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Title: Game Cravings
Post by: scott on December 21, 2012, 04:40:18 pm
Have you ever been sitting somewhere, be it work, school or even just being out and about. And either something you saw, thought of or whatever made you think of a game you used to play a lot and it just gave you a huge urge to play it? Currently, I'm feeling overly nostalgic and I am really feeling the need to load up the SNES and Mystic Quest. But, since I'm busy all weekend I won't have time to sit down and knock game time out with it anytime soon, so that just builds the craving to play it.

Maybe I'll sneak some time in while hanging with the GF tonight under the cover of "showing her another game she's never heard of". That's how I snuck playtime on Persona 4 Arena, ha. Told her to check it out and I ended up playing through all of story mode with Yu Narukami, while she sat there saying "what happens next?"  :)
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: godnightshade on December 21, 2012, 06:16:39 pm
Ultima Online, which I'm really enjoying. Anyone who wants to join, go to www.abcuo.com.
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: godnightshade on December 21, 2012, 10:30:09 pm
Seriously, I need a crew.
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Post by: kingrat101 on December 21, 2012, 11:18:15 pm
The Other day I was at Toys r' Us and was looking at the games to get for one of my really good friends, I was actually looking to see if they had any Portal/Valve related toys or shirts anything, She loves Portal. But anyways I saw that they had a replica Portal Gun, forgive I dont remember the EXACT name, but It made me need to play Portal
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: kimimi on December 22, 2012, 12:54:40 am
Have you ever been sitting somewhere, be it work, school or even just being out and about. And either something you saw, thought of or whatever made you think of a game you used to play a lot and it just gave you a huge urge to play it?


Ooh yes, I definitely "suffer" from this! Luckily I can usually do something about it :)
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: scott on December 22, 2012, 12:56:59 am
Yes, but like I said, I'm busy all weekend. Ha  :P
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Post by: ffxik on December 22, 2012, 02:57:08 am
Hah! yes I do this all the time.  But... My wife usually has the living room all piled up with something she is doing so getting to the TV, or hooking a console up is pretty much not happening.  On the rare occasions that I do she usually has some show blaring on her laptop.  I'm not that big of a fan of trying to play a game with some thing louder in the same room.  It drives me up the wall.
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: soera on December 22, 2012, 08:28:22 am
My wife usually has some show blaring.  I'm not that big of a fan of trying to play a game with some thing louder in the same room.  It drives me up the wall.

This all day. I have recently started playing my PS1 again (Since I finally found an attachable screen for a good price). She comes into the living room and wants to watch a movie. Of course it has to be something with that idiot Ben Stiller so that alone makes me not want to be in there. Then she tries to hear it over my game. I had to end up going into the bedroom.

But on topic, normally when I get a serious urge to play something, it stems from thinking about the 90s. Makes me miss everything. The 90s was the greatest decade in the history of the world. Screw the discovery of America or anything insignificant like that, the 90's had grunge music, Jncos, Del Sol, and great gaming.
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: ffxik on December 31, 2012, 05:27:50 am
Speaking of that.  I am getting the urge to buy and play all the newer Sonic games.  This cold weather here must have given me a fever or something.  This thought process isn't right.   :'(
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: desocietas on December 31, 2012, 03:23:16 pm
Speaking of that.  I am getting the urge to buy and play all the newer Sonic games.  This cold weather here must have given me a fever or something.  This thought process isn't right.   :'(

lol; hope you feel better soon!
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: ko1ru on January 02, 2013, 12:38:15 pm
Yes!  This happens to me all the time, Scott -- usually at work.  Lately it's been FF XII, though.  Maybe it's because I never got around to fighting Hell Worm or Yiazmat?   ???
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: darko on January 02, 2013, 12:52:20 pm
I usually get the itch to play an RPG between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think it stems from receiving games for my birthday as a kid, which is in October. I would always have fun playing them before Thanksgiving, but when school was out for a couple of weeks around Christmas it gave me some real time to sit down and play an RPG. I didn't really play much of anything in the second half of 2012 (other than Shinobi on the 3DS and 999 on the DS), so now I'm trying to catch up a bit. To satisfy the RPG urge I'm going through FO: NV but I've been wanting to play a lot of FPS games recently for some reason. I beat Rage this weekend, am about half way through Killzone 2, just bought Wolfenstien and want to pick up Resistance 2 and Doom BFG Edition this week.

Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: scott on January 02, 2013, 12:57:00 pm
I had the urge to play through FFXII again a month or so ago. But I ended up getting hooked on Team Fortress 2 instead... now that ends up being my go to game.
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Post by: varkias on January 02, 2013, 01:09:26 pm
Yep! Lately it's been Might & Magic VI.  I never finished the game back in the day, GOG has 1-9 and more for $25 (for the next 20 hours).  I'm pretty tempted to get started.
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Post by: madmax on January 04, 2013, 10:12:59 pm
I get that sometimes. Most of the time it's about a week after I've deleted a game off of my computer :P
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Post by: jcalder8 on January 04, 2013, 10:22:58 pm
I normally get a craving to play on a specific system rather than a game. Lately I have been wanting to play on the SNES.
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: scott on March 28, 2013, 01:19:37 pm
Rise, rise from the dead my thread!

I was packing up video game stuff the other day and found my GBA to GC cables and it really has me wanting to play some multiplayer FF: Crystal Chronicles. I never got to really play it multiplayer though, since no one else had a GBA or SP to play with.

I may need to chain friends to the couch, once I move and force them to play the game. ha
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: kimimi on March 28, 2013, 01:22:02 pm
Oh no! I *only* played FF:CC in multiplayer, it's really one of the best co-op experiences I've ever had, you must staple some friends to the couch if you can!
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: scott on March 28, 2013, 01:35:28 pm
Yeah, I only got to show people the game. And played through the whole thing in single player mode.

The GF is discovering video games now tho, I might be able to get her to play. She was actually asking me when we were gonna continue FFVI coop too. #winning
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: libernullmal on March 28, 2013, 01:52:12 pm
Yea, anytime I'm mindlessly mowing the lawn.. I have the urge to play Illusion of Gaia or Secret of Mana.. Even Sometimes Secret of Evermore... then by the time I've finished mowing the lawn... I've forgotten about the crave......
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: thedisappearer on March 29, 2013, 03:50:36 am
I usually get the itch to play an RPG between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think it stems from receiving games for my birthday as a kid, which is in October. I would always have fun playing them before Thanksgiving, but when school was out for a couple of weeks around Christmas it gave me some real time to sit down and play an RPG.
I noticed the same pattern myself, but never took the time to figure out why.  I also have an October b-day, and this makes perfect sense to me.
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: insektmute on March 29, 2013, 10:49:48 am
Weird, I've been getting a FFXII craving lately, too.

I'm with darko, though. Those Fall/Winter months just *feel* like RPG time... ooh, come to think of it, FFVII is a nice choice for that time of year, too :)
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: desocietas on April 18, 2013, 02:30:17 pm
Weird, I've been getting a FFXII craving lately, too.

Man, I've been wanting to play that again to finally finish it.  Only got so far as the rich fancy city and then stopped there.

Going to Japan also made me *really* want to play The World Ends With You (I finally got to see and walk through the scramble crossing!) and Persona 3/4...
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: soera on April 18, 2013, 02:52:16 pm
Ive been itching to play Everquest again sadly. I miss hanging out with people. :(
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: scott on April 18, 2013, 03:49:17 pm
Sometimes If certain songs pop up I get the feeling to play World of Warcraft again. But I know it won't be the same as the old days. Doesn't stop me from reminiscing in my head about it though.
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: libernullmal on June 11, 2013, 04:40:18 pm
Everquest is free to play :)

they do have old version of personal server emulation of world of warcraft.....though you can set it up with friends to play it isn't fun with no one around....
Title: Re: Game Cravings
Post by: bikingjahuty on January 11, 2014, 10:33:18 am
This happens to me quite often as I'll get on a kick of wanting to collect for a certain console or franchise. At the moment I'm on a huge classic JRPG kick, probably because I am playing Chrono Trigger and found a really cheap copy of Earthbound recently. Before that I was on a major Dreamcast binge, wanting to go as far as getting the old Dreamcast Magazines off Ebay. What phase of cravings will come next, idk, but they are fun while they last :p