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Not really computer games.
Camarilla. A LARP that I was part of for about ten years. I met hundreds of people. A few girlfriends. There were chapters all over the world with a couch to crash on and a group of nerds into the same shit I was. I drifted from my local group and they fell apart a few years later. I’ve recently reconnected with some remnants of that group and in the blink of an eye I’ve found twenty friends and have a busy social life.
JiuJitsu. I don’t see it as an art. I don’t see it as a way to beat someone up. I see it as IRL PvP. I got into it from the early Joe Rogan podcasts where he had obscure interesting guests rather than the coco bananas direction he’s been on for the last 10+ years.
World of Warcraft 2. A pirated copy got me a job at my local collectible card store. They had a computer in the store but weren’t IT nerdy kids like I was. I’d downloaded it from a pirate BBS, YES BBS, that a friend at school ran. I like that Steam sees developers getting paid but man was DOS piracy next level easy, you were more likely to need the “decoder” that came with the game to act as the license.
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I’ve done this, and it really is. It’s peak goth but also peak positive socialization. All the community and dress of a nightclub, with all the camaraderie of being around other gamers, but all the drama is completely (okay, mostly) made up and you can hear everyone talk. I spent so many wonderful summer evenings this way.
LARP is great like that. You will meet people. You will make friends. You may even get a few girlfriends like GP did.
Vampire LARP rules emphasize role-play and soft-skills, where combat falls to rock-paper-scissors and usually lasts mere seconds. So, more streamlined than the already streamlined tabletop version. It’s zero fun if you break character, and a lot more fun if you lean into improv and ham it up. I’ve also done this with a team of storytellers hosting the event which really kept things moving along. It’s good fun all around.
Braid.
The game itself is brilliant. The story and message within is heartfelt, heartbreaking, and un-apologetically autobiographical. Up until that point, I knew gaming was a good storytelling medium, but not for something this moving.
Deus Ex
Im not much of a gamer. Im gonna have to say Minecraft. Not really a story but did feel like major achievement. Ah the good ol’ days
Minecraft got me into programming when I was like 14. I’d probably have gotten into it regardless but it was the trigger for what has been a 14 year journey so far so I’d definitely say it changed my life
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Man that game was 10 levels of fucked and creepy all wrapped in existential crisis and the definition of who is ‘you’? Still fucked up on that game, but damn was it good.
I’m in the minority on this one but I found that game very overrated. There was nothing new or tantalizing gameplay or concept wise here. I’d dare say it was boring.
It’s less of a game and more of a story experience I’d say. I think it nailed the atmosphere.
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As someone who loves watching but not playing horror games, I am still waiting for someone to play this for me to watch. I bought the game ages ago!
In case you didn’t know, SOMA has a safe mode in which enemies don’t attack you.
A friend of mine who gets scared at everything finished it for the story in that mode.
Excellent game.
EverQuest. But it never ended, I just stopped playing (and paying).
Wouldn’t say changed my life but the ending of Liberty City in Cyberpunk and Stray, both great story writing
Bastion made me feel like that. I couldn’t stop thinking about it for days.
Oh yeah, that was a really interesting choice. You had to actually sacrifice something tangible to you as a player to get the “good ending” i really had to think over that one for a while
Hell yeah Bastion. All Supergiant games really.
World of warcraft. Simply for the escapism. But also because I’ve made friends with whom I still talk to 20 years later. At this point they’re my oldest friends since life happened to some of the others.
System Shock 2 - The only game to have truly scared me. This was one of the first games that I played when I switched to PC gaming since my HP Pavillion at the time couldn’t play a lot of the newer games. The rest was history
Deus Ex - This game still informs much of my world view
Thief 1 and 2 - While SS2 scared me in absolute terms, Thief gave me a sense of dread and isolation coupled with amazing stealth mechanics
Skyrim - My gateway to RPGs
GTA 4 - SA was my introduction to the series and, while I enjoyed very much, 4 was just blew me away.
Planescape: Torment - The most beautifully crafted RPG ever
Fallout 2 - I’ll be honest: I only played and beat the first two Fallouts just this year but, man, do I wish I played them sooner. FO2 in particular change my relationship with the series.
Civ 1 was what got me into gaming, and influenced a lifetime passion of history and studying, as well as strategy/4x/gsg gaming.
ahhh Planescape Torment…
It wasn’t the story of the game that was life-changing, but I met people on PSO that encouraged me to pursue a different career. Without them, I don’t think I’d be the person I am today.
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Phantasy Star Online.
