StaceyPowers

If you could invite any two video game characters over for dinner (at the same time), who would you invite and why? I’d invite Martin Walker from Spec Ops: The Line and Booker DeWitt from Bioshock Infinite. I think they’d find a lot in common.

Do you know any gamers who consistently underestimate their abilities? Like, I know someone who is far better at aiming and sneaking in multiple games than me, but consistently thinks he is worse.

I’ve heard many complaints about ME: Andromeda (reasons not to play it). But I also haven’t really heard a lot of reasons to play it. If anyone here likes it, what are some reasons to consider playing it?

Is there a game you badly wish you could play right now, but can’t? For me, it is TLOU II.

Are there things that give you vertigo when gaming? For me, a few things that often do are: -Third person perspective, especially when carrying a drawn weapon. -Angled floors/ceilings (i.e. while exploring a wrecked building or ship).

Sometimes I am startled by major errors in players’ recollections of events or dialogue in games, and their subsequent jumps to inaccurate conclusions. Does anyone else find this surprising or annoying? I can remember things incorrectly too, but I’d be embarrassed if I were basing a strong judgment on an inaccurate recollection.

Did you also save Walker? I couldn't bring myself to kill him 😕 Er, well, I think he has been dead since the helicopter crash, so I guess I couldn't bring myself to bring him oblivion. I feel like existing with what he did will be incredibly hard, but maybe he can help others work through trauma or something. Such hard-won self-awareness--I had to have hope he could use it for good somehow.

If you had to be a specific video game character, who would you choose and why? I’d probably pick Joel or Ellie as their moral compasses seem solid (I haven’t played TLOU II yet, so this is going by the first game).

If your follower gets lost in Skyrim, how do you find them? If fast traveling or going through a door doesn’t work, I usually get myself arrested and they appear.

I wish there were more to do with the kids in Skyrim, like teach them to fight and stuff and gradually train them into companions. If they were slightly older, this could work in a future ES game. Thoughts?

Which home additions do you like best in Hearthfire? My favorites are the garden and the kitchen (so far, I haven’t built all of them yet).

I guess I just didn't feel my actions in Infinite were futile. Booker achieved his preferred outcome, and that was what I wanted, so I was good with it. I see your point about Jack. I guess I gave it a pass because the poor confused fellow has only existed a short time, and I too did not really question why I was doing all these strange things (I figured I was doing them because for whatever reason, Jack thought he should), so perhaps he didn't either =D But you are right--now I stop to think about it, it is odd.

Who are your favorite Skyrim companions? Mine are Mjoll, Serana, and Aranea.

I am used to small patches of Skyrim getting stuck, necessitating a reboot, but lately large swaths of the map have been doing this for one of my characters. Anyone know why this would happen?

I can’t holster my gun in Mass Effect 3, and it is so annoying. Who else hates this?

A lot of people say games are for entertainment. But I think they can serve many purposes: art, education, political statement, etc. What do you think?

If you personally don’t like how a game unfolds, do you feel the game is bad, or just not to your taste?

The goal of entertainment is to serve an audience (usually to make money). The goal of art could be a variety of purposes (i.e. service to communicating an idea, espousing an ideal, creating something beautiful, etc.). With respect to video games (and other media), do you see these goals as inherently contradictory, or potentially mutual? Why or why not?

Did you ever quit playing a game for another person? I quit a MUD in high school for several reasons, but one of them was that my friend had recently quit and was having a hard time staying away from it because I wouldn’t stop updating her about it.

Does anyone have any funny/silly stories of drama in MMOs you played? Like for example, I remember a time when I figured out my best friend’s boyfriend (who we met in the game) was dating two other women from the game simultaneously for the whole year, and had elaborate covers for time spent with each of them (i.e. one was “football practice,” one was “math club,” etc.).

In another thread, several of you mentioned being guild officers in various games. Does anyone have any relevant stories about particularly funny or frustrating times as one?

What are you hoping for from TLOU HBO series? I want it to stay true to the story and characters, and hopefully give us a lot more background information on everyone. Maybe fill in some time gaps where we didn’t witness events in the games.

So, this is a rather ignorant question. I guess the PlayStation Store will no longer sell stuff for PS3 soon. If I need DLCs for PS3 games in the future, is there another way to get them (i.e. from publisher stores)?

It had to be that way though. That was the whole point of the story. Booker and Elizabeth were eliminating the possibility of unwanted choices in the past so as to lock in the future they wanted. The game was about the true will of the characters, not the desires of the player. The game is to experience their journey, not control it.

I've only done one playthrough of Bioshock 1 so far. Was Jack aware of what was going on? I don't recall that. Booker definitely had zero idea what was going on in Infinite. I mean, he probably started to suspect it (as the player might), but his memories were mangled going in.