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  1. SLTE

    Favorite Gaming Youtuber

    The only ones I watch now are speedrunners (whom I've detailed in another thread here), Felicia Day and Ryon Day's Co-Optitude show, The First 15 by the Penny Arcade dudes, and Markiplier. All of the above I watch occasionally, 'cause I find I have a limited stomach for screaming at games...
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    Any Hearthstone fans?

    Yep. I'm kind of on the way out now, but I played Hearthstone solidly for about half a year. Got a decent collection, and I can make a decent showing against the majority of players. My Warrior Rage deck is a thing of beauty. You don't have to drop money to win in Hearthstone. I haven't spent a...
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    What irritates you the most about other players?

    The lack of more local multiplayer bugs me as well. Occasionally a game will come out where it's easy to hook up with friends, but all too often local multiplayer is completely thrown out in favour of online multiplayer. I understand that companies don't want to chop up the screen on their super...
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    Favourite old school controller?

    I agree, it had a sweet look, and was a solid controller. My main beef with the SNES controller was its poor adaptation to fighting games. I ruined my fingers trying to pull off long combos on Killer Instinct thanks to the d-pad. Fighting games are so much easier to play with joysticks...
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    Atari?

    I think I've probably watched those. Or at least I watched the one about E.T. the Extraterrestrial, and how it did / didn't ruin the video game industry at the time. Really neat movie, whether you're interested in E.T. or not. (Which I was. I owned that game. It's not as bad as some people would...
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    What's the best family game for Wii?

    Anything with Mario on the box, honestly. You can get hours upon hours of fun out of virtually any Mario game, whether it's Kart or Smash Bros. or Party or just one of the normal Mario platforming titles. I'm a little sick of the plumber after so many years, but Nintendo always seems to put on...
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    Favourite old school controller?

    Gaming has come a long way in the last three decades in many respects, though I think controller design gets overlooked. Some of the older controllers were absolutely brutal to use for extended periods of time. The NES controller, for example, dug into my hands after a while. Those squared-off...
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    What irritates you the most about other players?

    Immaturity, racism, sexism, the usual stuff. The main reasons why I don't play multiplayer games with a chat, or at least not games where I can't turn chat off. I get that there are a lot of younger players out there, but some idiots are waaaaay too liberal with their mouths. Also, yeah...
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    Streams you watch?

    When I bother to watch streamers, I almost always watch speedrunners. They're usually quieter than the average streamer, and their commentary is much more instructive. (I wanted to be a speedrunner streamer, but I don't have the patience to learn games to the same extent. Oh well.) Some...
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    What Steam game are you hoping will be in the Steam winter sales this year?

    Mainly just the Paradox Games titles. They go on sale occasionally, but the sales are usually kinda piddly, and always wind up being games I already own. I'd like to see a developer-wide drop in prices for a few days so I can pick up some of the DLC for Europa Universalis IV that I don't already...
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    What game do you have the most hours on?

    If we can stretch back to PS2, I think it's probably the Disgaea games. Not because they're my favourites by any means, but because grinding for endless hours is a big part of the games. I haven't touched one in a while, but I'm pretty sure I clocked at least 300 hours on Disgaea 2 alone, which...
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    Atari?

    Let me preface this by saying that I'm old. Like, 31. That's not super old, but it's old enough that I did own an Atari 2600 back when I was very young. My first gaming memories are of playing Mario Bros. and trying to puzzle out how to kill the crabs. Presumably I figured it out at some point...
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    Free To Play MMO Suggestions

    Yeah, you do have to pay. I've seen sites advertising Minecraft servers before as free-to-play, though I highly doubt they're anywhere near legitimate. I think you can also technically play one of the beta versions of Minecraft for free, but it's probably missing a bunch of stuff, and I doubt...
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    Best Party Video Games

    Almost anything multiplayer with Mario on the box - Mario Party, Mario Kart, Smash Bros., etc. They're typically fun, immersive games that you can pick up and play relatively easily. Smash Bros. is especially good in this regard, 'cause I find fighting games to be big hits at parties, but most...
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    Your Favourite Star Wars Game(s)

    Lesse: KOTOR, and to a lesser extent, KOTOR II. The first was a complete game, which gives it obvious bonus points, but KOTOR II had a lot going for it. If the ending hadn't been so rushed I would've enjoyed it a great deal more. Still, both games proved how awesome Star Wars RPGs can be...
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    Who else is excited for Pokemon Go!?

    Spent a good twenty minutes trying to figure this out, with no good answer to give you, unfortunately. There's still somewhat scant information available about Go at this point. That saaaaaid, I saw plenty of speculation that legendaries will be relegated to either specific countries, or to...
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    What lesser known Steam games do you like?

    Try Undertale, a bullet hell / RPG combo. It's a smidge over $10, but the story is fantastic and the replay value is high. If you like RTS titles you might also dig FTL - you command a space ship crew, and need to guide them through a series of solar systems and past legions of baddies and...
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    It's October, what horror games have you played so far?

    I didn't play too many horror games this October, but I do like them in general. Resident Evil games are good, Dead Space is fun, Five Nights at Freddy's is good in short bursts (I used to stream it so much on Twitch that I wished the whole franchise would stop existing), Silent Hill is great...
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    What movie or show would you like to see turned into a game?

    Skyrimish adaptations of either Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead (which I suppose would be closer to Fallout) would be amazing. Both feature large worlds with lots of potential for cool storytelling and exploration, yet their games seem to be compressed into relatively small areas, ala...
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    PS4 and Xbox One - worth getting both?

    The Xbox One version is going to support modding? Damn. I'm planning on picking Fallout 4 on launch day, so... clearly I made the wrong choice here, 'cause I do not have the specs on my computer to run that game... sigh. Oh well...