have to find more games like this... Or anyway other good games...

microsoft windows · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 19:35:53 »

There's always Solitaire.

WhiteRice · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 19:37:58 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;228225

There's always Solitaire.

The masturbation of the gaming world...

Ekaros · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 19:38:30 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;228225

There's always Solitaire.

I prefer Spider and ofcourse Vista/7 Free Cell, just cause it's easier...

TexasFlood · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 19:42:57 »

Quote from: WhiteRice;228228

The masturbation of the gaming world...

Shhh. Christine O'Donnell is going to hear and start a campaign to ban Solitaire.

Co-Op · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 20:43:31 »

I've been playing some Borderlands, shootin' stuff.

WhiteRice · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 20:45:20 »

Quote from: Ekaros;228229

I prefer Spider and ofcourse Vista/7 Free Cell, just cause it's easier...

I didn't know you were into that kind of thing...

Soarer · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 21:10:13 »

Quote from: Ekaros;228218

hmm maybe it's why I liked Drug Wars on my palm...

Drug Wars / Dopewars... great little time-wasters

I liked Dopewars on the Palm as well. Been playing the Android version (by Joe Daverin) recently, it's good, but just not as good

So I've started writing my own version of it... already quite fun to play but it needs a lot of polish!

NamelessPFG · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 21:12:57 »

I'm into...too many games to count. Hell, I have more games than time to play 'em all. But mostly FPSs, RPGs, and combat vehicle simulations.

I'll have to pawn off some of my extra stuff, though. A spare SNES and a spare Saturn, for starters.

(On an unrelated note, does anyone have the urge to go beyond the impossible right about now?)

Daniel Beaver · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 22:03:19 »

I play Bad Company 2 and Starcraft 2 quite a bit. I generally play just one or two games for very long stretches of time. I find games more fun when you are playing at a relatively high level.

I'll fire up the Nintendo 64 when I want some good single player stuff. I'm working through Turok 2 right now. Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros for N64 are the party games when I have people over, or the Chu-Chu Rocket on the Dreamcast if we feel like playing strange Japanese action-puzzle games.

kriminal · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 22:59:54 »

minesweeper

KillerBee · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 29 September 2010, 23:35:46 »

Playing HALO Reach on the 360

Little Sampson on the NES

Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo

8_INCH_FLOPPY · « **Reply #12 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 01:31:48 »

Quote from: microsoft windows;228225

There's always Solitaire.

I think I would rather watch grass grow than play such a mind-numbing game.

lam47 · « **Reply #13 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 03:58:39 »

Starcraft 2. Geek till the end.
Where is kofxiii?
Dodonpachi daifukkatsu soon!
No full sentences on HTC desire.
Haptic response the new buckling spring.
Go Ipad!

Scarzy · « **Reply #14 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 05:13:19 »

Play quite a number of FPS games

QuakeLive, Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Enemy Territory: Wolfenstien, Counter Strike: Source, and Call of Duty 4 sometimes.

I play 'competitively' too I guess, it's quite enjoyable, but I need a job.

Play SC1 sometimes too!

SirClickAlot · « **Reply #15 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 06:19:46 »

Battlefield Bad Company 2 here.....

Perks are the definitive game-attractor for me : " I wonder what is behind that particular door ...."

Senor_Cartmenez · « **Reply #16 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 07:17:06 »

In term of major time-wasters I play Full Tilt Poker. Play money of course, I am stingy like that

But boy oh boy does that game waste time. I sometimes found myself playing for several hours and didn't gain all that much. Also I have been up to over a million play chips (which takes a while if u play with some sort of strategy and don't just rely on a huge luck string) and lost all, won over a mill again and lost it all again. Happened few times by now

The ultimate time-consumer out there must be Civilization though. I played it for a month or so. After I cut a date short where I would probably have gotten lucky in the end because I had to get back to finish that round, I realized what happened to me and uninstalled that evil piece of hell.
No More Turns ! (can't seem to directly embed the youtube link)

I have found sort of a "healthy" way of playing with the following games recently:
Bad Company 2
Starcraft 2
Nba 2k10 (on xbox 360, will buy 2k11 on release day, I just luuuuv basketball

)

Also Fallout New Vegas will come out later in October, I pre-ordered it and hope I won't loose my job because of it

I play Fallout 1+2 for like 4 times each. Then waited for a felt eternity and was finally, pleasantly surprised that Fallout 3 came out. Liked it, didn't love it as much as 1+2 but as a fan I couldn't stop devouring that game. For a month I pretty much didn't do anything but playing Fallout 3.... Thank god for the student life

a_fluffy_kitten · « **Reply #17 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 07:28:44 »

I have a closet full of PC games dating back to 1987. This is no exaggeration - the closet is literally stuffed floor-to-ceiling with PC games. Probably 3/4 of them I did not play for more than 5 minutes. Some day I will sell the collection on ebay, and then maybe buy an old castle or something.

But anyway, my current playlist is nothing special:
TF2
Mass Effect
Minecraft (and damn you person who posted that here whose name I can't remember right now)

Senor_Cartmenez · « **Reply #18 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 08:46:06 »

Mass Effect 1 had a cool story but the most boring and generic side-missions I have ever seen in a game. Almost ruined it for me ^^
Second part was way too Hollywood bang boom bang I have more action, explosions and thus a biger **** than you.

TF2
That's one milestone game that I have sidestepped somehow ^^

keyboardlover · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 09:02:11 »

UT '99, CS Source, sometimes TF2.

NewbieOneKenobi · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 10:44:12 »

Of late: Return of the King, Warcraft III The Frozen Throne, Sid Meier's Pirates! (the 2004 remake)
Kinda recently: Fallout 3, Tropico 3, Stronghold 1-2, Mass Effect 2

Battle for Middle Earth 1 and 2 are waiting for me and I'm gonna play Fallout 3 DLCs before New Vegas comes out, which I must have sooner or later. Undecided about Starcraft 2.

BTW, anybody got strong opinions on Starcraft 2 or some of the newer ahoy-matey games?

NewbieOneKenobi · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 10:49:20 »

Oh, yeah, Shogun 2. I gotta have that too.

Diogones · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 14:22:48 »

Nice pic, ripster. Final Fantasy is a sweet series too.

Yeah I'm a huge fan of Blizzard games. When Diablo 3 comes out it is gonna be great. I hope they don't make it too much like WoW however. I know that game is their big money maker, but that doesn't mean they have to completely neglect their other franchises (i.e. Starcraft, Diablo, Warcraft RTS instead of MMO). Starcraft 2 is of course what I'm working on now, it's very fun. Warcraft 3 will always be a classic for me, even if I hardly play it anymore. I know there will always be a huge debate between Starcraft and Warcraft fans over why Starcraft is better than War3, but I like to think they are both fun and challenging in their own way. You can't always compare them, but there are certain skill sets which can transfer over from one game to the other.

ricercar · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 15:06:00 »

Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
164.2 hrs past 2 weeks. save me before I play again ....

Ekaros · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 15:12:04 »

Quote from: ripster;228407

In other words you're playing older games or console ports.

There are only 4 bigname titles exclusively for the PC coming out this year. StarCraft 2, WOW Cataclysm, Civ V, Shogun 2.

The Future of PC Gaming:

Console Port

Farmville2

Console Port

WOW Ten

Console Port

Console Port

Farmville 3....

Don't forget east-europeans

They make more intresting stuff... Mainly western market has gotten to such hi-production values that anything too special doesn't cut. Indies can do more niche. New AA(A) games cost so much to do that producers aren't taking nny risks and aim to all markets which leads half-assed ports of games. They work, but they could be so much better, like their inventory system...

The game I has played most in last years is Anarchy Online:
Ekarona has played 306 days 1 hours 26 minutes 46 seconds
Ekaslave has played 28 days 15 hours 48 minutes 0 seconds
Loged in hours... Lot of AFK, but...

phillip · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 30 September 2010, 15:31:57 »

I play a lot of cs...I have plenty of other games, but never play any of them

lam47 · « **Reply #26 on:** Fri, 01 October 2010, 11:52:48 »

Quote from: ripster;228411

Pssst..... Don't tell anyone but I'll probably buy Shogun 2 too. I'm a Sucker for Samurais.

Tifa and ME!
Show Image

final fantasy if you think this pic is mine

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

didjamatic · « **Reply #27 on:** Fri, 01 October 2010, 12:05:03 »

Angry Birds. My only gaming keyboard is a touch screen. My typing keyboards are all mechanical.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #28 on:** Fri, 01 October 2010, 12:15:10 »

Quote from: didjamatic;228702

Angry Birds. My only gaming keyboard is a touch screen. My typing keyboards are all mechanical.

Haha I played that on my friend's iTouch. Fun game.

lam47 · « **Reply #29 on:** Fri, 01 October 2010, 12:39:27 »

So many emotions!
I did miss that one. Thanks Mate

its appreciated.
This guy, not so much.

darkblader · « **Reply #30 on:** Fri, 01 October 2010, 15:24:12 »

J888www · « **Reply #31 on:** Fri, 01 October 2010, 16:04:00 »

I've been playing Runescape for the last seven Years, have a combat level 138, 136 and another 136, the latter two are Pures gone wrong, that's because I'm just rubbish at this game. I didn't have the heart to neglect the superfluous accounts, so I trained all three evenly.

Edit: Now 138, 137, 137.

NewbieOneKenobi · « **Reply #32 on:** Fri, 01 October 2010, 17:15:36 »

Just bought Tropico 3 on steam. Finished some 2 or 3 missions today, making El Presidentes after doods I worked with at that law firm, one of which was a she.

And finally managed to launch the 2004 Pirates! under Win7, and along with EAX. And played with 7.1 speakers full of piratey stuff.

And restored EAX in Warcraft 3 (losing the single highest resolution in the process).

I'm never gonna finish that darned Ph.D. in ambulance chasing.

darkblader · « **Reply #33 on:** Sat, 02 October 2010, 05:39:19 »

Games i Play :
Starcraft 2
Counter Strike Source
COD MW2
DRGunZ Online
Warcraft 3

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #34 on:** Sat, 02 October 2010, 09:49:19 »

Games I'm currently playing:
*Heretic
*Strife
*Age of Empires 1
*Stonekeep
*Caesar III
*Hexen
*Rayman
*Warcraft 1 & 2
*Heroes of might and magic 1

etc etc etc

I want to try commander keen & maybe give nox another spin (but that's one picky game to run!) It would be great to make maps for it though... with the map editor thing.

NewbieOneKenobi · « **Reply #35 on:** Sat, 02 October 2010, 13:20:26 »

Here, behold: http://www.digger.org/download.html

lam47 · « **Reply #36 on:** Sun, 03 October 2010, 05:49:52 »

If anyone wants to add me on Starcraft battle.net I would be up for some games.
I'm not very good but I do enjoy it.

Name is Lam character code 770

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #37 on:** Sun, 03 October 2010, 16:16:03 »

Quote from: NewbieOneKenobi;229014

Here, behold: http://www.digger.org/download.html

Hey my 5150 I think has a CGA card -- it would be fun to play digger on that in its original form.

WhiteRice · « **Reply #38 on:** Sun, 03 October 2010, 16:23:55 »

I played the civ 5 demo today, ended up buying the full game.

NewbieOneKenobi · « **Reply #39 on:** Sun, 03 October 2010, 17:53:06 »

Quote from: EverythingIBM;229354

Hey my 5150 I think has a CGA card -- it would be fun to play digger on that in its original form.

Heck yeah!

Senor_Cartmenez · « **Reply #40 on:** Mon, 04 October 2010, 06:55:01 »

Quote from: WhiteRice;229359

I played the civ 5 demo today, ended up buying the full game.

timw4mail · « **Reply #41 on:** Mon, 04 October 2010, 07:28:52 »

I'm waiting for the Left4Dead and Left4Dead 2 updates that are supposed to be coming tomorrow.

SirClickAlot · « **Reply #42 on:** Mon, 04 October 2010, 07:39:53 »

Quote from: timw4mail;229514

I'm waiting for the Left4Dead and Left4Dead 2 updates that are supposed to be coming tomorrow.

Updates? Ow! Good to know -> I have played these 2 games countless hours....

WhiteRice · « **Reply #43 on:** Mon, 04 October 2010, 12:44:08 »

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I played the civ 5 demo today, ended up buying the full game.

I was up until 4 am conquering my continent. I still have to get across the ocean. Just entered the industrial era.

audioave10 · « **Reply #44 on:** Wed, 06 October 2010, 01:17:16 »

On the PC...
Gothic 3 (now playable with a huge community patch)
Stalker - heavily modded with my placements of Zombies & Explosive barrels.
(you get the idea)

zmurf · « **Reply #45 on:** Wed, 06 October 2010, 08:29:54 »

I mostly play games that can run under ScummVM. I'm for the moment trying to finish Broken Sword 2.

Other games I'm trying to finish at the moment:
Frontier
Cannon Fodder
Super Frog
Wing Commander IV

(cannon fodder and super frog I actually already played through... but that was about 15 years ago... so I'm replaying them just for fun.)

And when I want to beat up some friends:
Tracker Hero
Worms: The Director's Cut
OpenTTD

NamelessPFG · « **Reply #46 on:** Wed, 06 October 2010, 13:04:19 »

Are those first three Amiga versions, by any chance?

(As an aside, "War has never been so much fun!" What an earworm...and shame on whoever made the PC port for removing it!)

Senor_Cartmenez · « **Reply #47 on:** Thu, 07 October 2010, 07:00:14 »

Recently obtained newly released Nba2k11

Game will consume me now

Starcraft and Bad Company 2 will have to wait

verbel · « **Reply #48 on:** Wed, 27 October 2010, 14:49:18 »

I have been playing a good amount of Civ V. I reinstalled Dragon age and am starting another play through on that as a different race then my first game. I am also playing a good amount of SC2.

Speaking of SC2 if any of you all want to play sometime I am always up for it. Keep in mind though I am very very bad.

NewbieOneKenobi · « **Reply #49 on:** Sun, 07 November 2010, 16:31:42 »

Not much time for gaming now but playing Battle for Middle Earth. When done, I will probably want to finish Fallout 3 with all downloadable content and move on to the New Vegas but I will have a lot on my plate in terms of academic and professional examinations.

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Author Topic: Games? Anyone else wastes their time? (Read 31331 times)