I guess I really haven’t been paying attention to the forecast (amazing how my concentration on such matters slips when I’m not actively working around it), so stupid me, this cold snap caught me completely by surprise (and here I was thinking my friend Kevin was crazy for complaining about where spring went on the DP forums). To give you an idea: it’s already close to freezing outside, the wind is blowing ferociously outside, and Xena’s in for the night, something which hasn’t happened much recently. I’ve also got the game room lights on to warm the place up, and it’s time to play!
Or at least it was after I rewired the RF output for the Colecovision. A couple of nice trades have recently brought some Colecovision goodness into my collection that I haven’t gotten to try before, including working Super Action and Roller controllers, and a few games I hadn’t really expected to acquire anytime soon. But the console itself was out of commission…because I’ve got kittens who like to grab dangly cables and pull. One new RCA cable later, I’m basking in the 8-bit goodness (and badness – one game which shall remain nameless until the review pops up was a real stinker!). It’s becoming clear that, in light of the next new addition to the family, the current system is going to have to be rethought rather drastically, and rewired rather drastically too. One possibility I’m looking at is taking some more-or-less briefcase-sized plastic tubs with hinged lids that I already have, and setting things up so consoles or computers can be stored that way, and (barring adding on something like an expansion or voice module) left in the tubs and plugged into some kind of patch bay in the game room. Machines that get the least play will be stowed away like this, and only a few frequent flyers will be left out on the shelves as they are now.
It’s a sad day when even the game room’s gotta grow up a bit, but just think, I’ll eventually have someone else who might want to play a round or two with the old man. 😀
The cold snap was more of a shock than a surprise for me, but then again, I’ve been paying a little more attention to the weather than you have, apparently.
I’ve been meaning to ask, of all the recent games (recent being less than 10 years old) which have you enjoyed playing? Here is my list in no particular order:
Beyond Good and Evil
Ratchet and Clank (all three PS2 games)
Timestalkers: Future Perfect (yes I know, you don’t care for first person shooters, but this one has a great sense of humor)
Sly Cooper(all three (PS2 games,again)
Freaky Flyers
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
That should do for a starter.
Honestly: I haven’t added anything new to my shelf of games for current-generation systems – and come to think of it, the consoles in question aren’t even current anymore! – since Rogue Squadron III, Taito Arcade Classics and We Love Katamari. Seriously. There’s just not much in the current-gen lineup that really tickles my fancy.
I’d probably be blowing a lot more on gaming if I had a Wii, but to keep things in perspective, it’s probably just as well for the moment that I don’t.
Well, I think you’re missing out…especially w/Beyond Good and Evil.
Besides being easy to play (it was when I played it on a PS2) the game has one of the most well-thought out worlds ever developed for a video game as well as a bit of meta-commentary about how we view events and how the media writes them up. Oh, did I mention that the game was released around the same time that the whole Iraq conflict blew up in the faces of the current adminisstration after it was discovered there were no WMDs (one of the supposed justifications for going into Iraq in the first place)? Coinicidental, neh?