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Does anyone know if I actually fetch the farming data in Veronica’s quest in Fallout NV to show the Brotherhood, do they actually get the tech, or just look at it? Same question regarding Archimedes. Also, is there any way to find the plasma gun outside of that irradiated vault? I can’t stand going in there.

My whole life, I never have gotten into handheld consoles. I find them less immersive, and a bit of a strain from an ergonomic standpoint. Do you like them?

I usually complete as many quests as I can in any game I play, but some quests never get finished. Usually I skip quests because of the following reasons: There is a location I find extremely tedious or frustrating (i.e. an irradiated vault in Fallout, or an extremely maze-like and/or repetitious dungeon in Skyrim). Moral issues (i.e. to progress in the quest would mean doing something my character is opposed to). Concern about companions (i.e. continuing the quest might harm my follower in terms of their storyline). What causes you to leave a quest incomplete?

What fight or level in any game did you have to re-play the largest number of times in order to advance? How many tries did it take you?

What’s the game in your collection which you have been playing more or less steadily for the longest amount of time?

What do you love most about playing video games?

A lot of people say that they miss games from their childhood. Aside from the nostalgia factor, what aspects of older games do you miss the most?

How many hours does it take to beat?

DUCK HUNT! A most excellent choice!

What do you mean by "how the games end?"

How do you unlock your fingers? RSI = Repetitive Stress Injury.

@skyfire @SpaceExplorer Great picks! I was going to mention Bioshock 1 as well

@UleTheVee Nice flow chart, thanks for sharing this! Nothing like a graphical representation of a concept to really get a point across.

That is true! With some games, I try to imagine movie adaptations, and then am like "What's the point? It'd be really hard to even match this."

I can't say I can relate to that, but I'm so far behind the current generation that I find out a great deal about the games I play well before I play them. Thus I've probably done a pretty good job steering myself toward games with proper stories. There are some benefits to being slow :)

Interesting! What are some other rare games you liked on NES?

@The Blackangel I haven’t played FF8, but after looking up FH, I can see why it has such a draw on you. It looks very atmospheric. @Alyxx Yes, you’ve seized on part of why the topic fascinates me. When I’m in Rapture, Columbia or Fallout’s universe, I feel like I’m seeing our world redesigned already, in a way—like what it might be like if those Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Streamline Moderne styles had stuck, or had become ubiquitous rather than just appearing here and there. The streamlined forms of those styles really appeal to me more than many of those which have followed. I never heard of Grim Fandango, but going by screenshots, I can see why you’d choose it. It looks pretty awesome! The Curse of the Monkey Island art has a whimsical, storybook flavour and is also very cool. @DylanC The pastel colours in Breath of The Wild are appealing. LIMBO and INSIDE do indeed have very cool art styles. Couldn’t be more different than Breath of the Wild, lol. @LadyDay Nice choice! Ancient styles have always appealed to me as well. There was a sense of majesty in those days.

Is there anyone you particularly admire in the video game industry, be it a developer, journalist, or someone else?

Have you ever played a game which you really got into and remember well, but never actually managed to beat? I imagine this was pretty common back in the olden days before there was extensive help on YT and other sites for beating games.

Would you mind waiting longer for games if it stopped crunch time? I know that some people are not bothered by the existence of crunch time. I personally am. I can say that to me, it would not matter knowing I would have to wait another year or 2 for a game I was excited about if it meant working conditions would be better. What about you?

I am totally stuck in Dragon Age II right now on the fight with the Arishok. I have the game on casual mode and I still keep dying repeatedly. As I search for strategies to deal with it, I’m wondering what you all you usually do if you get ridiculously stuck in a game. Do you take a break for a few days (or weeks)? Do you keep at it until you have gotten past the obstacle? Do you look up written strategies? Watch videos? Ask your friends how they beat it? Lower the difficulty mode?

What are (or were, if you don’t have your NES anymore) your favorite games on NES? Mine was Solstice. I never beat it, but I loved everything about it. At the time, being able to move in three dimensions totally blew my mind. I also loved the colors, music and atmosphere, which was quite unique.

That sounds very much like my preference as well. Though it annoys me when my party members (and the devs who wrote them) have clashing ideas with mine in terms of pragmatism.

It sounds grind-y from what I've heard about it, but I've thought about getting it on sale just so I can explore.

@UleTheVee What is the first video game you ever played?