| 22 JAN 2003 at 5:11pm |
sennebecGuild Master
Posts : 3334
Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | the only friends i have that enjoy adventure gaming are the ones i've met here
there are a few people i know who delight in the console platform but have never heard of, or have no interest in, the adventure genre...
i do not mind standing alone... in fact, i revel in it !
in a world that askes so much of us, time alone can be a rareity...
when i set down in front of my computer to game, it is my time... my time to be alone... in another world...
my quiet time that i choose not to share...
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 5:25pm |
Agustín CordesGuild Master
Posts : 5696
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: AR, Buenos Aires
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By sennebec (22 JAN 2003 5:11pm)
in a world that askes so much of us, time alone can be a rareity...
when i set down in front of my computer to game, it is my time... my time to be alone... in another world...
my quiet time that i choose not to share...
I want those words engraved on my tombstone
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 5:55pm |
upcIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 77
Joined: 11 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I'm an adventure loner as well, and that's ok. Playing an adventure gives me the same feeling of reading a book: sharing my feelings about it would surely be interesting, but not indispensable. Anyway, it's quite hard to find people who appreciate this genre as much as I do (being this the reason that brings me in this forum daily since I've discovered it). Nevertheless, some weeks ago I found out that a good friend of mine, with whom I shared a completely different kind of passion(i.e.:following our football team all around Italy), turned out to be an experienced adventure-gamer. Tell you what: talking all day long with someone who knew what I was talking about gave me a strange and unexpected sensation. Next step: initiate him to JA+, obviously...
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 5:55pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Rael,
I think that says it all, at least in my world.
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 7:31pm |
MelboIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 36
Joined: 15 NOV 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I'm never alone since I hang out and peer into the windows of Presto Studios, makers of Myst 3 and the JP series, here in San Diego. Only about 7 miles away. Never really met anyone there except one employee in the lobby who gave me a hardcopy color brochure of Myst 3 that I requested two years ago. It's not like I'm stalking them or anything, is it? No really I'm alone in adventures but have nice memories of those two game series and of Obsidian and others too. It's true though above about Presto Studios, except I don't hang out there on a regular basis, like I don't follow them around and stuff. )
Melbo
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 7:52pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | My friends used to play adventure games, but they have changed during the years and are now more RPG or FPS gamers. I changed, too. But I returned to my former passion. Adventure gaming.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 7:52pm |
MA@NIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 56
Joined: 25 DEC 2002
Status : Online | I really got lucky by meating another adventure gamer 2 weeks ago....sadly he only plays new 3d adventure games and never goes after the classics....
..he laughs a lot when he finds me playing old games(he laughed 30 min when he found me playing "Loom"
..so I don't think that having a friend who likes adventure games is that important......
Actually I think that adventure games should be enjoyed alone...(without a walktrough ,of course )
Don't ask me for a hand !!
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 10:59pm |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5536
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Most of my gamer friends play shooters or RPGs; I do have one that I'm trying to convert to full-time adventuring. He's tried Myst and Exile, found them pretty difficult, and is a little unsure about what to try next. Come to think of it, I should refer him to some of the games from that recent thread that listed recommended games for new adventurers.
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 11:40pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
Posts : 2099
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | What the hell you talking about...Adventure game suck. I mean what is the freakin' point?
I have one friend that, just a fraction, likes Adventures. I have two other friends that like them, but they would rather get them for free from me rather than buy them. My sister liked listening to me read the descriptions in the Rose Tattoo over Christmas break. Maybe she'll start liking them but I don't think she'll start playing one by herself.
This is what the games were meant for...single person experiences discussed in larger groups. Kind of like a grievance group...
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| 22 JAN 2003 at 11:49pm |
judyannSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 319
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I really don't personally know anyone my age who plays any kind of games, advenyure or otherwise. Most people I have mentioned adventure games to don't know what they are.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 12:16am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Yeah, its wierd, I do have one friend, that I know thru my husband who loves adventure and sometimes we exchange games, but dont get to see him that often as
he lives on the other side of the city. Im trying to get a close friend into it, she just got a computer about 2 years ago, but..... not going so well,
shes to busy going to chat rooms. > And she's obsessed with animations and e-mail. ??? Go figure.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 12:28am |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I know some gamers but none of them adventure gamers. When I mentioned that I play "adventure games" to one guy, he started reeling off all kinds of game names. None of them were adventure games.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 2:25am |
BrandIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 7
Joined: 21 JAN 2003
Status : Online | I used to work at an EB and most of the people I know who liked adventure games were the people I worked with. We did have a customer who came in and pretty much all he bought was adventure games but for the life of me I can't remember him.
My old Manager, Assistant Manager, and on of my fellow employee all liked adventure games. My Assistant Manger really loved them. I still go in and see her some times and we talk about them.
But I never meet a lot of customers who played adventure games.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 2:35am |
AyaGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7277
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | psybafire i can undoubtedly say the threads you start are always interesting!
a very close friend of mine plays advs too but we rarely get together to play, i mostly play by myself... we have played a few though, as well as a couple of 3d arcade advs (and a lot of tekken 3 too!)... i also know another person who plays a lot of advs but i've never played one with him... and i also know alkis21 but we only play Kick Off 2 when we get together!
and i would gladly play advs with a gf, if i could find one that likes them! : the closest i got to playing games with a gf once was playing Tekken 3!!! and we both played Nina!
You have gotten the attention of the mysterious lady. She turns to face you. Her face is devoid of any flesh. You are frozen with horror as she begins ripping your body into a bloody mess.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 3:13am |
JoGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Location: AU, Qld.
Status : Offline | Only people I even know who play adventure games here are my son and daughter, her more than him actually, as he's too busy just surfing the net and everlastingly fixing or up-grading his computer when he gets free time from work and his family.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 5:27am |
SusanGuild Master
Posts : 5485
Joined: 13 OCT 2002
Location: 0
Status : Offline | I don't know anybody that likes adventure games, or for that matter, computer games in general. I have a friend who owns PS2, but she doesn't have any adventure games for it. When people ask me what I like to do, I always mention that I like to play computer games. Sometimes I'm shy about it (b/c I'm shy about everything), but other times, I mention it like it's no different than watching TV or sleeping in. Which I also like to do.)
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 8:12am |
mszvPrivate Detective
Posts : 751
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Hi all,
I have a couple of friends and a family member who play adventure games. I don't discuss strategy or play adventure games with my friends, but we occasionally talk about games we like.
In online forums (here and others) I talk about adventure games. Aside from the general forum chit-chat, I now have some email friends who talk about adventure games with me, and other stuff. It's always nice to make new friends.
I know some people who play games together, but not really together, with one or two email friends. You play your game alone, at about the same time your other email game friends are playing (same week is fine, not same exact time!). Then, you compare notes, observations and hints. I haven't done that myself, I'm an intermittent gamer, and I use walkthroughs. However, for the right sort of person, it seems like a very positive experience. I might try it one day, but my normal gameplaying style doesn't really support it.
All for now,
Regards, mszv
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 9:55am |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | No one I know has any real interest in computer gaming of any sort, which is why I frequent this site...people who understand and share the obsession..
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 10:21am |
| Deleted User | AG? Virtually lots. Right hre in this JA+Forum of course! Reality, only one...but seldomly. They stick to strategies and RPG's. But I see myself buying more games then them.
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 11:29am |
KurtSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 204
Joined: 21 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Nice topic !
I am pretty lonesome when it comes to playing adventure games !
Well, not just regarding adventure gaming :-/
but that is another story
My older brother and I discovered the world of adventure games together
(back in 1987, Maniac Mansion ).
But he never was into it as I was/are !
I think the last adventure game he played from beginning to end was Indiana Jones - Last crusade
and he never played Sierra Adventures.
If he plays video games at all,
then football/soccer games, Pirates ! (well, he used to play it)
and GTA (sometimes when he is visiting me).
One of my best friends is a FANATIC GAMBLER ,
he plays ANYTHING
(card games, board games, darts, billiard, basketball & soccer ...)
He plays video games as often as possible additionally.
I remember that he, when he got his first computer, got some games as well.
Three of them have been adventure games:
- The 7th Guest
- Indiana Jones - Fate of Atlantis (talkie version :-* )
- Kings Quest V (talkie version)
We played The 7th Guest together.
I borrowed the other two from him, because most of the time we played soccer manager/simulation games and Jump N Runs (on SNES) when we met.
The last adventure game we experienced as a team was Larry VI , which was fun
Nowadays he (almost) only plays sport simulations (NFL, NHL, ISS) !
Another friend of mine, a Fantasy enthusiast (he reads Pratchett, Goodkind, Brooks ...) ,
used to play adventure games from time to time.
He completed Broken Sword on his own (i gave him some tips )
But he was not patient enough to complete many adventure games
(and become a "true" adventure gamer" ) .
E.g.
He started Curse of Monkey Island but he asked me to "play it for him"
because I already had completed it.
He watched me playing most of the time
The best teamwork experience (concerning adventure games) I had,
was playing vital parts of Grim Fandango with this friend.
Though we played it seperated, we helped each other out if one of us got stuck ...
But I remember we finished it together, which was
Then he started playing games like Diablo 1&2 (yarn : )
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Clanbase)
& Need for Speed 4 via internet.
At least he played Mafia recently
(which is too demanding for my system, so I had a chance to play the one or another chapter)
Since then (and most of the time before) I am/was a Adventure Loner ,
and I LIKE it the way it is
Now I am exhausted and have to take a break
Was du nicht willst, daß man dir tut,&&das fueg auch keinem andren zu !&&&& o not do to others, what you do not want done to yourself !
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| 23 JAN 2003 at 11:43am |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I am training the next generation of AGers...my daughter is actually quite good and helps out a lot on timed puzzles those just freak me out...I need a valium first!)
The only other person I have heard of is my co-workers son. When I asked her what kind of games he played, she sounded just like me trying to explain about adventure games! I immediatley asked for his hand in marriage for either myself or my daughter (I've always sworn to marry a fellow AGer one day, quit my job, and sit in front of the PC all day together...now THAT'S romance! *sigh*) Unfortunately, he's only 14, but that's okay, we can wait!
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 3:40pm |
Cor_CorIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 2
Joined: 26 JAN 2003
Status : Online | The only friends I know that play adventure games are childhood friends that played Quest for Glory with me.....ahhh, the wonderful type interface....what hours of fun we had typing in mischevious swearwords and getting the messages back from the NPC's......I'm getting overcome with nostalgia......
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 10:03pm |
JPSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 217
Joined: 24 NOV 2002
Status : Online | A few of my friends get together every couple of weeks and take their PCs over to one person's house for a LAN session - usually Unreal Tournament or Warcraft.
They all say that adventure games are boring because there's no social interaction!!
They cant seem to understand that the best experience is gained from playing alone - like reading a book!
Bow down before the one you serve&&You're going to get what you deserve !
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| 26 JAN 2003 at 10:42pm |
Tally HoSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 341
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | We may be "loners" but did it occur to you that there are enough of us out there, to keep the industry alive?
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