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Rambo

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  1. Alright now I'm really curious and I'm passing this meaningless task onto anyone else who happens to read this: The codes appear to have significance. 3 3 3 1 9 7 9 0 8 1 1 – Changes all animals into Squirrels. 4 1 2 6 – All Emeralds 1 9 9 2 1 1 2 4 – Infinite Continues This date was "Sonic 2sday" - kinda a big deal in videogame marketing 2 0 1 8 0 6 2 3 – Force Encore Mode 1 9 8 9 0 5 0 1 – Unknown 2 0 1 7 0 8 1 5 – Super Sonic Flight in normal levels (Don’t need to be Super to trigger it). This date was the release of Sonic Mania 9 0 0 1 – Max Control For Sonic (Dropdash, Super Peel Out, Insta-Shield) This is a cheeky DBZ reference?? Super Sonic/Super Saiyan 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 4 – Disable Super Music Please fill in any others you can think of!
  2. As someone who has cycled through several game addictions, I have mixed feelings about this video. Disclaimer: These opinions are based on personal experience and introspection throughout my life. I have very little knowledge in the field of psychology. After listening to this video essay, I was left with the implication that video games are the cause and game addiction is the effect. I have personally never felt that a game has been responsible for my addiction. I have obsessive compulsive tendencies and I'm attracted to immediate gratification. I'm stubborn and fairly introverted. I have interests in art, stories, music, puzzles, learning/development and friendly competition. Having started to play video games at a moderately young age, it's possible that games helped shape my personality into what it is today. However, I'm more inclined to think that with the multitude of other influences in my life, (parents, siblings, friends, teachers, school, sports, media, etc.) an interest in video games was an effect, not a cause. TF2 introduced me to my first serious and destructive addiction. I was in my late teens and didn't accept or understand that I was addicted. I would spend 200 hours a month playing, and my school, work, and home life suffered. But if I could go back in time, armed with the self-awareness that I have now, would I stop myself from ever installing the game? No. I would stop myself from playing when the fun was gone. That's literally the only thing I would change. When I started playing I was having fun. I enjoyed learning and improving. I enjoyed winning and even losing friendly competition. I enjoyed the community. But eventually I stopped getting better. Eventually, losing became more frustrating than winning was enjoyable. Eventually, I started resenting the same people that I used to enjoy playing with and against. I stopped having fun and it started being destructive because I was looking for something in the game that I wasn't getting anymore. I was completely oblivious though, and my illogical response was to play more. The author of this essay mentions that if he didn't get hooked on games, his life would almost certainly be better. You could say that about pretty well anything in hindsight. I had friends who spent their early adulthood binge drinking and partying. Others spent their downtime watching 2-3 hours of TV a night. If any of those people went back as the mature adults that they are today, they might have made a better future for themselves. As for myself, I doubt much would have changed. I've never been a scholar and my first real job wasn't one that I'd take seriously even today. If I had better managed my video game indulgence, I probably would have spent more time watching youtube videos or pursuing my dead-end hobbies. It's not as though we're all doomed now though. We've all spent our post-secondary lives in drastically different ways, making different mistakes and learning about the world and ourselves. The future is still out there to be had. I still enjoy playing games frequently today, and I still play more than I should occasionally. Whether it's my competitiveness that draws me to play one more game, or the completionist in me that wants to get that 100% save file. Whether I'm pushing myself to outdo my own time in a speedrun, or simply trying to drive the plot of a story. Over the years I've come to know my demons, and I can usually catch myself faltering and correct the behavior before I ever start feeling bad about myself. I strongly believe that I'm wise enough not to fall victim to my own personality flaws again. I know today that happiness is the most important thing to me, and I'll continue to allot some of my spare time to video games so long as they continue to bring me enjoyment. TLDR: I appreciate the video for raising awareness - but I don't think that I would have given it any consideration when I was actually addicted. I feel like the presentation of his views could serve to worry parents, and would fall deaf on the ears of those actually at risk. Depending on the circumstances, I feel the most impactful things I could have told myself are simply "are you even having fun?" or "was it worth it?".
  3. I beat 99 levels in N. Then I lost ambition and didn't finish the last one. It's a serious regret of mine.
  4. That... can't possibly be close to accurate...
  5. Irrational self-entitlement! But I'm guessing he was just derping his two cents on the internet. I doubt that casual one liner is a good reflection of his character.
  6. I was watching a professional tourni being streamed today, and between matches the streamer played Monstrous Turtles!
  7. So what's the deal with story mode? People are saying there isn't one? When Nintendo tried to make brawl less competitive than melee was, that was fine, because the story mode was still pretty fun. (and melee still existed if that's what you were into) But if they continue with their "the more casual the better" approach... AND there isn't a story mode.... err
  8. You missed 5 very exciting years in the 2000's. There was quite the competitive scene. There's a lot of depth in SSBM. I just found out this year that even with the hugely diminished player base, there are still shifts in the "official tier list" because of newly emerging strategies. I wasn't intending on getting a WiiU any time soon, but depending on how well they develop this game... they might rope me in.
  9. Chrono trigger VS Jay-Z mashup album Just came across this today and thought I should share. There's always a lot of controversy and buzz about hip-hop artists sampling (or stealing) from video game OSTs... but this is an album paying tribute to one. From what I've heard so far it's really well done! http://2mellomakes.bandcamp.com/album/chrono-jigga
  10. The fact that you're not getting a physical copy of the game on steam usually reflects quite a bit on the price. Even if the price isn't significantly lower, they have frequent sales, bundle deals, preorder deals, multipack deals.... When you pay premium for a physical product, you typically expect to own what you've purchased. Physical asset and whatnot.
  11. DDR Extreme2 Some of the challenges in "story mode" were so mind-numbingly, horrifyingly difficult that they had me in tears after hours of coming SO GODDAMNED CLOSE to passing them.
  12. In the 5 games that I've seen him, the Slark team has never won.
  13. FYI I think that Bastion is the only game with a unique key. So if you register psychonauts you're registering the other 3 games as well. (steam isn't giving gift vouchers for games you already own and register in that bundle)
  14. This bundle... is freaking amazing...
  15. I don't like brussels sprouts. That's not a choice, my taste buds don't agree with them. I CAN eat them, but I strongly prefer not to. I don't think bark was implying anything in his comment. The definition of 'preference' speaks nothing of innateness or development.
  16. haha "Don't kill the beeping sniper or risk being banned."
  17. The more of these tracks I listen to, the more I'm overwhelmed. Coming from Shna, I expected this to be amazing... but I could never have guessed how bloody amazingly a piano could possibly mesh with chiptunes. This is straight up some of the best music (period) that I've had the pleasure to hear in quite a while. Very awe inspiring stuff. I can't get over this sound.
  18. Man Tensei, I keep forgetting you aren't in mumble with us. I'm so sorry we all left yesterday without saying anything. Inadvertent douchebags.
  19. I guess of all the friends and acquaintances I've had in the field, none pursued the science of computing as their career path. They're all either programmers or software designers, or web designers or sysadmins now.
  20. You are the only compsci major/graduate I've ever witnessed dubbing themselves a computer scientist.
  21. I accidentally the whole bottle!
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