Games Throughout Our Lives

[LunarWeaver]

I also want to make a colossal post nobody will ever read. Now with extra colossal.




My first was Zelda. What adventurous music it was. Being so small and stupid, I always thought Link's name was Zelda, even though that makes no sense.



I had some Castlevania in my day. Simon fooled me into thinking whips were easy to use. They are not.



I never played Mario much. Mario is for deaf people who poop themselves. I owned a Sega Genesis and not a SNES. I played much Sonic. Pretty much all of them on the system. Though I did abuse my cousin's SNES at times. Yay Street Fighter II.



Mortal Kombat games taught me violence is acceptable. It also taught me that, given the choice, I always pick the female, my brother makes fun of me, he picks the male, and then I win. Picture... not representing that too much.



Then my dad bought us a Sega CD. I played the one Sonic game on it. It's too shameful for a picture.

I got a Playstation like an intelligent human being after that. I played a zillion gabillion games. That number is not made up. YOU'RE made up. Think about that one when you shower. Anyway, some chief ones:

Resident Evil. I loved being bitten by a zombie and watching more blood than the human body even contains fly out and disappear. I loved how Jill and Chris had different stories. I loved they held the combat knife in different ways. Back then everything was magical and interesting to me. Oh, to be 10-years-old... I went on to play all the Resident Evil games that mattered. I bought a Dreamcast for the sole reason of playing Resident Evil: Code Veronica. Then I learned "exclusive" meant "exclusive for 5 minutes then ported".




Then the biggie! Final Fantasy VII when I was 11 (lol rhyme). This game taught me that stories and characters in video games could be awesome. It totally blew me away. It was my first RPG too. I will always remember my jaw dropping the first time I got out of Midgar and realized there was an entire world out there, not just one city. I still love VII to this day. Now remember back then there was not the fanboy battles and all the idiocy, just pure fun and enjoyment. I was also just getting old enough that boys made my face red, and I do believe Cloud was my first video game crush. Which is so sad since he's not only fictional but basically a block. Hey, I didn't have much to work with. This made me a huge fan of the series, and I rushed out to get all subsequent games except XI. I did eventually play VI, but never beat any beneath that. I also bought Chrono Chross and Xenogears only because Squaresoft was on the cover.




Ah, Tomb Raider. I loved you so. I have gone on to play all of them if you can believe it. Even Angel of Darkness. Jesus Christ. She was cool and I was cool with her. The moving ponytail in II up enthralled me like a circus. Like I said, as a kid I was easily impressed.




Then my dad bought me Tenchu over Metal Gear Solid. It wasn't awful, but Ayame ran like a goose-monkey and in general it wasn't great either. To wash the taste out of my mouth, I bought Metal Gear Solid for myself. And by that I mean mom did when I begged her. Like Final Fantasy VII, it made me realize games could be an art form that surpasses even movies. This also granted me the patience to sit through long cutscenes without any beef about it. I went on to play 2 and 3, equally impressed, and have yet to play 4. I'm sure I will someday.



Silent Hill. The first game's ty graphics actually enhanced the fear. The first time I ran down that alley, the light fading away little by little, a bunch of children with knives or something coming out to kill me... That's some good eats, cowboy. I went on to love 2, 3, tolerate 4, and I have 5 in the mail coming.



Diablo. Ohhh Diablo. My brother's friend stole this from the store and then gave it to us. I played it obsessively. Mmmm~ Diablo II took up even more of my time, and then the expansion pack even more of my time. Diablo II has soaked up about 90% of my life. I had a hardcore group of friends when it came out. Then I quit and went back to it, then quit, and finally went back when EoFF did. It all provided me with much lol.




Final Fantasy X is getting a picture even though I mentioned I played it. Because it's just that smurfing fabulous. It remains my favorite game to this day.



Somewhere in here I bought a Gamecube and played some stuff, but who cares about that.

Back to important things. I covered a lot of Ps2 games while saying "I went on to play..." But allow me to aim for Kingdom Hearts. You hooked up with Donald and Goofy to whack heart-consuming creatures with a huge key and occasionally talked to people like Cloud and Winnie the Pooh. It was quite frankly the dumbest thing I've ever seen, and I was in love with it. I also loved II :}



Xenosaga. I was so obsessed with these games. I joined a forum and talked about all kinds of theories forever. They aren't perfect, but I overlooked flaws for the greater delicious. I am sad they didn't sell better.



The 360. This opened up quite a few games I'd skipped over. I got to play KOTOR finally. I was a Sith prick and destroyed everything possible. Jade Empire. I was nice in that one. Halo 1 and 2. Some other stuff I've probly forgotten. I also played tons of 360 games. Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Tales of Vesperia, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War, blah blah. I did eventually play the much anticipated Halo 3. Going online was a bad decision for me. I got yelled at a lot for being awful by strangers. A lot. I don't take being yelled at very well, and much thumb sucking occurred. I wanted to play with others on my friends list, but felt guilty for being bad at the game, leading to me wanting to play with them and also wanting them to leave at the same time. Overall it turned me into an insane pregnant woman and I sold it before everyone hated me completely.







And so my 360 days continue. I will continue to play it until it breaks down or explodes or whatever. It happens to all of them eventually. When it does, I will buy another one instead of a Wii. I am like that.