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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736210 More actions · Answer 1

you're welcome to come out here. We have land, Scouts, and snow 🙂

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Bru Medishetty (12/28/2009)
Let me rephrase the original one "how you guys get time to play these PC/console games ?"

I rarely play. I sometimes take a half hour or so with the kids to play a few times a week. I did get the family up yesterday for an hour of Rock Band in the morning, and we had people going for a couple hours thur night.

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Grant Fritchey (12/28/2009)
I've also been playing a lot of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

I've been instructed that we will have a Christmas: Take 2 for New Years, and I have to buy this game for my wife. Her cousin was showing her the level where you enter a civilian airport and just kill innocent people. Her reaction? Hysterical laughter.

Disturbing and yet...my wife is so cool....:-D

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Bru Medishetty (12/28/2009)
GilaMonster (12/28/2009)
Bru Medishetty (12/28/2009)
I wonder how you guys get time to play these console games. 😛
What is this 'console' you speak of? Just about all of my games are for PC.
Play Station, XBox and Wii.
I wasn't aware that the games you were referring are PC games, my bad..
Let me rephrase the original one "how you guys get time to play these PC/console games ?"

In fact I don't have time to play games. I bought a Nintendo Wii 6 months ago and I played with it at most 3 times.

Time to place it on eBay?

-- Gianluca Sartori

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Gianluca Sartori (12/28/2009)
In fact I don't have time to play games. I bought a Nintendo Wii 6 months ago and I played with it at most 3 times.
Time to place it on eBay?

You just haven't found your game yet 😉

The whole point is to have something on hand to have fun with when you want to, I'd hang onto it for those moments.

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (12/28/2009)
Am currently replaying BG1 (it aged very well) and have craving to replay KotOR or KotOR 2

I've been thinking of picking up BG1 again. Perhaps once I bring my new game backlog down....

My wife has personally threatened to find "new input options" for the CD if I replay BG2. Something about to many references to "dancing on a head of a pin" from that traitor rogue NPC guy....:)

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

Matt Miller (#4) (12/28/2009)
GilaMonster (12/28/2009)
Am currently replaying BG1 (it aged very well) and have craving to replay KotOR or KotOR 2
I've been thinking of picking up BG1 again. Perhaps once I bring my new game backlog down....
My wife has personally threatened to find "new input options" for the CD if I replay BG2. Something about to many references to "dancing on a head of a pin" from that traitor rogue NPC guy....:)

Once I'm done with BG1 (and Tales of the Sword Coast), I'll start BG2 and Throne of Bhaal. Could take a while....

Gail Shaw
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Bru Medishetty SSC-Insane Points: 23606 More actions · Answer 8

Thinking about games remind me of this fantastic one from Microsoft, it's called Project Natal.

Look at the link below. If you haven't heard about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HluWsMlfj68

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Bru Medishetty (12/28/2009)
Thinking about games remind me of this fantastic one from Microsoft, it's called Project Natal.

Not a game though. A new controller (motion sensor, face recognition, etc) for the XBox. Hopefully compatible with PC too.

Gail Shaw
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Bru Medishetty SSC-Insane Points: 23606 More actions · Answer 10

GilaMonster (12/28/2009)
Bru Medishetty (12/28/2009)
Thinking about games remind me of this fantastic one from Microsoft, it's called Project Natal.
Not a game though. A new controller (motion sensor, face recognition, etc) for the XBox. Hopefully compatible with PC too.

Yeah not a game though, intended for gaming console (XBox only) and would significantly change the style of gaming.

Would be great if it's compatible with PCs.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 11

I loved the old "brainless shoot something" games.... anyone remember the old Atari "River Raid" game or, a bit more recently, "Comanche"?

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 12

Steve Jones - Editor (12/28/2009)
you're welcome to come out here. We have land, Scouts, and snow 🙂

Keep the snow. The rest sounds great. Now, are there jobs?

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 13

jcrawf02 (12/28/2009)
Grant Fritchey (12/28/2009)
I've also been playing a lot of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
I've been instructed that we will have a Christmas: Take 2 for New Years, and I have to buy this game for my wife. Her cousin was showing her the level where you enter a civilian airport and just kill innocent people. Her reaction? Hysterical laughter.
Disturbing and yet...my wife is so cool....:-D

I made the spawn skip that level. I'm not all twisted over it, but I'm kind of surprised that it's there. It's odd within the context of the game.

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jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (12/28/2009)
Bru Medishetty (12/28/2009)
Thinking about games remind me of this fantastic one from Microsoft, it's called Project Natal.
Not a game though. A new controller (motion sensor, face recognition, etc) for the XBox. Hopefully compatible with PC too.

heck with gaming, this looks to me like a way to change computer interfacing. I was surprised to not see more about this around Christmas, (found this one a few months ago) but I guess it's still too early. demo videos are cool, my favorite is the one where Sugar Ray Leonard is playing dodgeball and *sweating*... um, I may not play that particular game until I'm in better shape...:hehe:

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"stewsterl 80804 (10/16/2009)I guess when you stop and try to understand the solution provided you not only learn, but save yourself some headaches when you need to make any slight changes."

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736210 More actions · Answer 15

Grant Fritchey (12/28/2009)
Keep the snow. The rest sounds great. Now, are there jobs?

There are jobs, at least a few. I got offered 3 this past year. turned them down as I'm not ready to leave, but there are jobs.