You guys ever play a game around Christmastime?
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No, I hate Christmas and I hate video games.
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Deathsmiles II. I mean come on, Satan Claws!
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I boot up Christmas nights in December partly for the season and partly to check that my Saturn will still boot up and play discs since the prior year when I played Christmas nights.
Usually doom / doom 2.
Not always and not yet so far.
For a melting pot or confluence of technology, culture, sub-culture and just expression it just occupies a near unassailable point for myself, not just nostalgically but in a kind of objective point in time when so much of that was developing...
... And it turns out to still be a pretty fun, even if the once groundbreaking graphics may now be the weak point it's still fast, immediate, got some tricks, sounds great and is satisfyingly visceral to play.
Not always and not yet so far.
For a melting pot or confluence of technology, culture, sub-culture and just expression it just occupies a near unassailable point for myself, not just nostalgically but in a kind of objective point in time when so much of that was developing...
... And it turns out to still be a pretty fun, even if the once groundbreaking graphics may now be the weak point it's still fast, immediate, got some tricks, sounds great and is satisfyingly visceral to play.
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Pocket Fighter Real Bout Special is a Christmas game, and I'm not wrong
(I just had to do it
Merry Christmas my dude)
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I usually play some old games that I got as Christmas presents way back when. This usually includes Super Mario World, Sonic 2, Final Fight CD, Terminator CD, a few others. I used to play Snatcher every Christmas too but that's the kinda game that isn't that enjoyable if you replay it too much, so now it's more of a once every few years thing.
This year, I did run through Snatcher, Final Fight CD, and I 96 starred Mario World a couple of times. I still need to run through Terminator CD and I might add Mario 3 to the list since I did get that at Christmas as well. I'm not sure why anything past the 16 bit era doesn't really have the same warm Christmas fuzzies, I guess by that point the Christmas magic from being a kid is gone.
This year, I did run through Snatcher, Final Fight CD, and I 96 starred Mario World a couple of times. I still need to run through Terminator CD and I might add Mario 3 to the list since I did get that at Christmas as well. I'm not sure why anything past the 16 bit era doesn't really have the same warm Christmas fuzzies, I guess by that point the Christmas magic from being a kid is gone.
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Escape From Colditz gets played around Christmas to New Year in my family. You basically collect rope, wire cutters, and anything else you might need to escape Dr Shroom’s basement. Most players are prisoners of war trying to escape, but one player gets to be a Nazi and try capture the escapees. It’s fantastic fun, especially if you as the Nazi get the ‘shoot to kill‘ card. Imagine the arguments over Christmas dinner because you shot your relatives in the back as they tried to run to freedom.
As other’s said, Christmas Nights is a joy to play around this time of year. I’d also chuck Max Payne 1 in that list as it’s set around Christmas.
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Oh shit, totally forgot about that game, we played that all the time at my grandparents. Great memories.
Also, wyo, don't give me this 'Clue' shit. It's Cluedo and you know it.
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I don't really have a set game I play only at Christmas time. An old member here, Kristoff, comes into town every year to visit me and his family so we play all kinds of shit while he's in town. Honestly, it's one of the highlights of my year - not too many friends around in my 40s that play games as incessantly as I do so it's nice to look forward to a time each year to revert to a 16 year old and play old games with your bestie, get stoned as fuck and eat shit food.
Had a killer Devils Crush MD competition the other night, played some Super R-Type, and of course tons of Neo and CPS2 stuff.
Personally, been having an excellent time with Powerslave Exhumed on Steam over my x-mas break. Excellent remake/remaster of a very underrated FPS Platformer.
Had a killer Devils Crush MD competition the other night, played some Super R-Type, and of course tons of Neo and CPS2 stuff.
Personally, been having an excellent time with Powerslave Exhumed on Steam over my x-mas break. Excellent remake/remaster of a very underrated FPS Platformer.
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but y tho