A friend of mine had the Portal's song playing while they cut the cake at her wedding, apparently her parents weren't all to pleased about that.
155: My Big Fat Geek Wedding
- Thread starter Lara Crigger
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That's hilarious. For those that don't know the song, YouTube "portal still alive".sammyfreak said:
Summer of 2006 I was forced into helping my sister play the M:tWG expansion Babies without any of the gameplay of the actual Marriage game. It turns out my sister thought the expansion was a sequel, and interestingly enough you don't need the original game in order to run it.
It's quite an exhausting game that requires plenty of hours dedicated to it, but it's got one of the most interesting A.I.'s that you just can't get in games like Tamagotchi or Nintendogs. Not only does the sentient A.I. learn, but will often surprise you with its own revelations and teach you new things about yourself. Most educational gaming experience I've ever had.
Unfortunately I can't play the game at home, and the rest of the family keeps on playing the game without me, and my sister has determined no new games will be started until she finds a copy of M:tWG that works.
On the article: FF6 has the absolute best love story between Locke and Celes. No characters in any game come even close to such a realistic love and relationship story.
It's quite an exhausting game that requires plenty of hours dedicated to it, but it's got one of the most interesting A.I.'s that you just can't get in games like Tamagotchi or Nintendogs. Not only does the sentient A.I. learn, but will often surprise you with its own revelations and teach you new things about yourself. Most educational gaming experience I've ever had.
Unfortunately I can't play the game at home, and the rest of the family keeps on playing the game without me, and my sister has determined no new games will be started until she finds a copy of M:tWG that works.
On the article: FF6 has the absolute best love story between Locke and Celes. No characters in any game come even close to such a realistic love and relationship story.
Whoa, I got a snowball rolling here. 
So THAT'S why the MM version (entitled Marriage III: Polygamy) isn't for sale here...paulgruberman said:
I don't mean to be rude, but you sound like a fanboy. There are plenty of people who play LT really hardcore, and conversely there are many others who treat M:tWG like a casual game.Novan Leon said:
True, but those kinds either always trade the game in, or they keep coming back reluctantly without figuring out they're playing the game wrong. Sometimes people skip the tutorial level (y'know, the one where you're out with your parents and they teach you how to play the game?), or they get a hand-me down that already has the tutorials turned off so they never learn how to play right. It's a shame, really.Sylocat said:
You're right, but given that the penalty for quitting LT half-way through the game is negligible compared to the penalty for quitting M:tWG half-way through, sometimes I question how "hardcore" LT players really are *wink wink*. I agree that there are both cheaters and honest-to-goodness players in both games though, no argument there.Sylocat said:
Personally I just spectate people playing both games. I'm too busy playing two other games, Life: The Ultimate Adventure and Career: Chronicles of the Workplace to begin playing another just yet.
Agreed. Likewise, if fear of penalty is the deciding factor when choosing to play LT over M:tWG, then you're playing the game with the wrong attitude.Sylocat said:
Well, maybe I misunderstood you, but it sounded to me like you were saying that choosing LT over M:tWG is THE yardstick of commitment, rather than just a question of personal religious and/or social beliefs. The way you phrased it sounded like you were saying that people who play LT aren't committed to their co-op partners, that smug "wink wink" you threw in at the end there sounded particularly self-righteous.Novan Leon said:
Just relax. Your zealousness is beginning to break the metaphor which ruins all the fun.Sylocat said:
I know, I know, I'm sorry.Novan Leon said:Just relax. Your zealousness is beginning to break the metaphor which ruins all the fun.
I just think it's kind of backwards thinking. To me, inserting penalties for quitting is not a way to appeal to the hardcore gaming crowd. When people say, "M:tWG is better because it's harder to back out," that to me sounds like it's a game for people who are insecure about their buying decisions and want to put all those heavy penalties in place just to stop themselves from chickening out. I think a real test of commitment is a game where you CAN quit at any time, because it would mean you have to choose not to quit of your own free will, not just because the quit feature was removed.
As far as the article goes, I think there's a convenient leap made that you gotta have one for the other. And I don't think that's true. If it's really about the ceremony then there's no reason to be tied up in the fluff that is: getting people there, and getting them fed and drunk afterwards. My guess is - irrational as it may be - even the most cynical of us buy into the cliche at times and want it. Which is fine. There's nothing wrong with that. Even if we're effectively punching ourselves in the face to get there.
Good luck and enjoy! Based on all the wedding experiences I've had, you'll both think it was the best one ever. And more than likely 100% of the attendees will talk about something they didn't like on the ride home. Human nature rears it's ugly head.
Good luck and enjoy! Based on all the wedding experiences I've had, you'll both think it was the best one ever. And more than likely 100% of the attendees will talk about something they didn't like on the ride home. Human nature rears it's ugly head.
As a jewish guy who has just opened his copy of M:tWG...err, got married on Sunday, I know exactly how you feel. While I did not have to pick shades of blue , I did have to decide between pasta and rice and whther we want silk "wings" on the Huppa.
The only thing I can tell you, Lara, is that it will indeed be over one day and that the little things are just that - little. Make sure you invite everyone you want there, make sure the food and music are good and just pick the cheapest of everything else
The only thing I can tell you, Lara, is that it will indeed be over one day and that the little things are just that - little. Make sure you invite everyone you want there, make sure the food and music are good and just pick the cheapest of everything else
I kinda just want to wear the dress, thats not wrong of me is it?
Though seriousness, if I never get married, it wont reallt matter as long as Im with the man I love, which currently, I am. Ofcourse, we're the nerdy couple too, and I love how excited he gets when I show interest in the games/anime he likes, and I know I get carried away when I pile TES stuff on him. Im just waiting for him to get his Morrowind disc back from his brother.
Though seriousness, if I never get married, it wont reallt matter as long as Im with the man I love, which currently, I am. Ofcourse, we're the nerdy couple too, and I love how excited he gets when I show interest in the games/anime he likes, and I know I get carried away when I pile TES stuff on him. Im just waiting for him to get his Morrowind disc back from his brother.
