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Old school gaming
These days gaming is so much different than it used to be (I know I sound like an old guy now). When I was a kid we had gaming computerthingy. We had to connect it to the television, it always took some time/ frustration to get it connected and afterwards the television always lost its channel-settings. The only two games we had was some kind of Pong, and a game where a blocky motorcycle had to jump over blocky barrels. Still, it was kinda nice.
I also remember going to my nephew to play on his Commodore 64. He had a few games but we mostly played a sort of Dungeons and Dragons game! We loved it. Playing the whole night through… he was mostly running around and fighting, while I sat next to him with a sketchpad drawing the maps so we knew where to go and were we’d been. Looking back, the games looked very bad, but in my mind there were great worlds with heroic hero’s and scary foes.
A lot has changed since then but what I really think changed is the fact that we used a lot more imagination back then, these days it’s all so realistic that you don’t need that much imagination to see the world. Everyone sees the world in a game as it is created, back then I think each gameworld looked a lot different in the mind af every player. It’s a difference in my opinion, but I can’t say if the change is for the better or worse.
Did you play games (or do you play games). What is or was your favorite?
If you played a long time ago, what time do you prefer, the current gaming, or the old nostalgic gaming?
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My first game console was an Atari 2600. I liked Phoenix (and I also liked the much-maligned E.T., too). After that, I had an NES. I loved the original Legend of Zelda, AD&D Pool of Radiance, Dick Tracy, River City Ransom, The Bard’s Tale, The Immortal, and a few others. I didn’t own another console after that for many years, but I did start gaming on the computer. I loved Civilization II and Civilization IV the most, probably, but also Baldur’s Gate. In my later years, I did a stint with WoW and Minecraft, but I haven’t much time for gaming now. The one exception to that would be L.A. Noire on the PS3.
I have a hacked Wii on which I play classic NES games (pretty much the ones above) and an emulator on my phone which I will use occasionally for the same games. Nowadays, I’ve pretty much gone oldskool. A friend of mine hosts a monthly D&D game which is certainly a highlight of the month, and I host a monthly tabletop board game night. Favorites there are Tsuro of the Seas (with Veterans expansion), Pandemic, Elder Sign, Carcassonne, Tara (which I’ve expanded to four players), Ticket to Ride, Cards against Humanity, and Catan.
Actually, Dwaas, there’s another favorite of ours you might like to check out: Once Upon a Time. It’s a story telling card game that is beyond awesome. I can’t recommend it enough (since you’re in the story telling biz, that is 😉 )
Oh you mention some of the greatest games I played (and that took a lot (!) of time from me 🙂 ) Baldurs gate, Pool of radiance and the bards tale! I saw I can buy them again for the mac or ipad these days, still thinking of that. Also I used to play AD&D at a friends place, that was always a highlight. He was so good at drawing a mood and telling the story. I myself own (almost) everything in the Dark Sun world, a completely different world, but I loved the post-apocalyptic vibe and even me me long for forests and water.
Tabletop games are being more and more undervalued these days imho these days.
“once upon a time”… never heard of it, will have to see if I can get it somewhere over here in the Netherlands!
amazon.com/Atlas-ATG1030-Once-Upon-Time/dp/1589781317/
This expansion is great, too
amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Enchanting-Tales/dp/1589781368/
I remember playing SEGA Mastersystem and Atari too. World Cup Italia 90, Olympic Gold were probably my favorites, I had so much fun playing those. I also played Sonic 2 and Ghostbusters (never finished this one…)
This days I like to play late 90’s games like Warcraft II. And I play SSX3 a lot also! Most recent games I played was Farcry 3 and Starcraft 2, mostly because my PC is getting old… Honestly I love both the new generation and the old ones… Most important is having fun.
I have a feeling this ghost guy is gonna be a cool dude!
Well said, fun is the most important! But in my opinion it seems like it takes a great deal more to let people have fun these days.
I really like Kemi, especially its hair. It arrived just in time for the shoot!
Also, again you are awesome with the little details. I just noticed the open file drawer. Brilliant.
I’ll begin shooting my next story this week. It does involve a ghost (I’m tapping into Yiddish folklore for this one). I couldn’t decide whether to try to make him appear transparent as you have, or if I would just make the other characters ignore his physical presence. I had decided on the latter, but I think you just convinced me to give the transparency a shot. Maybe. I don’t have the nice, steady camera setup you do.
All you really need is a camera with many manual settings (especcialy the focus!), a tripod and photoshop (or similar software) and you will be good to go. It was less work than I imagined before.