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OriginalGeek

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2. I had an Atari 2600 in 1978ish
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 01:07 AM
Nov 2013

and have had quite a few systems since then. In my living room now I have a WiiU, Xbox360 and PS3 but some older systems have migrated to my daughter's room. (she till plays the gamecube on occasion and has the old Xbox and a PS2 in there).

I had a pretty good PC gaming rig several years ago but haven't upgraded that in a long time. My laptop can handle the piddly squat games I play in the browser and I haven't tried any real PC games for some time. I plan to build a new one in the near future - I want to get a UHD 4K monitor and a beefy GeForce card to run it. I figure that will hold me over until 4K TV's come down some.

I wore the hell out of Skyrim. My favorite games over the last several years have been Okami, Fable, Final Fantasy and all Zelda games. I also love Mario Kart as that is about the only thing I can beat my daughter at lol.

I really enjoyed the first 2 Mass Effects but haven't played 3 and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the Infamous games.

But lately I've been spending most of my free time trying to get good at working with leather so haven't played much more than Candy Crush and Angry Birds.

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Any gamers in here? [View all] Locut0s Nov 2013 OP
got two xboxes and two wiis in the house, great for movies and games loli phabay Nov 2013 #1
I had an Atari 2600 in 1978ish OriginalGeek Nov 2013 #2
Cool, ahh yes the Atari 2600... Locut0s Nov 2013 #8
Nothing about the 2600 per se caused the 1983 crash. Systematic Chaos Nov 2013 #15
I agree with you there... Locut0s Nov 2013 #19
My daughter has a 3ds OriginalGeek Nov 2013 #36
Try also posting in the DU gaming forum: NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #3
Thanks NYC, will add to my list. Locut0s Nov 2013 #12
I am and I'm around the average age of a gamer. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #4
Skyrim's in the process of sucking my life away. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #6
I put about 50+ hours in it then quit for some reason... Locut0s Nov 2013 #11
I did the same thing with both Skyrim and Fallout 3 for a while. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #24
127 hours here. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #18
274.52 hrs... chknltl Nov 2013 #20
I've got a Redguard male. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #25
My fave light armor chknltl Nov 2013 #30
I don't wear anything other than the Dark Brotherhood armor. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #31
I am a bit of a coward in that I strongly prefer the bow. chknltl Nov 2013 #33
I've got a few thousand hours into my Bosmer assassin-type... Chan790 Nov 2013 #26
Long term unemployment aided my expertise in video gaming too chknltl Nov 2013 #32
I'm playing as a female Nord Thief. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #28
I've got an Orc Broken_Hero Nov 2013 #49
Which Mario RPG are you referring too?... Locut0s Nov 2013 #9
I thought "Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars" was the only Mario RPG. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #17
Latter on Nintendo branched out and released the "Paper Mario" series... Locut0s Nov 2013 #22
Female gamer here.. HipChick Nov 2013 #5
Sweet. Female gamers are hot ;)... Locut0s Nov 2013 #10
Yesireebob... older gamer here. chknltl Nov 2013 #7
Do you know about Destiny? Locut0s Nov 2013 #13
Do Tell! chknltl Nov 2013 #16
Here is the last E3 trailer... Locut0s Nov 2013 #21
OK I'm in! chknltl Nov 2013 #23
I used to game. Xyzse Nov 2013 #14
Used to be more than I am now... Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #27
Yes, and I'm a 49 year old woman. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #29
Yes Bioshock! OriginalGeek Nov 2013 #37
Okami is on my list!!! Wait Wut Nov 2013 #38
You won't regret Okami OriginalGeek Nov 2013 #39
I'm more of a strategy gamer. Love me some Civilization 5! Initech Nov 2013 #34
I love that game. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #46
As some can probably tell by my avatar, Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #35
I really like RPG's Broken_Hero Nov 2013 #40
I'm a Spyro freak. Archae Nov 2013 #41
Anarchy Online Ahpook Nov 2013 #42
I used to play Everquest Savannahmann Nov 2013 #43
I've been around since the early days Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #44
WW2 combat flight sims Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #45
I love those taterguy Nov 2013 #48
I dunno Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #50
I play the occasional round of Cribbage. n/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2013 #47
I'm a middle aged woman and I love survival horror games CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #51
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