Comments on: Slipping into Oblivion (Gaming and guilt)

By: David

David — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:51 +0000

Haha, thanks man.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:02:35 +0000

Blackroot is very close to the Dementia entrance : )
It is the first dungeon I have found in Shivering Isles. Horrible time-eater. I hate myself too.

By: Gaming as a chore « Thoughts and Responses

Gaming as a chore « Thoughts and Responses — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:00:10 +0000

[...] playing through Icewind Dale 2. Still. It is old and I kind of don’t like it. Then I read Slipping into Oblivion over at A Slime Appears. That article made me think a bit.

By: David

David — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:50:17 +0000

Oh yes, everyone in Oblivion got hit with the ugly stick, including my character. Let’s hope Fallout manages to evade that. I also can’t wait till Bethesda announces a street date for Fallout 3. I’ve got very high hopes. And as I’ve said before, I felt like an inadequate lover when I played Mass Effect. I mean, she was hot and all, but I just couldn’t finish it.

Regarding the thread, I think that when storyline heavy games started adding up to +40 hours, gameplay was stretched thin, and things became a bit tedious. I mean, look at Final Fantasy. It has (supposedly) great stories to tell, but a lot of levelling and grinding in between. Just give me 8 awesome hours, please. I neither have time nor conscience to manage more than that.

By: dnkn

dnkn — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:15:33 +0000

My current project is to finally plow through all the Final Fantasy games I’ve missed: VII, IX and XII. That sure feels like a major chore to me. But it has to be done, otherwise I feel inadequate as a gamer and I find myself interrupting discussions about said games with exclamations like “No spoilers!” and so on. I just thank Jesus, Buddha and Cthulhu that the PS2 doesn’t have achievements. That would just be cruel.

Speaking of Oblivion. I dread the moment/can’t wait until Bethesda releases Fallout 3. I’ll drop everything I have planned for the next few months just to allow myself to get sucked in to Post-apocalypse heaven.

By: amateuse

amateuse — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:54:07 +0000

And yeah, I hate Oblivion. Not because it draws me in but because it repulses me. Everyone in the game is ugly. How can you make such an advanced character-builder and make everyone come out ugly. I can’t stand the game.

By: amateuse

amateuse — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:50:53 +0000

Pixeljunk Monsters is my weak spot. It draws me in every moment possible. The only problem is: I don’t own a PS3 or the game in any other way. I frequently visit my friends in possession of it, “dropping by” to hang out and then as soon as they go to the restroom I start the game and stop reacting to the surroundings. My longest streak was 11 hours in their sofa, while they slept, went to work, came home for lunch (I got some too) and later back from work for the day. I hate myself.