So I've decided to use this time to play through some classics that are in my "pile of shame" that I never got around to finishing. Here's my playlist so far:
1) Planescape: Torment - Finished. This is the finest game to be released on any platform. Period.
2) Thief - Changing pace from RPGness to more FPSish action, should be grand.
3) Grim Fandango - I started it on a long train ride earlier and got stuck. I shall endeavor to finish it without a walkthrough, no promises though. I suck at adventure games.
4) Fallout - Yea, I've played it before. It's just that good.
5) Thief II - More thiefy goodness.
6) Sanitarium - A creative and very unsettling adventure game.
7) System Shock - Because I've never actually finished it, and I should. Then, I'm going to play it again. In French.
8) System Shock 2 - On Insane difficulty, going pure psyOps. Bring it the fuck on.
9) Homeworld - Exodus in Space. With explosions.
Since my netbook doesn't have a massive hard drive (solid state and all that) I'm going to have one of the above installed at a time. However, variety is the spice of life, so I've also got Kohan: Ahriman's Gift, a brilliant strategy game, and the beta of Stardock's Elemental.
In addition, there's some games that I'll be playing on my GP2x. Beneath a Steel Sky, Secret of Monkey Island, and The Ur-Quan Masters. Lucasarts adventure games are the bee's knees, especially with a touch screen. I'm goingto try and track down I Have No Mouth and I Must Screen for the GP2x, too.
Expect pre and post playthrough reports on most f these - except Torment, which is going to be getting alot of attention soon in the "games as art" rantings.
Summer of Fun
I'll get on with my incoherent ramblings about videogames and art and such in a bit, but first I have an apology to make to Backdoor:
Sorry, dude. I left my desktop in storage. No Left 4 Dead for me this summer. Or any Follow Freeman Co-op action either. On the other hand, I think my netbook can handle some Serious Sam action, for which I would be totally down.
Obviously, this means my summer of gaming is going to be strictly old-skool. Like, Cornelius Bear driving a yellow bus with Gothic Arches old school.
So I've decided to use this time to play through some classics that are in my "pile of shame" that I never got around to finishing. Here's my playlist so far:
1) Planescape: Torment - Finished. This is the finest game to be released on any platform. Period.
2) Thief - Changing pace from RPGness to more FPSish action, should be grand.
3) Grim Fandango - I started it on a long train ride earlier and got stuck. I shall endeavor to finish it without a walkthrough, no promises though. I suck at adventure games.
4) Fallout - Yea, I've played it before. It's just that good.
5) Thief II - More thiefy goodness.
6) Sanitarium - A creative and very unsettling adventure game.
7) System Shock - Because I've never actually finished it, and I should. Then, I'm going to play it again. In French.
8) System Shock 2 - On Insane difficulty, going pure psyOps. Bring it the fuck on.
9) Homeworld - Exodus in Space. With explosions.
Since my netbook doesn't have a massive hard drive (solid state and all that) I'm going to have one of the above installed at a time. However, variety is the spice of life, so I've also got Kohan: Ahriman's Gift, a brilliant strategy game, and the beta of Stardock's Elemental.
In addition, there's some games that I'll be playing on my GP2x. Beneath a Steel Sky, Secret of Monkey Island, and The Ur-Quan Masters. Lucasarts adventure games are the bee's knees, especially with a touch screen. I'm goingto try and track down I Have No Mouth and I Must Screen for the GP2x, too.
Expect pre and post playthrough reports on most f these - except Torment, which is going to be getting alot of attention soon in the "games as art" rantings.
So I've decided to use this time to play through some classics that are in my "pile of shame" that I never got around to finishing. Here's my playlist so far:
1) Planescape: Torment - Finished. This is the finest game to be released on any platform. Period.
2) Thief - Changing pace from RPGness to more FPSish action, should be grand.
3) Grim Fandango - I started it on a long train ride earlier and got stuck. I shall endeavor to finish it without a walkthrough, no promises though. I suck at adventure games.
4) Fallout - Yea, I've played it before. It's just that good.
5) Thief II - More thiefy goodness.
6) Sanitarium - A creative and very unsettling adventure game.
7) System Shock - Because I've never actually finished it, and I should. Then, I'm going to play it again. In French.
8) System Shock 2 - On Insane difficulty, going pure psyOps. Bring it the fuck on.
9) Homeworld - Exodus in Space. With explosions.
Since my netbook doesn't have a massive hard drive (solid state and all that) I'm going to have one of the above installed at a time. However, variety is the spice of life, so I've also got Kohan: Ahriman's Gift, a brilliant strategy game, and the beta of Stardock's Elemental.
In addition, there's some games that I'll be playing on my GP2x. Beneath a Steel Sky, Secret of Monkey Island, and The Ur-Quan Masters. Lucasarts adventure games are the bee's knees, especially with a touch screen. I'm goingto try and track down I Have No Mouth and I Must Screen for the GP2x, too.
Expect pre and post playthrough reports on most f these - except Torment, which is going to be getting alot of attention soon in the "games as art" rantings.
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Dude, not cool. I think you secretly despise L4D, or playing video games with me.
I can only pray that your desktop doesn't get shat on by a raccoon, or more likely, some idiot puts a desk on it all summer, and you've got a cracked motherboard come fall.
Though your old-ass brick laptop could definitely handle some good shit, assuming you didn't leave that too. Civ 4, CoD 1, Q3, and I would of course be down for some serious sam co-op awesomeness.
You know what I think I'm gonna do now? I'm gonna play Crysis, even though it's only mediocre, Just because I know you can't.
BackDoorAngel
May 28, 2009 at 12:39 AM