Mister Jack

Hey if you like Minecraft that's fine, but whenever I have a game that encourages you to build things, the stuff I come out with... Well, you know how people making nature documentaries can't save an animal from a horrible situation or put them out of their misery when there's just no hope, no matter how much they might want to? That's what playing minecraft with me would be like.

I'm gonna say it. Minecraft.

I love BrentalFloss. He's done a bunch of these. A bunch of you probably know about him.

When I hear about the Witcher, my first thought, and I'm not trying to be a smartass here, is "why should I play this instead of Dragon Age or Elder Scrolls"? What sets THIS RPG apart from all the cookie cutter ones on the pc?

WE! MAKE! HOLES IN TEETH!

So there are all kinds of games and franchises out there that have people say "You have to try this! Everyone has to try this game!" But sometimes you just see a game everyone's playing and just don't want to even try it. What games did you pass over and never look back? Note that this doesn't apply to shitty games or games you pass over for budget or time reasons. These are the good games that just plain don't appeal to you for whatever reason, even though the whole world seems to love them.

Another immigrant from Old Country that I think everyone should see. Post awful game boxart here, whether intentionally or unintentionally bad. I'll kick off the rebirth of this thread with the Ur example.

Does anybody remember Obama girl? How she was super hot and had a pro-Obama music video on youtube during the election? Yeah, here's what poor McCain got.

Damn, I am not sure I ever actually saw that during my time with SH3. Or if I did, I didn't stick around long enough for it to register.

Like Peacey P featuring Coach Z? Or....was it the other way around..?

I had to choose at the time between 3D Dot Game Heroes and Demon's Souls for budgetary reasons. I ended up going with Demon's Souls. Fuck if I ever have enough uninterrupted free time to make any real progress in it, though.

Fucking hell, the DS seems to have more of these surprise sleepers that simply must be played than anything else (excluding the PC)

I think it's so hyped because it's probably the easiest game to pick up and play for people who have never so much as touched a game boy. And it manages to still be good. I haven't played it in a while though. My OCD doesn't let me skip levels I haven't beaten, so there's this ONE FUCKING LEVEL I just cannot get past.

I don't get why anyone ever felt the need for the XX thing at all. Just say 2550 or something. By the time that year comes around, nobody will even give a shit that your prediction for the future was wrong.

Another one we only had the first floppy for.

I think I actually still have a magazine somewhere with that ad. I have a lot of old magazines from the NES or Sega/SNES days. They're useless now as news or tip sources, but I just can't bring myself to throw them away. Too many memories.

I hate it when games with collectibles or side missions give you no special reward for 100%. No special ending, no ultimate item, nothing. It's just "Hey, you got them all? Nice job. Now fuck off."

Leave it to Sierra to not only kill you for a completely stupid reason, but mock you afterwards for not seeing it coming.

Fuck this game. For reals.

The internet loves a freak show.

In most games when you lose or die you get either a canned animation or a simple text box. However, some games feel like that's letting you off too light. Some games will try to humiliate or traumatize you either by depicting your demise in exceptionally graphic and drawn-out detail or, in the case of many older or PC games, using text to describe either just how badly you failed everyone or just how agonizing your last moments were. Have you encountered losing scenarios in any game you've ever played that just made you stop and go "That is some fucked up shit!"? Game Over screens that go the extra mile to show the consequences of failure also count.

I pretty much had no choice but to enjoy my genesis more. I would have been a pretty bitter kid if I didn't.