An introduction, of sorts.

[narilka]

Please tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into gaming, a bit about yourself, what your favourite games are. Let's get comfortable and get to know each other!

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Merfilly

[senmut]

I started in Cyberpunk 2020, Stormbringer 2nd edition, and DC Heroes (2nd edition, I think).

I have played a lot of games since then, and am currently out of RPGs due to lack of a group.

MMORPGs are limited to City of Heroes currently, but I'm eying DC's online game.

I'd make a longer post, but on my way back to work...

Re: Merfilly

[narilka]

I just started trying CoH a couple weeks ago! I liked it, but it didn't quite suck me in as much as I expected it to. (I had a friend who had really talked it up, for years.) Do you like the heroes side or villains side better? I only have a hero right now, and she's stuck in a city I can't get out of because every time I leave the hospital to go back to Atlas Park, I get killed. Quickly.

Welcome to the group!

Lassarina

[lassarina]

I got into video games when I was 8 and my father bought a Nintendo; I've been playign video games since then. I prefer RPGs, and love Final Fantasy.

I got into tabletop/LARP gaming in 2000 when I went to university, and my favourites in that realm are Demon: the Fallen, Mage: the Sorcerer's Crusade, Exalted, and Changeling: the Lost.

Re: Lassarina

[narilka]

I'm not well versed in RPGs, so all I can say is "Welcome!". I've only ever actually tried to play one FF and it was the Rinoa one. I did not get past my first battle, where I died horribly, and was rather discouraged...

[dame_grise]

My boyfriend is trying to learn how to run Exalted. I'm the test case. I don't mind the system, but it's complex and our normal group doesn't really want to play in it.

We just bought the re-issued Traveller, and people seem excited about that.

[ex_tal644]

I got into videogaming when my mum bought me a NES ages ago.

These days though I like gaming on my Nintendo DS. My favorite games are RPGs, stuff like Final Fantasy and Pokémon. Right now, I'm playing through Magical Starsign.

[narilka]

Welcome to the community! I'm playing the latest Pokemon on and off as well, after having not played it since... red/blue/yellow. It's still pretty fun (and frustrating, when they break out of the ball nine times in a row!).

[animeshon]

Well I started Old School. Played my first D&D campaign when I was 8 (actually it was AD&D) and still play when I can find people to game with. My first games (and still old favourites) were the Eye of the Beholder series and Civilisation. I'm still hooked on EoB even though I have to play it in DosBox (which on VISTA is a pain). I mostly love fantasy RPGs like Neverwinter Nights, Guild Wars, Sacred 2, etc, but occasionally dabble in turn-based strategy games like Civilization or real time strategies like Age of Empires.

I was pretty behind the times with consoles, but I have a shiny xBox 360 now and am addicted to Lips, Guitar Hero, Oblivion, Naruto, Fable II, Assassin's Creed.

[narilka]

It looks like we have a lot of RPG fans here, so at least it seems like there's a lot in common. Welcoem to the group!

I've heard that Vista is a pain for gaming from a few different people. I just started with PC gaming (I was previously mostly console-based), and on Win7 it seems to go pretty well. I'm only playing Steam games, though, so it's not like I'm very varied in my experience there. I was just looking at GW the other day though because it had been added to Steam. What's your favourite out of all of those?

I really enjoy Lips. If you'd like to add me as a friend, my gamertag is the same as on here. Maybe we can do some challenges?

[supermouse]

OMG Ad&D second... could it get any more complicated? (Well, yes, there's Palladium games...) Some good memories, though.

[lexus]

D&D! Oh, man, I want to play tabletop so bad. I wonder how I could find a bunch of people playing... :x

[dame_grise]

I remember playing something in junior high my friend called D&D but there was no dice and I never saw a book. My first game where I created a character and such was Traveller. It honestly looks like you pick/play games like I do, though I don't have access to an xBox 360 for the newer games.

[supermouse]

Computer:

Zangband and Nethack. Less so, Dwarvern Fortress.

Civilisation 1 and 2, Sims, Various Total Warfare, Europa Universalis (pretty, pretty game)
(Note the above are all *old*, there are disadvantages to always using a laptop)

Bejewelled, Popcap games, Big Fish games, flash games. Reach for the Stars, Bards Tale (both C64 games) Clouds of Xeen (DOS)

Dungeons and Dragons 3.0, 3.5, White Wolf games (esp. V:tM although I think I may have outgrown it now). Paranoia. Cyberpunk 2020

Citadel. Talisman. Chez Geek. Munchkin.

[narilka]

Quite the range of games!

Do you like the original Bejwelled over any of the newer ones, or is 2 or Twist better? I think my favourite is probably the original, although 2 was fun with the hypercubes...

Welcome to the group!

I've heard great things about both Chez Geek and Munchkin, but I have never gotten around to playing them. I think I even own some Chez Geek cards...

[dame_grise]

I'm very "old school" as someone said above. I'm always behind the curve on console games. We have an Xbox and and Playstation (and maybe a SuperNintendo that I avoid because the controllers are wonky). I've enjoyed Dynasty Warriors 5, anything with Spyro (I'm such a kid inside sometimes), the Star Wars Battlefront, and Xenogears.

On computer, I love Age of Kings (one of the Age of Empires games), anything Sims, and I only RP a lot. I play and tentatively try to run tabletop RPs. I'm currently in a Delta Green campaign, a Mage campaign and a really weird Star Wars one (all run by my boyfriend at the moment).

Other than that, I'm Sam. Too old to like admitting her age, but happy with her boyfriend and cat all the same.

[narilka]

I loved the original Spyro!! I haven't played any of the subsequent ones though. That first one was great though.

Welcome, Sam!

[kyoutenshi]

I started gaming pretty young, and my first gaming memories are of watching my mom Frogger (not sure if it was a plug and play sort of thing or a console).

My first real foray into gaming was the Sega Megadrive, and I spent years playing and re-playing games like Alisia Dragoon, Talesin's Adventure, and the first four Sonic games. The first real 3-D game I ever played was Spyro the Dragon and I remember being completely blown away by it.

Nowadays I play a little bit of everything, but I'm mainly into the survival horror genre, being very much in love with games like Clock Tower, Silent Hill, Haunting Ground and Fatal Frame, as well as a few oddities like Ghosthunter and Gregory Horror Show. I've just started dipping into the Resident Evil series, starting with Code Veronica: X, and from what I've seen so far, I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for the earlier games.

Like some people here, I'm slightly behind in terms of consoles. I used to own an XBOX 360, but I've been sticking pretty religiously to my PS2 for years and I'm currently trying to collect as many hidden gems as I possibly can.

Oh, and sorry for the rambling.

[opheliassister]

Ahhhhh, Fatal Frame! I had nightmares for daaaays. But, if I could find it, I'd so play it again.

[1582]

My neighbor/friend got me into gaming when I was about 10 or 11. We played Chrono Cross and it was epic! I've never been great at games (I use the guides) but I have a lot of fun playing them.
My favorite games are Final Fantasy X, RE3 (I've never gotten far, though - Nemesis scared meee), Silent Hill, DYNASTY WARRIORS!, Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid, Pokémon and other similar games.
I have only had a Playstation, PS2 and Game Boy Color. I hope to soon own a DS or DSi :)

[kyoutenshi]

Eh, I've never seen anything really wrong with using guides, to be honest. =)

My family used to buy them religiously since we mainly played Final Fantasy and Pokemon games. Guides can help you with some of the more obscure side-quests, secrets, and mini-games, especially when the developer's stick in guide dang its like the Zodiac Spear in FFXII. They're also good for solving stupid puzzles, and just generally providing better tactics than you might have thought of yourself.

Right now I generally try and avoid reading guides unless I'm really stuck on a particular fight, or if there's some puzzle I've been trying to solve for hours. Really though, that's more of a stubborness thing with me, coupled with the fact I don't own a laptop so I have to switch off the game, march upstairs and then wait ten minutes for my computer to start if I want to look anything up. >.>

Anyway, sorry for the ramble. D'you like any Silent Hill games in particular, or just the first? Same with MGS and Pokemon, if you don't mind me asking. =)

[opheliassister]

Hi hi! I'm Sian, and I've been gaming.... since forever. Really since I could type out commands on the old DOS computer. God, I miss those games. We also had an old school Atari system. And the infamous E.T game. It's all still around here somewhere.

Then I got my first Game Boy when I was about eight or nine, which I used to sneak to school in my lunchbox, right next to my copy of Jurassic Park.

We also had a SNES, a Gamecube, and a PS2. Currently, we (we being my mother, brother, and I) have and use a Wii, and the XBox 360. Though the Gamecube has found its way into my room. How else am I going to play Skies of Arcadia?

On the XBox, I'm currently working my way through Legendary, and Assassin's Creed. I tried RE5, but got scared. My brother STILL laughs about that. And on the Wii, I love playing Harvest Moon (well, I'm a sucker for ALL the Harvest Moon games, I have almost all of them) and the first Raving Rabbids.

My favorite games are Skies of Arcadia, Donkey Kong Country, both Star Wars Battlefronts, all the Harvest Moon games, and any version of Tetris. I can also kick some butt at Halo 3.

[narilka]

Hi Sian! Welcome to the community!

I really enjoyed the frist Raving Rabbids on the Wii the first time I played it, but then when I went back and tried to play it again, I couldn't quite get into it. I think it was probably because I had to re-do all the stuff I'd already done (lost the save).

Donkey Kong Country had the best music. And was pretty fun. I love that they released it on the virtual console for the Wii.

[sketch]

Hi, I'm Oshi. I started getting into gaming when I was little with the Super Nintendo and game "Widget". Super Mario World came shortly after, of course, and I never turned back. I got my hands on a Playstation a few years after they were released, and started getting into RPG's. JRPG's specifically. Final Fantasy VIII is still one of my favorite games, even though I had to replay it numerous times due to corrupted data just to get to the end boss.

I guess currently I'm more interested in table-top gaming than electronic gaming. Dungeons and Dragons is a major hobby of mine, and takes up a nice chunk of my free time because I'm the dungeon master, and have to plan all of the adventures. I don't own any of the current generation systems, but I've been meaning to get my hands on a PS3 for a while now. I play on my boyfriends whenever we're together. My current favorite games for it are Valkyria Chronicles and Resident Evil 5. I've also got a guilty pleasure for Little Big Planet. Heh...

[narilka]

Hi Oshi, welcome to the community!

I really enjoyed SMW when it came out. Mario games are usually pretty good.

As I mentioned in another post, I've been playing a lot of LBP lately. It's a cute game! I made my mother play it and now she wants a PS3 just for it!

RE5 looks good, as far as I've gotten, but I have it for the Xbox 360. My PS3 hardly gets any love, usually...

Lexus

[lexus]

So, yes. I'm Lina [or more commonly known as Lexie/Lexus], and I'm a gaming addict.

I am not looking for treatment though. :]

Anyway, I started gaming back when I was a wee dependent leeching off my parents' paychecks and had a big brother who got a Nintendo for Christmas. And I've gamed ever since. On and off (mostly off), but I can't live without games. It's true.

And some of my fondest memories as a child is being stuck at some random person's house because Daddy was playing D&D with them. I got to know all the cool kids of the cool D&D people, and some of them had dogs, even! It was fun times.

I love RPGs (and RPGs, and more RPGs), and will always be one of those people buying Final Fantasy games. Or Disgaea or Shin Megami Tensei's Persona line, at the very least. And I'm finally going to get myself a PS3, I hope, with my tax return ♥ Yay. Xenosaga is awesome and I'm currently playing through all three. I also play dating sims, because them boys are just so pretty. I'm not as big a fan of visual novels, though... Otometeki Koi Kakumei and Tokimeki are the two I actually actively enjoy and replay often. ♥

Um, and that's about all I can think of to ramble on about.

Re: Lexus

[narilka]

Welcome to the community, Lina/Lexie/Lexus!

I'm a gaming addict as well, so you're not alone. :) Admittedly, as I've mentioned above, I'm not a huge RPG person, but I do appreciate them, and sometimes I get sucked into them.

I've heard of dating sims but I've never actually tried one. What's your favourite?

Hi!

[ororo]

Another old-school here. I started playing AD&D in high school. I've played a couple campaigns in 3rd edition, and am now playing a 3rd level dragonborn cleric in a 4th edition campaign.

I've played: D&D, Traveller, Mage, most of the Fluxx games, Killer Bunnies, Gloom, several Munchkin games, Settlers of Catan and Illuminati.

Nice to meet everyone!

Re: Hi!

[narilka]

Welcome to the community, Ororo!

Excellent, another Killer Bunnies fan! *And* Gloom. Aside from the people I've made play with me, I've never heard anyone else mention those two.

Salmonpuff

[salmonpuff]

My first game system was a sega megadrive when I was like erm...8 or something and I was well into all the old disney games like Alladin and the Lion King - embarrasing i know.
Since then I've gotten more and more into gaming and have owned all sorts (Playstation 1, 2 and 3 - PSP - Gameboy advance - wii...) am a playstation girl at heart and am very very VERY into my survival horrors - resident evil and silent hill are my particular favourites though I am partial to a bit of Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry etc etc. I spend a lot of time with my other half playing games - we're replaying DMC4 at the moment, I'm part way through Metal Gear 4 and we've recently started a pro runthrough on Resi 5

phew :D

Re: Salmonpuff

[narilka]

Welcome to the community, Salmonpuff!

I used to have the old Lion King game as well. :) Hey, it's Disney. They haven't become a giant for no reason. They're good stuff!

When DMC4 came to the Xbox, I tried it out for the first time. It's pretty fun, but are all the previous ones the same, where you play through it multiple times?

[rivenwanderer]

OK, I'm not sure whether I'm a gamer or a person who plays games, but I mostly think that's a silly distinction. So!

-MYST. RIVEN. (ehh, and I guess the rest of the series too ;) ) These games are what got me interested in computers; their fandom is what got me started on the internet. (I even started a myst comm on dreamwidth, to be sneakily spammy :p)

-Other point-and-click adventure games, to a lesser extent; flash room escape games are a recent obsession (there are hundreds of them out there on the internets!). I keep meaning to play through more highly-rated text adventure games, but I'm a visual person and tend to miss the eyecandy.

-I like the Zelda games and Katamari, but I don't own a console

-Kingdom of Loathing! I'm a ridiculous Level 24 Disco Bandit at the moment :D

-Sometimes D&D; sometimes LARPing; I still haven't *really* gotten the hang of roleplaying in the sense of taking on a character who's not just a thin re-visioning of myself, but I like it in theory and would like to get better.

-Knytt Stories and some of its fan-made expansions (like Gaia) are so much fun and so pretty

That's the majority of what I care about at the moment. I tend to be a jack-of-all-trades sort of person in whatever I do, and gaming is no exception, so I'm always on the lookout for something new and shiny :)

[narilka]

Welcome to the community, Rivenwanderer!

I don't think we make the distinction here between a person who plays games, and a gamer. We're all here for the same thing, right?

I just downloaded Myst for my iPhone last night. I really loved that game when it came out, I'm looking forward to playing it again on the iPhone.

I'm not familiar with Knytt Stories, what is that?

[ayabie]

Hello, my name's Ayabie and oh man, I first started playin' video games on an Atari. I think my first games were like Pitfall or Frogger. I think it's so cool how far games have come since way back when. Well, mainly now I play a lot of survival horror like Silent Hill and the Fatal Frame series. And I do play some rpgs like Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Fallout 3, Folklore, the King's Field series, etc. etc. Oh yeah and FFXII.

Anyways, nice to meet'cha'll! :D

[sousora]

I've been playing games ever since I can remember. The first ones I remember were on the Atari, although the memories of Pitfall are the strongest. I could just never get past that first pit...

I got my first Nintendo of my very own when I was seven years old and that was that. Growing up I was obsessed with Mario and The Legend of Zelda, although I had a very special place for others such as Goonies and Faxanadu.

These days I'm a huge fan of Biohazard (Resident Evil). I also like games such as Final Fantasy, Higurashi no Naku koro ni, Bully, Silent Hill... just about anything, really.

I love games, but I really don't play them as much as I used to anymore :(

[angelikitten]

Resident Evil FTW! *high fives*

[lecari]

I know this is a bit late, but I've only recently joined Dreamwidth & found the community :)

My Dad has always been into PCs so I grew up playing Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem and the Ultima series. These days (at 23) I have a Ps2, GameCube, Xbox 360 and a DS as well. I mostly play RPGs (Ultima, Kingdom Hearts, Fable, Final Fantasy & Zelda, as well as stuff like Diablo 2, Balder's Gate and NWN), but will dip into strategy games (Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Dungeon Keeper), shoot em ups (Unreal Tournament, Quake) and a few platforms (Prince of Persia, Spyro, Tomb Raider) as well - really a wide mix of stuff! Heh, Pokemon is also a guilty pleasure. (I have them all, they are addictive!)

Otherwise I finished uni last year (studied history), enjoy reading, listening to music (rock/metal mostly) and going to gigs. I also love horse riding but I'm currently unemployed so can't afford to do it at the moment. :( (But does mean I have lots of time for gaming/reading/watching films, on the plus side.)

Anyway, I look forward to meeting lots of others who are into similar stuff. :)