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You are all here. At Special Reserve.
Why? What made you become a Games Junkie?
The World Wide Web is yours to exploit. C’mon – you could be learning how to rip off vending machines; you could be learning how to make an apiary. You could be learning how to make the infamous Light Bulb Bomb. But you ain’t. You are here. Scanning through the miasma reserved for geeks who want to install their existence upon a bunch of electrons that move according to logic circuits that influence the miasma of the unknown.
And it is the unknown.
You know that there are men and women out there who take the theory of infinite space and infinite probability to the extreme? Oh yes, they BELIEVE – they really believe – that energy is THE life force. You – that is YOU – run around a virtual landscape, shooting aliens, driving cars, slotting the piece into the puzzle – well, these guys believe that it is Really Happening. Right Now. Right Then. Right in the Future.
Take a piece of software called ‘Quake’. “Oh, those poor guys,” these people say. “To die as a bunch of electrons that define the poor beasts that they are as one lets rip with the Nail Gun.” Consider it. Infinite space (and it is a possibility), and infinite probability. ‘Quake’, it would seem, is a reality. A reality which can be seen on Earth.
Take your basic love story:
Go on, take it. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Forever.
Can you prove that the two electron-based lead characters in ‘Syphon Filter 2’ didn’t, get it together after the game finished? No, of course not. No more than an atheist can prove they are an atheist – they could be faking it, after all.
The rule stands as blunt as it is. Infinite probability combined with infinite space (and infinite space IS a probability) means ANYYHING IS POSSIBLE!
And I wonder:
IS this what drives you to be a games junkie?
Playing God is almost impossible (but isn’t Cloning just a game?)
To alter life on screen alters your perception period.
Even that makes you God.
What games installed you with The Power?
And why?
Me? 'Quake', of course. According to Those People, those zombies deserved to die, and die and die...
Why? What made you become a Games Junkie?
The World Wide Web is yours to exploit. C’mon – you could be learning how to rip off vending machines; you could be learning how to make an apiary. You could be learning how to make the infamous Light Bulb Bomb. But you ain’t. You are here. Scanning through the miasma reserved for geeks who want to install their existence upon a bunch of electrons that move according to logic circuits that influence the miasma of the unknown.
And it is the unknown.
You know that there are men and women out there who take the theory of infinite space and infinite probability to the extreme? Oh yes, they BELIEVE – they really believe – that energy is THE life force. You – that is YOU – run around a virtual landscape, shooting aliens, driving cars, slotting the piece into the puzzle – well, these guys believe that it is Really Happening. Right Now. Right Then. Right in the Future.
Take a piece of software called ‘Quake’. “Oh, those poor guys,” these people say. “To die as a bunch of electrons that define the poor beasts that they are as one lets rip with the Nail Gun.” Consider it. Infinite space (and it is a possibility), and infinite probability. ‘Quake’, it would seem, is a reality. A reality which can be seen on Earth.
Take your basic love story:
Go on, take it. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Forever.
Can you prove that the two electron-based lead characters in ‘Syphon Filter 2’ didn’t, get it together after the game finished? No, of course not. No more than an atheist can prove they are an atheist – they could be faking it, after all.
The rule stands as blunt as it is. Infinite probability combined with infinite space (and infinite space IS a probability) means ANYYHING IS POSSIBLE!
And I wonder:
IS this what drives you to be a games junkie?
Playing God is almost impossible (but isn’t Cloning just a game?)
To alter life on screen alters your perception period.
Even that makes you God.
What games installed you with The Power?
And why?
Me? 'Quake', of course. According to Those People, those zombies deserved to die, and die and die...
In reply to the original post, Carmaggeddon on the PC with the gore patch on. Ha ha nothing was more fun than driving round a city, running people over, ha ha ha especially the old grannies who yelled "i was in the war" ha ha ha now thats power.
*gets thrown back into his padded cell*
*gets thrown back into his padded cell*
I'm pritty much hooked on Championship manager. I've played about 24 hours worth since Saturday.
Is a game junkie real or a myth? I've never met anyone that can't stop gaming, people on SR say they do but they lie.
but I agree, it's a great post.....
but I agree, it's a great post.....
Hey, I’m not slagging Special Reserve or game players… I may have phrased it badly – I am here after all: a complete Games Junkie who needs to stop playing games and get on with that thing called work (I work from home – a nightmare when I pull a new piece of soft).
‘GTA’ was one of the first games I bought on the PS1. I loved it. I missed being part of the original ‘Tomb Raider’ stuff, Fogmaster. It seemed the PS1 was just trying to be a low-spec PC.
I missed games such as the original ‘Doom’ and ‘Tie Fighter’ – and I can’t think of any titles that have come close to the instant ‘Wows!’ we all went through every time we went to my mate’s house. He had a 486! And yeah – ‘Lemmings’ was the one. (I still have nightmares from spending too many typpy hours with a MegaDrive and a copy of Lemmings. That game was evil!
I wonder how long it will be before the tech side of things becomes secondary to human imagination?
‘GTA’ was one of the first games I bought on the PS1. I loved it. I missed being part of the original ‘Tomb Raider’ stuff, Fogmaster. It seemed the PS1 was just trying to be a low-spec PC.
I missed games such as the original ‘Doom’ and ‘Tie Fighter’ – and I can’t think of any titles that have come close to the instant ‘Wows!’ we all went through every time we went to my mate’s house. He had a 486! And yeah – ‘Lemmings’ was the one. (I still have nightmares from spending too many typpy hours with a MegaDrive and a copy of Lemmings. That game was evil!
I wonder how long it will be before the tech side of things becomes secondary to human imagination?
I'm not a game junkie, but I love games, I think killing people in huge numbers is a great idea, I think Lemmings started this craze off.
The first game I bought for my PC was GTA after I had become a member here.... I now have a huge number of 8 games! oooh.
The only reason I come to SR is because it's a real fountain of knowledge, I can post a question and in about 10 minutes i'll have 10 good answers!
The first game I bought for my PC was GTA after I had become a member here.... I now have a huge number of 8 games! oooh.
The only reason I come to SR is because it's a real fountain of knowledge, I can post a question and in about 10 minutes i'll have 10 good answers!
Quake installed the power.
"Satan's Dark Delight". "The Wizard's Manse".
The memories are flooding back.
Running backwards down the dimly lit corridors of some Hellish dungeon blasting with a shotgun.
I've not played it for years.
Quake was pure gaming power.
I suppose it started my addiction.
"Satan's Dark Delight". "The Wizard's Manse".
The memories are flooding back.
Running backwards down the dimly lit corridors of some Hellish dungeon blasting with a shotgun.
I've not played it for years.
Quake was pure gaming power.
I suppose it started my addiction.
You are all here. At Special Reserve.
Why? What made you become a Games Junkie?
The World Wide Web is yours to exploit. C’mon – you could be learning how to rip off vending machines; you could be learning how to make an apiary. You could be learning how to make the infamous Light Bulb Bomb. But you ain’t. You are here. Scanning through the miasma reserved for geeks who want to install their existence upon a bunch of electrons that move according to logic circuits that influence the miasma of the unknown.
And it is the unknown.
You know that there are men and women out there who take the theory of infinite space and infinite probability to the extreme? Oh yes, they BELIEVE – they really believe – that energy is THE life force. You – that is YOU – run around a virtual landscape, shooting aliens, driving cars, slotting the piece into the puzzle – well, these guys believe that it is Really Happening. Right Now. Right Then. Right in the Future.
Take a piece of software called ‘Quake’. “Oh, those poor guys,” these people say. “To die as a bunch of electrons that define the poor beasts that they are as one lets rip with the Nail Gun.” Consider it. Infinite space (and it is a possibility), and infinite probability. ‘Quake’, it would seem, is a reality. A reality which can be seen on Earth.
Take your basic love story:
Go on, take it. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Forever.
Can you prove that the two electron-based lead characters in ‘Syphon Filter 2’ didn’t, get it together after the game finished? No, of course not. No more than an atheist can prove they are an atheist – they could be faking it, after all.
The rule stands as blunt as it is. Infinite probability combined with infinite space (and infinite space IS a probability) means ANYYHING IS POSSIBLE!
And I wonder:
IS this what drives you to be a games junkie?
Playing God is almost impossible (but isn’t Cloning just a game?)
To alter life on screen alters your perception period.
Even that makes you God.
What games installed you with The Power?
And why?
Me? 'Quake', of course. According to Those People, those zombies deserved to die, and die and die...
Why? What made you become a Games Junkie?
The World Wide Web is yours to exploit. C’mon – you could be learning how to rip off vending machines; you could be learning how to make an apiary. You could be learning how to make the infamous Light Bulb Bomb. But you ain’t. You are here. Scanning through the miasma reserved for geeks who want to install their existence upon a bunch of electrons that move according to logic circuits that influence the miasma of the unknown.
And it is the unknown.
You know that there are men and women out there who take the theory of infinite space and infinite probability to the extreme? Oh yes, they BELIEVE – they really believe – that energy is THE life force. You – that is YOU – run around a virtual landscape, shooting aliens, driving cars, slotting the piece into the puzzle – well, these guys believe that it is Really Happening. Right Now. Right Then. Right in the Future.
Take a piece of software called ‘Quake’. “Oh, those poor guys,” these people say. “To die as a bunch of electrons that define the poor beasts that they are as one lets rip with the Nail Gun.” Consider it. Infinite space (and it is a possibility), and infinite probability. ‘Quake’, it would seem, is a reality. A reality which can be seen on Earth.
Take your basic love story:
Go on, take it. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Forever.
Can you prove that the two electron-based lead characters in ‘Syphon Filter 2’ didn’t, get it together after the game finished? No, of course not. No more than an atheist can prove they are an atheist – they could be faking it, after all.
The rule stands as blunt as it is. Infinite probability combined with infinite space (and infinite space IS a probability) means ANYYHING IS POSSIBLE!
And I wonder:
IS this what drives you to be a games junkie?
Playing God is almost impossible (but isn’t Cloning just a game?)
To alter life on screen alters your perception period.
Even that makes you God.
What games installed you with The Power?
And why?
Me? 'Quake', of course. According to Those People, those zombies deserved to die, and die and die...