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1) Total number of video games owned?
Never taken stock. I'd assume that, including all of the systems I own, it's around 50. I've never had the cash to buy a really extensive collection. If we include my roms, however, this suddenly jumps up to more than 300. If we just consider games I've played, we're looking at about 500.
2) The last game I bought?
The last game I bought was Jade Empire. The last game I 'acquired' was Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
3) The last game I played?
See above. KOTOR II.
4) 5 games that mean a lot to me?
1. Xenogears (PSX)
Anybody who knows me should know that this is my favourite game of all time. I loved Xenogears like a child. While I'm very prideful of the fact I took what is supposed to be one of the most challanging RPGs ever made and essentially made it into my bitch, there's more to it than that. No game ever really moved me like Xenogears; it was a very emotional experience to play, even if the storyline was oft confusing and there was a lot of useless religious nonsense. But still, by the time you're finished the game, you honestly feel like you've lived out of the life of the main characters.
b) Day of the Tentacle (PC)
I forgot all about this game until just now, actually. DOT is one of the great Lucasarts point-and-click adventure games, one of the most fantastic entries into one of the best -- and sadly extinct -- game genres of all time. The great thing about Day of the Tentacle, though, is that it was just a blast to play. The game was utterly surreal and completely hilarious, forcing you to stop the world from being taken over by a... well, sentient purple tentacle named "Purple Tentacle." To accomplish this monumental feat and save the world from its grizzly fate, you were required to jump from between 200 years in the past and 200 years in the future, by way of a time travelling toilet. No game has yet dared to go there again, and honestly, until they do it's just going to be an incomplete experience for me.
iii - The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (N64)
Alright, when this came out, it was THE game. THE game. Anyone who played it right after it came out around Christmas 1998 knows what I mean. Admittedly, it took me for-the-fuck-ever to finish it, but all the while through, I couldn't help shake the feeling that I was playing the GREATEST THING EVER. I've since shirked the fanboyism, but goddamn if OOT wasn't amazing. Every time I completed a temple before any of my friends could, it was a source of immense pride, a badge of honour that I got to wear, showcasing my courage and skill.
And then one of my friends surged ahead and beat it before me. Fucker.
*: Super Mario RPG (SNES)
OK, odd choice, but of all the great RPGs on the SNES... and there are a metric fuckload of them... Super Mario RPG is honestly my favourite. It's like, the pure essence of my innocent childhood, as much as juiceboxes and Saturday morning cartoons. Of course, being sane, I wouldn't actually say it's a better game than Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger, but I loved every minute of Mario RPG that I got to play way back in '96. It was also the first time that I ever felt really good at a video game, after being upstaged on a consistent basis by my friend Mark and his amazing aptitude for Sonic, among other things. Smithy stands as perhaps the only RPG boss I've never been able to beat. Well, beat easily, anyway. When I played it again two years ago I destroyed him.
Pi = The King of Fighters '98 (NeoGeo)
Alright, no list like this is complete without me mentioning KoF '98. It might be the best of the KoF series, or at least have the best roster, and it was the game where I worked hard to hone my skills and eventually reign as champion over an entire genre. Of course, that didn't go as well as I had intended and despite hundreds of hours logged trying to be good at fighting games, I suck nuts on a quite colossal scale. However, I do really enjoy these games and KoF '98 holds a very special place in my heart, despite my... handicap.
1) Total number of video games owned?
Never taken stock. I'd assume that, including all of the systems I own, it's around 50. I've never had the cash to buy a really extensive collection. If we include my roms, however, this suddenly jumps up to more than 300. If we just consider games I've played, we're looking at about 500.
2) The last game I bought?
The last game I bought was Jade Empire. The last game I 'acquired' was Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
3) The last game I played?
See above. KOTOR II.
4) 5 games that mean a lot to me?
1. Xenogears (PSX)
Anybody who knows me should know that this is my favourite game of all time. I loved Xenogears like a child. While I'm very prideful of the fact I took what is supposed to be one of the most challanging RPGs ever made and essentially made it into my bitch, there's more to it than that. No game ever really moved me like Xenogears; it was a very emotional experience to play, even if the storyline was oft confusing and there was a lot of useless religious nonsense. But still, by the time you're finished the game, you honestly feel like you've lived out of the life of the main characters.
b) Day of the Tentacle (PC)
I forgot all about this game until just now, actually. DOT is one of the great Lucasarts point-and-click adventure games, one of the most fantastic entries into one of the best -- and sadly extinct -- game genres of all time. The great thing about Day of the Tentacle, though, is that it was just a blast to play. The game was utterly surreal and completely hilarious, forcing you to stop the world from being taken over by a... well, sentient purple tentacle named "Purple Tentacle." To accomplish this monumental feat and save the world from its grizzly fate, you were required to jump from between 200 years in the past and 200 years in the future, by way of a time travelling toilet. No game has yet dared to go there again, and honestly, until they do it's just going to be an incomplete experience for me.
iii - The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (N64)
Alright, when this came out, it was THE game. THE game. Anyone who played it right after it came out around Christmas 1998 knows what I mean. Admittedly, it took me for-the-fuck-ever to finish it, but all the while through, I couldn't help shake the feeling that I was playing the GREATEST THING EVER. I've since shirked the fanboyism, but goddamn if OOT wasn't amazing. Every time I completed a temple before any of my friends could, it was a source of immense pride, a badge of honour that I got to wear, showcasing my courage and skill.
And then one of my friends surged ahead and beat it before me. Fucker.
*: Super Mario RPG (SNES)
OK, odd choice, but of all the great RPGs on the SNES... and there are a metric fuckload of them... Super Mario RPG is honestly my favourite. It's like, the pure essence of my innocent childhood, as much as juiceboxes and Saturday morning cartoons. Of course, being sane, I wouldn't actually say it's a better game than Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger, but I loved every minute of Mario RPG that I got to play way back in '96. It was also the first time that I ever felt really good at a video game, after being upstaged on a consistent basis by my friend Mark and his amazing aptitude for Sonic, among other things. Smithy stands as perhaps the only RPG boss I've never been able to beat. Well, beat easily, anyway. When I played it again two years ago I destroyed him.
Pi = The King of Fighters '98 (NeoGeo)
Alright, no list like this is complete without me mentioning KoF '98. It might be the best of the KoF series, or at least have the best roster, and it was the game where I worked hard to hone my skills and eventually reign as champion over an entire genre. Of course, that didn't go as well as I had intended and despite hundreds of hours logged trying to be good at fighting games, I suck nuts on a quite colossal scale. However, I do really enjoy these games and KoF '98 holds a very special place in my heart, despite my... handicap.