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What is your perfect gaming environment? Where do you like to play games? In the living room or the bedroom or your office? Do you like to drink during a gaming session? If so what? How we play games is something that could have an effect on how games are made. An example of that is in Goldeneye. How, you may, and probably are, be thinking.
Well I like to have a drink near to hand when I am playing games. And in Goldeneye in single player that is difficult. The pause menu takes a long time to come up with the wee watch animation. And during all that time there can be enemies shooting you.
Things like this might not really bother you but they bother and annoy me. If I am paying £40 or even £50 for a game I want it to be perfect. I will not be but some games are better than others because certain features have been implemented better.
How we play games does have an impact on how much we enjoy them. If I do not have a drink or do not have my red N64 controller when I am playing my (or someone elses) N64, then I am not fully comfortable and do not enjoy the game playing as much then as when I so have my controller and drink etc.
I just wondered what you lot thought and if I was just an overly demanding games player.
Thanks for reading
Biggles
Well I like to have a drink near to hand when I am playing games. And in Goldeneye in single player that is difficult. The pause menu takes a long time to come up with the wee watch animation. And during all that time there can be enemies shooting you.
Things like this might not really bother you but they bother and annoy me. If I am paying £40 or even £50 for a game I want it to be perfect. I will not be but some games are better than others because certain features have been implemented better.
How we play games does have an impact on how much we enjoy them. If I do not have a drink or do not have my red N64 controller when I am playing my (or someone elses) N64, then I am not fully comfortable and do not enjoy the game playing as much then as when I so have my controller and drink etc.
I just wondered what you lot thought and if I was just an overly demanding games player.
Thanks for reading
Biggles
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EyeCandy wrote:
> I play games standing up - with a wee dram of whiskey and a
> cigarette lying in wait for when I reach a cut scene or post a high
> score.
That's impossible. When was the last time anyone ever stood long enough to play a game when there was whiskey nearby?!?!?!
> I play games standing up - with a wee dram of whiskey and a
> cigarette lying in wait for when I reach a cut scene or post a high
> score.
That's impossible. When was the last time anyone ever stood long enough to play a game when there was whiskey nearby?!?!?!
I play games standing up - with a wee dram of whiskey and a cigarette lying in wait for when I reach a cut scene or post a high score.
I lean forward while im playing any game, thats probably why my spines such a funny shape HMMMMMMMMMM!
Mantis wrote:
> During a tense game of perfect dark or goldeneye I always sit
> forward too. But during any other type of game I half lie down on
> the couch and sit back. Strange.
How strange, we must be of the same species. I also lean forward while playing Goldeneye or Perfect Dark.
We better hide before Area51 finds out about us
> During a tense game of perfect dark or goldeneye I always sit
> forward too. But during any other type of game I half lie down on
> the couch and sit back. Strange.
How strange, we must be of the same species. I also lean forward while playing Goldeneye or Perfect Dark.
We better hide before Area51 finds out about us
Whoooo Style! wrote:
> -most of my games are played either:
while in bed with the TV
> about 1m away with a LARGE glass of cold coke next to the
> bed,
-OR-
sat, in the dark, at my PC, volume turned up, VERY
> LARGE glass of coke, three or four biscuits
-BUT the best
> enviroment for me would be:
sat on very large, soft bean bag in
> total darkness, with PC and PS2 within reach, large pizza, probably
> chicken and sweetcorn, 2x 2 litre bottle of coke, empty house,
> 32" TV, Sound VERY loud, wrapped in my quilt if its cold.
Wow. Reading that made me go tingly all over. Bliss!
> -most of my games are played either:
while in bed with the TV
> about 1m away with a LARGE glass of cold coke next to the
> bed,
-OR-
sat, in the dark, at my PC, volume turned up, VERY
> LARGE glass of coke, three or four biscuits
-BUT the best
> enviroment for me would be:
sat on very large, soft bean bag in
> total darkness, with PC and PS2 within reach, large pizza, probably
> chicken and sweetcorn, 2x 2 litre bottle of coke, empty house,
> 32" TV, Sound VERY loud, wrapped in my quilt if its cold.
Wow. Reading that made me go tingly all over. Bliss!
The perfect environment is in a quiet room, in a comfortable Lay-z-boy, with a six pack and a pizza, plus a 28inch flatscreen Tv. mmmmmm. (I have none of that). My n64 & playstation were in my room, but it wasn't my TV, so it was taken away (noooooo!)
Mantis wrote:
> Altough I have my DC in the living room I always want to have it im
> my bedroom because then I will play it all night. My dad doesnt
> allow me because he thins it will interfer with my school work. But
> its the summer now haha he has no excuse to say no.
Ive got my old PS1 in my room, but my PS2 is down stairs and im not allowed to bring it up stairs for the same reason as you, and because it takes too long to move it upstairs and downstairs (im too lazy)
> Altough I have my DC in the living room I always want to have it im
> my bedroom because then I will play it all night. My dad doesnt
> allow me because he thins it will interfer with my school work. But
> its the summer now haha he has no excuse to say no.
Ive got my old PS1 in my room, but my PS2 is down stairs and im not allowed to bring it up stairs for the same reason as you, and because it takes too long to move it upstairs and downstairs (im too lazy)
Altough I have my DC in the living room I always want to have it im my bedroom because then I will play it all night. My dad doesnt allow me because he thins it will interfer with my school work. But its the summer now haha he has no excuse to say no.
Big comfortable armchair 1.5m away from widescreen tv, surround sound, in living room with mates and tons of snacks
During a tense game of perfect dark or goldeneye I always sit forward too. But during any other type of game I half lie down on the couch and sit back. Strange.
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