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I have never been the biggest fan of computer games but at the same time I take a greater interest than say the average person, after all I spent a lot of my free time posting on these here gaming forums.
Yet for all the years I have been playing games I’ve never had a console… Playstation, Dreamcast, and N64 they all passed by without me owning or even playing one. What I have owned have been good but I’ve always felt as if I’ve been missing out on something. I had an Atari in my younger days, which got me into playing games. It was fun but really it was crap. Then one Christmas I got a Game Gear which was excellent but yet not a console and then one day I fried the insides when I set the adaptor voltage too high. Then another Christmas I got my first PC, it cost a fortune and at first it was great and I was playing all the great new games but then eventually it became old and worthless. This trend has continued to present day with my new computer, the CD-ROM is broken and I only use it for access onto the net. Not much luck I have.
But alas, do not shed a tear for me reader… this Christmas something amazing happened like it did 2002 years ago… there was a birth but not of a boy called Jesus but of a new gaming era for me.
*cue music and fancy lights*
The story began a few weeks ago when I was asked what I wanted for Christmas, I said I didn’t really want anything. Yet I was forced, yes forced to ask for a Playstation 2. So I waited for a while and last Wednesday morning I got it, I never played with it straight away though, I made pancakes with my new maker, they were great. Then I took it out the box and set that sexy black beast up… but then my bad luck with electrical items struck again like a lighting bolt to a gold club that is my luck. The bloody TV was nackered and I couldn’t play it, I tried to pretend I wasn’t upset but I was, ahem. So for the rest of that day I messed about with other stuff and joined in with the family fun.
Boxing Day came and my family and I went shopping with our Christmas moo-lah and of course a new TV for moi. I bought myself some nice jeans and combats and jacket all for half-price and also got the main item of the list. I came home absolutely shattered and set it all up, flicked on the switch, tuned the channel and WHAM it worked. It was like a blind man seeing for the first time, showing a caveman fire and trading in an old car for a brand new hover car… how about that for symbolism and stuff?
Anyway it was amazing and for the last few days I’ve been playing games for most of the day and still staring in awe. I have Pro Evo 2 which is truly the greatest football game ever made, even though they call it ‘soccer; but they’re forgiven as it rules. I’ve also been shooting Nazis in Medal Of Honour; the opening Normandy Landing was simply fantastic. And although I’m a pacifist and all I’ve enjoyed being a gangster in Liberty City, yep GTA3 is excellent.
I’ve been stuck in the past with gaming for some time but now everything is great. Imagine playing sucky PC games for years and then going straight into fantastic 3D stuff, I hope you’re all jealous in a way fellow gamers and I still don’t know why you still argue about other consoles, give them all to me.
Yep that's right... no stupid installation screens, no more Windows crashing just console games for me in the future.
I love games again.
Thanks for reading
Sheepy
Yet for all the years I have been playing games I’ve never had a console… Playstation, Dreamcast, and N64 they all passed by without me owning or even playing one. What I have owned have been good but I’ve always felt as if I’ve been missing out on something. I had an Atari in my younger days, which got me into playing games. It was fun but really it was crap. Then one Christmas I got a Game Gear which was excellent but yet not a console and then one day I fried the insides when I set the adaptor voltage too high. Then another Christmas I got my first PC, it cost a fortune and at first it was great and I was playing all the great new games but then eventually it became old and worthless. This trend has continued to present day with my new computer, the CD-ROM is broken and I only use it for access onto the net. Not much luck I have.
But alas, do not shed a tear for me reader… this Christmas something amazing happened like it did 2002 years ago… there was a birth but not of a boy called Jesus but of a new gaming era for me.
*cue music and fancy lights*
The story began a few weeks ago when I was asked what I wanted for Christmas, I said I didn’t really want anything. Yet I was forced, yes forced to ask for a Playstation 2. So I waited for a while and last Wednesday morning I got it, I never played with it straight away though, I made pancakes with my new maker, they were great. Then I took it out the box and set that sexy black beast up… but then my bad luck with electrical items struck again like a lighting bolt to a gold club that is my luck. The bloody TV was nackered and I couldn’t play it, I tried to pretend I wasn’t upset but I was, ahem. So for the rest of that day I messed about with other stuff and joined in with the family fun.
Boxing Day came and my family and I went shopping with our Christmas moo-lah and of course a new TV for moi. I bought myself some nice jeans and combats and jacket all for half-price and also got the main item of the list. I came home absolutely shattered and set it all up, flicked on the switch, tuned the channel and WHAM it worked. It was like a blind man seeing for the first time, showing a caveman fire and trading in an old car for a brand new hover car… how about that for symbolism and stuff?
Anyway it was amazing and for the last few days I’ve been playing games for most of the day and still staring in awe. I have Pro Evo 2 which is truly the greatest football game ever made, even though they call it ‘soccer; but they’re forgiven as it rules. I’ve also been shooting Nazis in Medal Of Honour; the opening Normandy Landing was simply fantastic. And although I’m a pacifist and all I’ve enjoyed being a gangster in Liberty City, yep GTA3 is excellent.
I’ve been stuck in the past with gaming for some time but now everything is great. Imagine playing sucky PC games for years and then going straight into fantastic 3D stuff, I hope you’re all jealous in a way fellow gamers and I still don’t know why you still argue about other consoles, give them all to me.
Yep that's right... no stupid installation screens, no more Windows crashing just console games for me in the future.
I love games again.
Thanks for reading
Sheepy
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Most of the new games won't work because your computer isn't
> good enough.
Mine is.
I see what you're getting at Sheepy, but you would have been so much more gobsmacked if you'd have been playing Metroid Fusion, or Zelda, or Halo, or Final Fantasy 10 than the bog standard games you mentioned.
Bah, you're having fun, well done. I enjoy playing Morrowind on my PC tonnes, so ner.
Although Gitaroo Man is probably the most worthwhile purchase you could make for your PS2.
> Most of the new games won't work because your computer isn't
> good enough.
Mine is.
I see what you're getting at Sheepy, but you would have been so much more gobsmacked if you'd have been playing Metroid Fusion, or Zelda, or Halo, or Final Fantasy 10 than the bog standard games you mentioned.
Bah, you're having fun, well done. I enjoy playing Morrowind on my PC tonnes, so ner.
Although Gitaroo Man is probably the most worthwhile purchase you could make for your PS2.
You're right there FFF, about the whole PC thing, I mean I've got a good graphics card but it isn't as good as say a GeForce one, so I can't play certain games I've downloaded.
The way I see it Sheepy, we all have our moments where we go off games for a while, which I think is called growing up. But no matter how long anyone lets go, they will always come running back, no matter their age!
The way I see it Sheepy, we all have our moments where we go off games for a while, which I think is called growing up. But no matter how long anyone lets go, they will always come running back, no matter their age!
Yay for sheepy.
I never really understood PC gaming. It always seemed so tedious and expensive. Most of the new games won't work because your computer isn't good enough.
At least with consoles all the games work all the time.
Just think of all those poor sods who've never wanted to play a game, or never will. Don't you feel sorry for them? I think people still see games as pong and pacman - just silly little bits of fun.
I never really understood PC gaming. It always seemed so tedious and expensive. Most of the new games won't work because your computer isn't good enough.
At least with consoles all the games work all the time.
Just think of all those poor sods who've never wanted to play a game, or never will. Don't you feel sorry for them? I think people still see games as pong and pacman - just silly little bits of fun.
I have never been the biggest fan of computer games but at the same time I take a greater interest than say the average person, after all I spent a lot of my free time posting on these here gaming forums.
Yet for all the years I have been playing games I’ve never had a console… Playstation, Dreamcast, and N64 they all passed by without me owning or even playing one. What I have owned have been good but I’ve always felt as if I’ve been missing out on something. I had an Atari in my younger days, which got me into playing games. It was fun but really it was crap. Then one Christmas I got a Game Gear which was excellent but yet not a console and then one day I fried the insides when I set the adaptor voltage too high. Then another Christmas I got my first PC, it cost a fortune and at first it was great and I was playing all the great new games but then eventually it became old and worthless. This trend has continued to present day with my new computer, the CD-ROM is broken and I only use it for access onto the net. Not much luck I have.
But alas, do not shed a tear for me reader… this Christmas something amazing happened like it did 2002 years ago… there was a birth but not of a boy called Jesus but of a new gaming era for me.
*cue music and fancy lights*
The story began a few weeks ago when I was asked what I wanted for Christmas, I said I didn’t really want anything. Yet I was forced, yes forced to ask for a Playstation 2. So I waited for a while and last Wednesday morning I got it, I never played with it straight away though, I made pancakes with my new maker, they were great. Then I took it out the box and set that sexy black beast up… but then my bad luck with electrical items struck again like a lighting bolt to a gold club that is my luck. The bloody TV was nackered and I couldn’t play it, I tried to pretend I wasn’t upset but I was, ahem. So for the rest of that day I messed about with other stuff and joined in with the family fun.
Boxing Day came and my family and I went shopping with our Christmas moo-lah and of course a new TV for moi. I bought myself some nice jeans and combats and jacket all for half-price and also got the main item of the list. I came home absolutely shattered and set it all up, flicked on the switch, tuned the channel and WHAM it worked. It was like a blind man seeing for the first time, showing a caveman fire and trading in an old car for a brand new hover car… how about that for symbolism and stuff?
Anyway it was amazing and for the last few days I’ve been playing games for most of the day and still staring in awe. I have Pro Evo 2 which is truly the greatest football game ever made, even though they call it ‘soccer; but they’re forgiven as it rules. I’ve also been shooting Nazis in Medal Of Honour; the opening Normandy Landing was simply fantastic. And although I’m a pacifist and all I’ve enjoyed being a gangster in Liberty City, yep GTA3 is excellent.
I’ve been stuck in the past with gaming for some time but now everything is great. Imagine playing sucky PC games for years and then going straight into fantastic 3D stuff, I hope you’re all jealous in a way fellow gamers and I still don’t know why you still argue about other consoles, give them all to me.
Yep that's right... no stupid installation screens, no more Windows crashing just console games for me in the future.
I love games again.
Thanks for reading
Sheepy
Yet for all the years I have been playing games I’ve never had a console… Playstation, Dreamcast, and N64 they all passed by without me owning or even playing one. What I have owned have been good but I’ve always felt as if I’ve been missing out on something. I had an Atari in my younger days, which got me into playing games. It was fun but really it was crap. Then one Christmas I got a Game Gear which was excellent but yet not a console and then one day I fried the insides when I set the adaptor voltage too high. Then another Christmas I got my first PC, it cost a fortune and at first it was great and I was playing all the great new games but then eventually it became old and worthless. This trend has continued to present day with my new computer, the CD-ROM is broken and I only use it for access onto the net. Not much luck I have.
But alas, do not shed a tear for me reader… this Christmas something amazing happened like it did 2002 years ago… there was a birth but not of a boy called Jesus but of a new gaming era for me.
*cue music and fancy lights*
The story began a few weeks ago when I was asked what I wanted for Christmas, I said I didn’t really want anything. Yet I was forced, yes forced to ask for a Playstation 2. So I waited for a while and last Wednesday morning I got it, I never played with it straight away though, I made pancakes with my new maker, they were great. Then I took it out the box and set that sexy black beast up… but then my bad luck with electrical items struck again like a lighting bolt to a gold club that is my luck. The bloody TV was nackered and I couldn’t play it, I tried to pretend I wasn’t upset but I was, ahem. So for the rest of that day I messed about with other stuff and joined in with the family fun.
Boxing Day came and my family and I went shopping with our Christmas moo-lah and of course a new TV for moi. I bought myself some nice jeans and combats and jacket all for half-price and also got the main item of the list. I came home absolutely shattered and set it all up, flicked on the switch, tuned the channel and WHAM it worked. It was like a blind man seeing for the first time, showing a caveman fire and trading in an old car for a brand new hover car… how about that for symbolism and stuff?
Anyway it was amazing and for the last few days I’ve been playing games for most of the day and still staring in awe. I have Pro Evo 2 which is truly the greatest football game ever made, even though they call it ‘soccer; but they’re forgiven as it rules. I’ve also been shooting Nazis in Medal Of Honour; the opening Normandy Landing was simply fantastic. And although I’m a pacifist and all I’ve enjoyed being a gangster in Liberty City, yep GTA3 is excellent.
I’ve been stuck in the past with gaming for some time but now everything is great. Imagine playing sucky PC games for years and then going straight into fantastic 3D stuff, I hope you’re all jealous in a way fellow gamers and I still don’t know why you still argue about other consoles, give them all to me.
Yep that's right... no stupid installation screens, no more Windows crashing just console games for me in the future.
I love games again.
Thanks for reading
Sheepy