Left Out

[den]

Is there something wrong with me just because I had to google "Katamari Damacy" to understand what Boing Boing keeps talking about? Am I being left behind because I have zero knowledge (and interest) in all things PS2, Nintendo, XBox etc?

Comments

[beki.livejournal.com]

If there is, there is something wrong with me too. You can sit with me at the geek table. We can do something fun, really :) *snugs*

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

No -- you just need to develop a couple of acquaintances who play. I don't watch many movies, but I can still catch movie lines and even use them appropriately because I have so many friends who do.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

To the contrary, you saved a bunch of money by having no interest in PS2, Nintendo, XBox, and so on. :)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

This is my argument, too.

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

Nah, if you got caught up in vidgames who would render Bugs?

Hey, did you ever get anywhere with Truespace btw?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I ran out of time to learn truespace, and it worked in such a different way from Moray that I found it difficult to unlearn MORAY so I could use Truespace.

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

*nod* i had a horrid time with the demos I tried.

Anyways your Moray endeavours are definitely worth viewing :)

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

only a little.

I think it's the only video game I've bought in three years, besides a couple portable time-wasters for use to keep me from panicking during air travel. Working in the industry really sucked my will to care.

[talvinamarich.livejournal.com]

You googled WHAT?

(And that should answer you right there)

OK. I have a GameBoy Advance. A present. And two games for it, Advance Wars and the first sequel.

Um...that's it.

I also have a life. It's on a shelf somewhere and needs dusting, of course...

But don't feel alone down there. :P

--Talvin

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I don't have any consols. You need more than 4 buttons to transfer orbit between ISS and MIR, or to defend Rome from the invading barbarian hoards, or to shoot down Messerschmidts.

[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

The only console I've ever personally owned was a Game Boy, and that was 12 or more years ago. I have no interest at all in console gaming for myself, but I don't mind watching others waste their lives play. Amazing what you can pick up doing that - I know more about the Final Fantasy games than I really wanted to :)

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Nah, there's nothing wrong. I may game, but I buy preplayed or used games 99.9% of the time. The amounts being charged for new games is has always been ridculosly over-inflated inflated, IMO. And there is no way I am dropping 600 clams for a game console, no matter how kick ass the new graphics can get and how much unused capabilty it will have that they tout:D. I had to wait two years for the price to come down on the one I have now.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I always wait for the new games to go "platinum," so I paye $20 instead of $89.

[camstone.livejournal.com]

Nah. And pass the cheetos.

[hafoc.livejournal.com]

With my gamer friends, I usually have a rule. Don't talk to me about the boss on Level 12, or the time you rolled triple-12s to wipe out 982 zombies in one fireball spell, and I won't regale you with the fine details of World War I battlecruiser design.

(It's a bit frustrating being interested in battleship and battlecruiser design. You'd be amazed how seldom the subject comes up in everyday conversation.)

[talvinamarich.livejournal.com]

You just hang out with the wrong people, then. ;)

--Talvin

[talvinamarich.livejournal.com]

Off Topic:

Hey, Den.

Check out http://en.wikipedia.org


The featured article is about Echidnas. One of your specialities, no?

--Talvin

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Interesting article. I wish I knew how to edit is because I have a little to add, plus maybe photos of puggles.

[talvinamarich.livejournal.com]

If you look, each section has a little [edit] box, usually to the lower right. And Wikipedia's help is pretty decent, in my experience.

--Talvin