Cool story, bro. I have the same experiences playing over XBL, that I have playing over at a friends house, except at a friends house, we get sidetracked really easily, and end up doing thing better than playing the Xbox.
We Were Spartans
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Heh. Good ol' LAN party. Only thing my dad and I were able to enjoy together, best nights of my childhood. Wish it lasted longer, wish I remembered more. Wouldn't give it up for the world.
I think an article like that answers the credit that the Extra Credits team proposed: What does it mean to be a gamer?
These feelings of nostalgia and unparalleled fun, some of the best times of our lives, etc. That's what makes us gamers.
Doesn't even have to be LAN parties specifically, this type of thing can occur over Live or PSN with a group of close-knit buddies.
These feelings of nostalgia and unparalleled fun, some of the best times of our lives, etc. That's what makes us gamers.
Doesn't even have to be LAN parties specifically, this type of thing can occur over Live or PSN with a group of close-knit buddies.
Man, you just punched me in the stomach with a nice wave of depression and nostalgia. I had so much fun with a really tight nit group of friends back in high school where we would LAN up and play almost anything, but Halo was always one of the big ones. We would do it almost every weekend even though we all had Xbox Live. Now I'm a junior in college and we all just kind of drifted apart and did our own things, I haven't seen some of them in over two years because of jobs and college... holy crap I miss them so much right now.
This article made me sad because these days of playing in the same room with your friends and just having fun is quickly coming to an end every time me and my friends would set up a lan party it would be so much fun much more than just talking over xbox live. But I will always enjoy the times we spent yelling from room to room or just messing around with the people in the same room as you.
I shall miss you Halo, Battlefield Vietnam/1942, Age of Empires, Company of Hero's, Superpowers 2, and the occasional Empire total war. You shall be missed.
(we played a lot of different stuff during the summer months)
I shall miss you Halo, Battlefield Vietnam/1942, Age of Empires, Company of Hero's, Superpowers 2, and the occasional Empire total war. You shall be missed.
(we played a lot of different stuff during the summer months)
Ahhh LAN games, nothing quite as fun as them, online is just not as fun, unless you're in the room together.
Must put a LAN party together soon.
Must put a LAN party together soon.
I'm not much of a fan of Halo (for personal reasons as opposed to not liking the game, it's a good game) and I tend towards being a bit heartless, but this almost brought a tear to my eye. I hope that fellow gets to have his Halo Sundays back. 
The thing is, you really have to set a day and plan around it. That's how I got my Deadlands campaign started. If you don't set time aside for the hobby, you don't get to enjoy it. =/
The thing is, you really have to set a day and plan around it. That's how I got my Deadlands campaign started. If you don't set time aside for the hobby, you don't get to enjoy it. =/
Sounds like I missed out. I didn't enter the fray until Halo 3.
I will be getting the new anniversary edition of CE though, it may give me at least a hint of the 'magic'.
I will be getting the new anniversary edition of CE though, it may give me at least a hint of the 'magic'.
And this is why Gary Gygax invented the Table Top RPG..... Because it does not matter what the developers decide upon as far as the next iteration of the game is concerned, what matters is that we HAVE TO be there around a table to play.... Be it Call of Cthulhu or Pathfinder or Wharhammer 40k Rogue Trader we have to be in the same room at the same time on the same day for anything to work.
