By request: my favorite games!

[annathepiper]

I got asked this question on Twitter, by way of being cc’d on a general question out to 50+ women asking what games they liked and what platforms they’re played on. I’m not actually 50 yet, but since I’m within reasonable distance, I promised my Twitter friend I’d do me a post about what games I play and how!

First and foremost, as long-time online

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[eeyorerin]

I really like the Mystery Trackers series: The Void, Raincliff, Black Isle, and the Four Aces. They're similar to the Mystery Case Files series (but I think the MCF series has a bit more snark and humor as well as going darker in places) with the same good production values, puzzles, and clues. I also really like the Awakening series, mostly because I get to burninate things with a pocket dragon a lot. Also you have an owl familiar that gives you clues!

[annathepiper]

Right, the Awakening series! I've tried the first of those, and liked it fairly well. I've got to see which of the next couple we've released in mobile form.

And noted re: Mystery Trackers! I've seen we have a couple of those for the iThings as well. :)

[marzipan_pig]

I've played like 2 or 3 games in my life:

Rogue (!) 1987 ish
Then Kylee had me play Vib Ribbon like once in the 90's
Then Kylee is my Christine Love supplier (all in the last year):
don't take it personally babe, it's just not your story (liked a lot)
Digital: a Love Story (liked but got overwhelmed by it)
Analog: a Hate Story (couldn't get into it but seemed interesting)

And I think I've seen the beginning screens for Portal once.

That is my whole entire 25 year videogaming history!

[marzipan_pig]

And actually a female best friend started me on Rogue, too, so apparently that's my gateway risk factor. We used to hack into it (a TOTALLY new and mindblowing concept for me at the time!) and change the monsters etcs to the names of our teachers and projects and stuff.

[annathepiper]

I'm impressed that you tried Rogue! I tried that a few times myself but since I'd tried Nethack first, I couldn't get into it.

I'm deeply charmed though that Nethack pays homage to its ancestor though by including the Rogue level in every game. :)

[annathepiper]

Hee. :) I've watched a lot more console games being played than I have played myself. But then, I find that quite a bit of fun sometimes all by itself!

[kisanthe]

I'm a far stretch from 50 yet, but I play console and PC games like nobody's business (though not so many of the former anymore). My mother used to play a lot on consoles, but now she only plays Champions Return to Arms (a fantasy-themed beat-stuff-up, get-sweet-loot game). On the PC, she enjoys Lin City, Mah-Jongg, Shisen-Sho, and Frozen Bubble on Linux. I'm a much keener PC gamer: Nethack, the Sims, Master of Magic, Crusader Kings 2, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate, Academagia, Morrowind, Oblivion, Guild Wars, etc. etc. etc.

Neither of us has any experience with the latest console generation. Her preferred platform is the PS2; mine is the PC. The advent of sites like Good Old Games makes it possible for me to get old nostalgic favorites and even sometimes newer stuff for super cheap, and it's awesome.

[annathepiper]

Cool, thanks for chiming in for apel! And thank your mom as well. :)

I DO love many variations of Mah Jongg games, that's for sure. On many of the mobile devices or computers I've owned over the years, I've generally always had some form of Mah Jongg game. I've got one on my iThings right now, even aside from the one we sell at Big Fish.

[rmd]

I'm just a few years shy of 50. I like some casual games on my phone/ipad (pvz, a-breaker, doodlejump, a port of rogue), and even my multiplayer games on console and pc are fairly casual - puzzle pirates (which has the option for lots of involved stuff, but I tend towards the more casual puzzles rather than intrigue and politics) and team fortress 2. I *heart* TF2, and it's a much better experience on the pc than on the xbox. some of my favorite single player things on xbox are casual games - pinball, full house poker (multiplayer

[annathepiper]

Cool, thanks! :)

Hee, I get more enjoyment out of watching people play console games than I do the games themselves, really. I do appreciate the immersive stories in a lot of them! Portal and Bioshock are excellent examples.

[apel]

Thanks so much to annathepiper for asking and all of you commenters for sharing your favorites.

I'm designing a financial site that targets older people, and in particular older women. We want to use some gamification designs -- that's why I'm looking for games that interest middle-aged women. The games you all have mentioned will come in very handy as interaction design inspiration.

[annathepiper]

My pleasure! Plus it's fun for me to see what others are playing, and eeyorerin tossed me a couple of recs for other games Big Fish sells that I should be playing!