Writer's Block: Top Five Video Games

[kingfuraday]

Ok - this is my third try at posting this - hopefully it'll work!

#5 Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time (PS2) - Probably the first adventure game I played all the way through twice. Visually stunning, extremely playable, challenging but not impossible (PoP2 and 3 I gave up on because they were just too damn hard), and just plain fun to play. I

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[bigreddee]

In the Fall of '91 I headed to San Diego, to SDSU, and to my job as a cashier at Aztec Amusement Center.

Shut. The. Hell. Up.

I used to go there at least once a week from 1991 to 1997. I had no idea you worked there!

[kingfuraday]

Wait, huh, what?

Er, I totally worked there that entire time... By the time I left in like late '97/early '98 I was managing the place.

So you don't remember a clean shaven quiet but prone to anger, cranky kid with longish blond hair parted in the middle working there?

I have some pics for Aztec from the first "Midnight Madness" promotion I put on... I'll try and scan them and post them.

And dude, my Uncle was the manager when I started - did you not ever see him and drool? He was fucking hot - lol.

[bigreddee]

It was a long time and many b*ng hits ago, so my exact memory of meeting you is a little fuzzier, but oh yeah, I'm sure we met when you provided me quarters at some point, because your machines had mini-meltdowns from time to time. I went through extended periods between classes trying to learn the fatality moves on Mortal Kombat, spent hours trying to blow up the Death Star, and spent a huge chunk of change playing the X-Men game, among others. I would go in with $10 and a mission to play every game I could.

I so want to see a picture (of your uncle too! I'm not sure I remember him. I was kind of hung up on a guy I was dating at the time...he had pretty much all of my attention back then!)

[kingfuraday]

Well then you might just remember how we had all the moves for the MK games on the walls or above the game? And that we even passed out a mini-FAQ list etc for 'em?

I wrote those... hehehe...

That's so weird... but then again, I was massively in the closet when I worked there.

[kingfuraday]

hehe, I think it was climatebearnj who introduced me to 'em... they are indeed quite righteous...

[sabearfan]

Contra was/is the shit:)

[xtremcub]

I need to find a Guile flatop wig for halloween next year.

Contra of course was da bomb *peechoo peechoo*

[kingfuraday]

I was all about Guile and Charlie in just about all the SF games.

[kingfuraday]

The Wii guitar is better than the PS2 guitar and I think GH3 is way more forgiving that 1 and 2. It takes about an hour or two to get accustomed to the new graphics etc but after that you forget how the PS2 looked/played.

I love the Wii version and being wireless rocks.