Video games
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but in the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. Video games are sometimes believed to be a form of art, but this designation is controversial.
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Saved!Finally pulled my games out of storage and bought a media shelf to showcase them all. I'm contemplating reducing shelf space by combining some of the series into multi-disc cases. It's weird because I like having them on a shelf displayed but I'm not married to the original cases.. So like I have 4 SOCOM games on the PS2 and I could just take all the discs and put them in a 4 disc case. But then I have to make a custom cover for the "SOCOM Series" or something similar. I guess the real question is if I'm able to make a cover that is good enough by my standards. Of course there's exceptions in games I really love or ones with special manuals like the GTA series or Metal Gear games. But like the Ghost Recons...who cares about some army dude on the cover and the manual is barebones anyway. Same with ATV Offroad Fury series... it's a guy on an ATV I get it. But I want the original games to pop in and play without having to deal with emulation. But then of course I'm destroying any value they have as a collector's item in the future... Then there's also the question of should I sell my Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper games since I have the PS3 HD collections...am I ever going to go back and play them over the HD remakes? Probably not. But also I don't really need the money at the moment and they're bound to only go up in value as they get rarer... so maybe I should hold onto them....Who knew owning video games was such a headache.
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Saved!KlemoibEditing … Oh that’s cool! Yeah put them on display! Why would playing the discs reduce the value though? Or are they still sealed? I don't think you have to worry so much about their value if you enjoy having them and playing them. A while ago I got rid of the case for the sims and all the expansions but I now regret it though. Those cases were so nostalgic. I can easily buy them back though. They are cheap as chips. Also the insert of my final fantasy X-2 and octopath traveller somehow got wavy… It made me so annoyed. All my other games are fine but only these games have cheap stupid paper or something. I am trying to straighten out the cover art in a book but I have a feeling it won’t work.
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Saved!ExplojinEditing … Nah, not losing value by playing the disc. I meant by throwing out the case. As a buyer of old things it always pains me minimize something that's been around for a long time and isn't being made anymore. There's probably some dude out there that would really like to have ATV Offroady Fury 3 with a case and I'm out here throwing half of it into a landfill. But I suppose it doesn't really matter. I think we threw out the Sims cases when we bought them back in the day lol, they were so bulky and there were a billion expansions.
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Saved!KlemoibEditing … Ah I get it. Yes the cases can be a pain when it's not just one game in one case but one game with many expansions in many cases. I guess you could always put the cases you don't like into storage or under your bed as a middle way. But it's your collection you can do what you want with it. you can sell the empty cases or throw them out if you want. For some reason I'm okay with cartridges games and pc games not having cases but when it comes to console discs based games I get annoyed when they don't have cases. I found a new super mario bros wii game disc for cheap with no box and first I was like "oh nice!" But now I'm thinking "what is this disc even doing here in my collection? It's naked and indecent" :-P
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Saved!NodleyEditing … Asd a teenager I once made a display of all the different beers I'd drank. I had about 2000 bottles in my bedroom and my mam made me throw them away because I never washed them out and they stank :D
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Saved!ExplojinEditing … Yea, console game discs I like having boxes for but I do have a folio that has like 80 PS2 games some kid stole without cases. My sister worked at a chain toy store and the police showed up one day with the folio of stolen games returning it from a thief they caught but by that time PS3 was already out and the store had no way of selling the used discs so told her to throw it away or keep it. I think there were also Xbox and GameCube folios too but we only had PlayStations at the time so her co-workers took the other ones.
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Saved!ExplojinEditing … I did something similar with Arizona Ice Tea tall cans. They had a ridiculous amount of flavors at the time and I had built a wall of them in my room. Probably 40-50 different cans though so not quite as much.
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Saved!KlemoibEditing … whaaat! You got free game treasure trove. The story behind it makes it even more valuable. That's pretty nice.
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Saved!I've been thinking a lot lately about hypothetically how best to introduce my new nephew to videogames once he gets old enough. I have a DS Lite with Namco Museum so I'd consider that phase 0. I'm currently gathering up some DS games for my New 3DS XL which might be the best way to follow up the DS Lite. (initially I thought of placing a DSi or 2DS somewhere between the two but this is more economical)
PSP is definitely not even close to a beginner console when you consider the alternatives. Switch Lite with Pokemon should probably be done as early as he is able to comfortably read. I'd even consider introducing it as a way to help the child learn to read, but I also wouldn't want him to miss out on the story early on. Probably a good way to divide games is by how much reading they require. Pac-Man requires none. 16-bit Sonic requires none. (hint hint) Pokemon and Zelda require a substantial bit. Potentially this fragments you and the child across many different system libraries to comb them for non-reading games before having to repeat the entire process for reading games. But all things considered it's surprising how much the DS Lite -> 3DS idea is able to cover a lot of ground. With the 3DS you have some low reading games and can slowly drop more reading games as time goes on. There is one game, Captain Toad, for the Switch that seems to require no reading and no talent for playing videogames. (there's not even any platforming) So that's a very viable first game. On the Switch you even have access to Sonic Origins and Mario Kart as well, which the parents can join in on. So the 3DS is starting to look a bit more advanced by comparison. (not to mention the 3D slider which is not good for the eyes, and I'd rather wish the system didn't have it. Parental controls?)
One issue I'm grappling with is how to best introduce Mega Man X. Granted the games are difficult and a child might not figure out how to wall jump. All I know is Switch Lite is probably a lousy way since the games are start button intensive and the system has an ass start button. PSP-3k has the best start button in history but the screen has heavy interlacing on sprite-based games. Overall the PSP does seem like the single best way though and you'd have X1-6 in the process. But another option is the 3DS. It only has X1-3 though and the eshop shuts down in under three months, so I have to decide now whether to go that route, but even if I do it means I'd need an eshop card and it means I can no longer factory reset my 3DS before gifting it. (I was wondering whether to do the reset even though it would dissolve all the games I've downloaded to it. They're mostly trash though so it doesn't matter.)-
Saved!NodleyEditing … Iz likes Disney princess and Barbie so I bought her some games for the Wii we had laying around. It's that easy.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … Speaking of which that's another thing. If the child ends up liking this or that, you would have to go out of your way to buy games in that franchise that you might not have otherwise. Even if the games are crud. I'm worried what will happen if my nephew ends up liking Ninja Turtles or Mario. He may want to play Pokemon before knowing how to read. He may want to play any and every Sonic game without caring to find out whether they are good first. EDIT: What else is there. Spider-Man? Power Rangers? Batman? Disney/Pixar's Cars? But at least he won't like Barbie or Frozen. =P
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … The complete opposite could also happen. I bought a copy of Star Fox Command bc the game itself may be alright by DS standards and a fun way to introduce him to stylus controls on his new New 3DS. So now I risk making him like Star Fox and making him want to play other Star Fox games, even though Command was just meant to be a one night stand.
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Saved!ExplojinEditing … Kids are a bunch of dopes, my niece has a Wii with Mario Kart, Super Mario Galaxy, Tetris, Donkey Kong Country, Kirby's Epic Yarn.... but she would rather play Wipeout or Just Dance. She's 8 I think... and my nephew who is 4 just wants to play anything with a character he recognizes from something else. So Disney's Infinity or a Paw Patrol game that's free on PS+..
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … This sounds like a reason to introduce kids earlier. This way they appreciate the intrinsic benefit of videogames as opposed to simply wanting to play something branded with stuff they like from TV shows, Disney, or what have you.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … lol, I just saw this post on another forum. "My older son is 4.5 and we started with Paw Patrol: On a Roll! on PS4 since it was free on PS+."
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … and this one: " At around 2, I let my older daughter play Mario. She didn't get the concept of going to the right. Too early. Then she got a bit older and loved Paw Patrol, so I let her play On the Roll, which at 4, she started to understand going to the right and got better with the controls."
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Saved!So what ya'll playing atm? I'm trying to topple PSG with Chaterroux on Football Manager 2022 and playing Fable 3 when I need a break from FM.
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Saved!KlemoibEditing … I'm still playing Symphonia for a bit. There is still a lot of side content. I might start a new game though because I want playable Kratos. Can't decide what to play next. I've wanted to play panzer dragoon saga for ages now bit I just can't get it to work well. They should remake it. It seems like an amazing game. Oh any maybe I'll do some rollercoaster tycoon. Can't go wrong with that one.
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Saved!SudertumEditing … Some NES Tetris as distraction, Mass Effect 2 (started with ME1) on Steam and testing Victoria 2 CoE edited version as (prussian) campaign preparation.
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Saved!SudertumEditing … Gameboy and NES version are pretty similar prefer NES due better contrast. NES has two local differences, NTSC (US) and PAL (Europe/Japan), last it way faster reaching two digit levels. SNES has some tweaks i forgot already, aside it is slower and a point cap in two digit level realm. To get into Tetris again SNES version sounds about right to me, newer tetris versions don't have complete randomness for pieces anymore so less punishing at this so easier but don't know them. There are also told versions like "lovetetris" and "hatetetris" first calculating and giving your most needed piece and second doing the opposite trying to kick your ass.
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Saved!KlemoibEditing … Oh that's interesting to know. On his new youtube channel Masahiro Sakurai explained why pal games are slower due to pal's 50 hz tv's. So I guess that's why pal tetris is slower then aswell. I'd guess that the gameboy would be the same because the screens are built in the gameboy. Hatetetris sounds like my sister would love it.
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Saved!DJ_JJSliderEditing … The Game Boy Tetris is still the best. It has the best stage music in the series (that was edited in later versions, wtf?) If there's one problem, I'd say that the Game Boy's D-pad didn't hold up too well. I probably smashed the down arrow from dropping too many tetrominos...
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Saved!I might sell my ps4 and ps3. I played on them when I was off work on sick but wouldn't have done if I wasn't injured.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … In the entire time since my bro gave me his PS4 in January this year, I found nearly zero games I found worth playing save for Gravity Rush Remastered, which I already beat on the Vita, twice. I'm wondering if I might try to beat Battlefield Hardline, just for curiosity's sake. It's bad but I have a feeling it gets better. Need for Speed Heat seems perfectly ok but I don't feel like trying to beat it. I'd rather save it for when/if I ever get an Xbox Series X. Anyway, I'm still wondering if I should eventually dig up my old PS3 or 360 and use it where the PS4 currently is once I give it back to my brother. Those systems just appeal to me more.
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Saved!ExplojinEditing … If you need money sell it, if not then just throw it in a box in the closet. It'll be much harder and more expensive to get it back down the road.
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Saved!NodleyEditing … I simply have no urge to play PS anymore. I can get everything I need on PC. I think I'll sell it today, I have 24 games so maybe get a decent price.
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Saved!Every 2021 game I played ranked:
Bowser's Fury*
Subnautica: Below Zero
Returnal
Metroid Dread
Psychonauts 2*
The Forgotten City*
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Hitman III
Unpacking*
Scarlet Nexus
Cyber Shadow*
Exo One*
Asterisks are for titles I played to completion. Those I have yet to finish could get moved around a bit. Returnal could very well get bumped to the #1 spot. Not a great year, probably the weakest of the last 20. As much as I think Bowser's Fury is some of the best Mario content ever, it feels very wrong that my GOTY is a four hour chunk of bonus content from a port of a nearly decade old game.
Here's to a new year. I really need Elden Ring to kick some serious ass, and I'm certainly grateful I found a PS5 so I have the means to play it. -
Saved!...I feel like video games are turning really weird. Like...open world Pokemon? Dark Souls of Thrones (Elden Ring)? Deathloop? Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Intergrade? Final Fantasy 7: Battle Royale? Final Fantasy 7: Project...Rectangle.
Speed golf sounds cool, tho.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcpuvXValTQ-
Saved!DJ_JJSliderEditing … We need Jak 4 and the Golden Crab, btw. Or Dino Gunther. Crabs, man. Attack its weak point for massive damage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF8POaO-9TY
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … The upcoming Pokemon Legends looks very pretty, conceptually speaking. It feels like a reboot of Pokemon, having it take place in the 19th century or whenever Japan seems very appropriate to portray an honor based culture in which all spats are handled by pokemon battles instead of direct physical confrontation.
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Saved!DJ_JJSliderEditing … Beautiful. And kinda weird for Pokemon? Then again, a lot of the worlds in Pokemon are based on regions in Japan. So I really shouldn't be that surprised, I guess. Yeah, I actually want more ancient Japan stuff now. Ghost of Tsushima, man.
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Saved!rockshard PhDEditing … The regions are based on different parts of the world. Only one or two or them are based on Japan specifically, or at least that's what I hear. I'm fuzzy on anything Pokemon related before Sun/Moon and Sword/Shield.
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Saved!DJ_JJSliderEditing … I mean, they used to be based on Japan. Then they kinda went all over the place. I dunno, I lost track.
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Saved!They don't make 'em like they used to...Unless the developer is indie? Indie-ish? Anything other than EA.
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Saved!Y'all should head to the forums and see @Cool Guy's vidya game collection. I'm super jealous! Also, come post your stuff and let's get a chat going on about our little hobby :)
http://www.favslist.com/forums/Video-Game-Collection-669-p4#43154-
Saved!SandvichEditing … I see a distinct lack of Greatest/Platinum Hits, the bane of every collector's existence. Those fucking red/gray cases are so ugly.
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Saved!HelendlocEditing … Tell me about it man. I do have some but I've replaced a lot of them and moved the rest elsewhere or to the end of the respective collections where they don't stick out as much :p
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Saved!SandvichEditing … And don't get me started on the fuckin' Nintendo Selects! "We're never going to drop the price of our first party games and when we finally do we're going to punish you for not giving us more money by covering 20% of your lovely box art with a hideous rust colored border! Say why is everyone buying second hand?"
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Saved!...Looks like a pretty accurate bunch of year-end lists to me. And man, Agony must be, *ahem* agony. I've seen clips of it and it looks gross.
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Saved!DJ_JJSliderEditing … It's the slickest-looking piece of ugly I've ever seen. And that sounds so completely stupid, but that's what it looks like. Doom probably did a better version of hell, but still want to play it myself.
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Saved!Haven't played any triple A titles from 2018 so my rankings for the games I've played from 2018 are:
1. Rusty Lake Paradise
2. Cube Escape: Paradox
3. Unravel 2
4. Megaquarium-
Saved!MasterCrashEditing … Only played Deltarune, but that's easily one of my all time favourite games, so eh
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