Any gay gamers in here?

readyletsgo · 17-10-2015 8:15pm #1

So, any gay gamers (or gaymers as the internets say) on here? Be interesting to know that I'm not a mega nerd on my own in my 30s lol.

Love my video games. Systems I have at the moment are, Xbox original & Xbone, Dreamcast, GameCube & Wii inside a WiiU *wink wink*, ps2/3/4, Gba sp, ds, 3ds, psp and psvita. I have a Megadrive but I don't have it hooked up as I use the psp or WiiU for those really retro systems, not too fussed about controllers. Not into pc gaming at all. But it's something I might be interested in down the line (on the cheap)

Getting into my dreamcast at the moment, giving Sonic Adventure a shot. And ordered couple new dreamcast games from hucast this afternoon so looking forward to giving them a go in the next week or two

How about you guys? Gamers? Older like me? Obessed with games? What games are your all time favs? Favourite systems?

K, go!

Ten of Swords · 17-10-2015 9:14pm

I am a gaymer

I used to play video games when I was younger, before I went to college, but lately my social life has taken a huge hit mostly due to work commitments. Most evenings I'm now working from home for a couple of hours, it's not uncommon for me to have 2 laptops (personal and work) and a tablet (work) in front of me for 2-3 hours at a time (which is why I'm also here most evenings!) but I've gotten back into gaming as a result mainly through Steam and also emulators (PS1 and PS2).

I like survival horror (except resident evil, that series turned into such a mess so quickly) and co-op shooters.

readyletsgo · 17-10-2015 9:23pm

Ten of Swords wrote: »

I am a gaymer

I used to play video games when I was younger, before I went to college, but lately my social life has taken a huge hit mostly due to work commitments. Most evenings I'm now working from home for a couple of hours, it's not uncommon for me to have 2 laptops (personal and work) and a tablet (work) in front of me for 2-3 hours at a time (which is why I'm also here most evenings!) but I've gotten back into gaming as a result mainly through Steam and also emulators (PS1 and PS2).

I like survival horror (except resident evil, that series turned into such a mess so quickly) and co-op shooters.

Jaysus that's a lot of screens on the go at once! Bloody work. What emulators do you use for ps games?

Ah Ressy, I still love 4, and revelations on the 3ds and revelations 2 were pretty good.

You ever play any of the project zero games? New one coming to the WiiU in a few weeks but the first 3 were on the ps2 as far as I know. Looking forward to playing it.

Ten of Swords · 17-10-2015 9:30pm

ePSX1 v1.7 for PS1 and pcx2 for PS2

The work thing doesn't bother me and it's not 'active' work in the evenings, just running reports and being on call for people in the US so mostly the work machines just tick over so I'm usually on Steam.

I loved res 1-3 and Operation Raccoon City but any other res title can feck right off! Also I used to hate RPGs but got into FF8 a while back (still hate 7, it does NOT deserve all the praise it gets).

Favorite series by a long shot is Silent Hill, such deep and immersive stories and beautiful soundtracks

Ten of Swords · 17-10-2015 9:35pm

Oh and yeah, I had Project Zero 1-3 when I had an actual PS2, loved them. No idea where they are now though, that was ages ago

readyletsgo · 17-10-2015 10:47pm

Only rpg I could get into was earthbound, loved it for its oddness and soundtrack. I try with other jrpg's and the like every so often but I just don't have the patience after a bit, ha.

FF7, I've tried but lose interest. But I will give the remake a go in 20 years when it gets a release.

Silent Hills is awesome! such a pity about the latest cancelled one. That PT was brilliant. I think someone had a kickstarter going for a similar game a few weeks ago but it was stopped or something.

Deranged96 · 17-10-2015 10:57pm

Just poke-gay-man......

I'll show myself out.

Ten of Swords · 17-10-2015 11:29pm

Never had the patience for snes or genesis games, I guess the 16 bit genre just doesn't hold my interest.

Was so gutted about Silent Hills, the project is dead in the water without Kojima and del Toro

It was rumored that they were bringing Akira Yamaoka back to do the soundtrack, the man is a phenomenal musician.

I should mention that I have a PS3 but it literally never gets used, my friends probably play it more than I do. I picked it up to play the Killzone games and the Goldeneye remake that turned out to be a big disappointment.

Deranged96 wrote: »

Just poke-gay-man......

readyletsgo · 17-10-2015 11:44pm

Pick up all 3 uncharted games and the last of us! AMAZING games! And dead space 1&2, and Bioshock 1&2, and The evil within, those will get you into the ps3 again

Ten of Swords · 17-10-2015 11:49pm

Nathan Drake is quite hot

I have Dead Space 1 + 2, and Bioshock 1, 2 and infinite on Steam

Evil Within is on my wishlist! Roll on Steam sale!

Actually, now that I think about it there is a game that I was looking for a while back that is a PS3 exclusive. Heavy Rain, anyone played it that could recommend it, or not?

readyletsgo · 18-10-2015 12:00am

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Nathan Drake is quite hot

I have Dead Space 1 + 2, and Bioshock 1, 2 and infinite on Steam

Evil Within is on my wishlist! Roll on Steam sale!

Actually, now that I think about it there is a game that I was looking for a while back that is a PS3 exclusive. Heavy Rain, anyone played it that could recommend it, or not?

Nathan Drake is a RIDE!

Haven't played heavy rain due to some very mixed reviews over the years. Have you played Infinite yet? I felt a bit let down by it since it had such a long development cycle. I was following it all the time and it changed so much from the original idea and stuff, just kinda felt like play by numbers in a way. I don't understand all the praise it get tbh. But then, games are like any entertainment, each to their own an all that.

Dead Space 3, such a disappointment compared to the first 2 games.

Evil Within (in my eyes) would totally worth the 50 I spent on it. Loved every second. Hope there will be a sequel.

Ten of Swords · 18-10-2015 12:07am

Yep, infinite was not what I was expecting. It has stunning visuals but they changed the formula too dramatically, it didn't have anywhere near the same atmosphere as the first 2.

I like games that have a rich storyline and a plot that keeps you interested, a psychological element always helps which is why I'd be drawn to the likes of Silent Hill, Alan Wake, Amnesia (machine for pigs is definitely worth a look) and Condemned.

If I'm just trying to get some downtime and can't be bothered with all that then usually an online FPS does the job

Guess I'm going to have to get uncharted now (damn you

)

18-10-2015 1:29am

I've always sucked at gaming. I used play my sister's NES a lot when I was a kid but was never really that good at it.

I loved the first two Megaman games, and have spent rather a significant amount of time watching videos of other people playing the classic series Megaman games on Youtube (partly for the gameplay but aprobably more so for the soundtracks; so much 8-bit goodness!!

)

Nowadays I have a 3DS, that I only bought because I had a load of vouchers to use up, and I play Pokémon but only own Black and Black 2; if I get more vouchers (birthday and Christmas are coming up!) I may finally get myself X or Y.

Stuff like Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid or any of those online things like CoD or WoW or WHAToEVER are completely alien to me. I suspect if I ever did try playing any of those games I would suck horribly at them but somehow still become addicted, and continue to suck despite spending hours at them....

Ten of Swords · 18-10-2015 1:36am

Best MM2 Tune

18-10-2015 1:37am

^ I never had a Gameboy.
*cries over neglected childhood*

Links234 · 18-10-2015 12:18pm

Big into my PC gaming here

I like a lot of RPGs, stealthy and strategy games. Currently playing Darkest Dungeon, which is phenominal

elekid · 19-10-2015 10:00am

I'm a console gamer in my early 30s, and I'm engaged to a pc gamer - love knows no boundaries :pac:

My current main consoles are the PS4, Wii U and 3DS. My favourite genres would be platformers and RPGs but I like all sorts of games.

I'm a huge Nintendo fan so a lot of their main series would be among my favourites, Mario, Zelda, Metroid etc. I've always been a huge Pokemon fan too, to the point of obsession at times!

Labreya · 20-10-2015 12:01pm

I'm mainly on PS4, but I sometimes game on my PC, though very rarely.

I also have a selection of consoles going back to the Mega Drive hooked to my tv. My boyfriend is also a Nintendo fan, but he mainly plays on his tablet and PC these days.

readyletsgo · 20-10-2015 4:23pm

Looks like we have a few gamers on here, good to know!

Do any of yous play online? I don't, I'm very much a single player/couch co op kinda guy. When ever I branch out and try a cod or any other online game, get killed instantly or have no idea what's going on. That aspect kinda past over me.

Also, I HATE cod lol

Ten of Swords · 20-10-2015 7:24pm

I play online if I'm bored but I much prefer co-op rather than deathmatch.

CoD and Battlefield are a waste of time, there are too many cheaters and it lost it's fun factor a long time ago. Some people take it way too seriously. Much prefer Ghost Recon Future Soldier or CSGO (not always fun either but at least no shortage of players).

I enjoy the co-op modes of Left 4 Dead, Interstellar Marines, Dead Island and even sometimes Castle Crashers :P

Links234 · 20-10-2015 8:30pm

I play very few online games, I used to play Payday 2, but the devs monumentally ****ed the game up. Shame, because it was one of the few multiplayer games I really enjoyed, and made quite a few friends playing it.

Thinking of going for Vermintide, it looks really good.

Ten of Swords · 20-10-2015 8:32pm

Payday 2 has to be going for the record for highest number of useless and buggy DLCs of any game (Hotline Miami DLC was nice though)

I have Payday 1 but I deleted it a while ago, might re-download it again sometime

elekid · 21-10-2015 12:29am

I love couch co-op but I'm not a big fan of online games with the exception of Splatoon. It's really fun and easy to get into compared to any other online game I've tried.

readyletsgo · 21-10-2015 8:34am

elekid wrote: »

I love couch co-op but I'm not a big fan of online games with the exception of Splatoon. It's really fun and easy to get into compared to any other online game I've tried.

Yeah splatoon is great fun, must get back into, haven't played in a couple months.

Started Project Zero on the Xbox last night in preparation for the new one on the WiiU coming. I like it so far. Anyone else played the series?

Ten of Swords · 21-10-2015 8:56am

Are you speedrunning or trying to capture all the ghosts? From memory I think it takes 2 playthroughs to get them all in PZ1

readyletsgo · 21-10-2015 9:17am

I think just a quick run through of the first 3 games to get a good feel of them.

Have you played them all? You gonna pick up the new one on the 30th?

Ten of Swords · 21-10-2015 9:28am

I dont have a WiiU so I wont be getting the new one, there was also a wii game from the series a few years ago which I didn't play either, just 1-3 on PS2.

Crimson Butterfly (PZ2) is by far the best of them, intense atmosphere and it scared the $hite out of me!!

readyletsgo · 21-10-2015 9:55am

Ten of Swords wrote: »

I dont have a WiiU so I wont be getting the new one, there was also a wii game from the series a few years ago which I didn't play either, just 1-3 on PS2.

Crimson Butterfly (PZ2) is by far the best of them, intense atmosphere and it scared the $hite out of me!!

Haha yeah I've heard the second one is the best. If I can find the fan translated PZ4 I'll give it a go at some point as I've heard its pretty good with with wiimote.

On another note, how do people feel about main protagonists in games being (most of the time) straight white males? it was a big issue a few months back, especially with EA speaking out about it and that they could be working on a new franchise with a gay (albeit white male) protagonists.

Now personally I couldn't give two s**** who the main character is in a game I'm playing at all, but do people here think it's needed I'm games?

The main problem for companies as they have said is that they would have no problem having main characters being gay/lesbian/bil/trans, but it all kinda boils down to sales, most of the straight white males just wouldn't pick the game up for that fact, which, don't know about Europe, but I'd well believe it would be true for a vast amount of American gamers.

Rick_ · 21-10-2015 4:10pm

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Never had the patience for snes or genesis games, I guess the 16 bit genre just doesn't hold my interest.

LegacyUser · 21-10-2015 6:08pm

I too am a Gaymer, mostly RPGs but massively love Halo. Final Fantasy is pretty much my favourite but I adore Dragon Age. Xbox 360 and Xbox One these days but have been gaming since the NES.

Ten of Swords · 22-10-2015 12:21am

But... I am out...

Seriously though, I did try them. I never said they were bad systems or games, I said they couldn't hold my attention. I never had the machines myself, I'm of a younger generation

but I had emulators on my old laptop (ZSNES and K Fusion). I couldn't get into them which is why they didn't survive the move to my new machine a while ago.

I know there are plenty of gems on those systems but for me the 16 bit era is pretty much defined by platformers (which I hate) without any depth or story (which is why I can't connect to them). Also, 16 bit can't do first person, they just look horrible! However, with that in mind here are the 16 bit games that I did find very enjoyable.

SNES
Star Fox
Secret of Mana
Bomberman
Assault Suits Valkan (not the censored PAL ѕhite they released as Cybernator, two key scenes were cut from EU version)

Genesis
Jungle Strike
Shinobi
Sonic & Knuckles
Streets of Rage 1 & 2 (why did they have to utterly ruin it with 3?)

Lady Inquisitor · 22-10-2015 12:23am

Hi

So, I am a 3G (Gay Girl Gamer). Been playing games since the NES and have settled on the Xbox for the time being. Big into Final Fantasy, Dragon Age, Halo etc and I play online. Already provided advance notice to my friends that they will not see me for a month when Halo 5: Guardians comes out.

What is everyone's favourite game?

Ten of Swords · 22-10-2015 12:36am

readyletsgo wrote: »

I couldn't give two s**** who the main character is in a game I'm playing at all, but do people here think it's needed I'm games?

The main problem for companies as they have said is that they would have no problem having main characters being gay/lesbian/bil/trans, but it all kinda boils down to sales

Same, unless the protagonist's backstory is integral to the ongoing plot then it hardly matters.

As for games with LGBT characters there are dozens and have been for many years. EA are a bit late to the party if they think that's edgy! LGBT references and characters have slowly evolved from in-game jokes, to background characters, to supporting characters and finally to main characters.

The first same-sex marriage was 1998 (Fallout 2), first transgender character I think was on the NES (Birdo, Mario bros 2). Rockstar released the game Bully in 2006 where the player character is a teenager (15) and he can optionally kiss several other guys in the game.

Even the new Mortal Kombat game has a gay character.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj--p-ZZR0U

Rick_ · 22-10-2015 11:00am

If anyone is using dedicated emulators for each retro system, instead try BizHawk. It's an all in one, so you only need one program to play a multitude of different systems, right back from Atari up to N64. It works perfectly and adjusts itself to your system capabilities so the games will always run smoothly and look their best. It's the best thing I ever used, and I would never dream of going near JNES, SNES9X or KGEN again. This outshines them any other emulator in every way. Plus the rewind feature is really handy and cool to watch when in action, so if you mess up, no need to use save states, just press rewind and watch yourself play in reverse until you reach the desired moment, then continue as normal, not making the silly mistake as last time!

readyletsgo · 22-10-2015 11:06am

Paddy C wrote: »

If anyone is using dedicated emulators for each retro system, instead try BizHawk. It's an all in one, so you only need one program to play a multitude of different systems, right back from Atari up to N64. It works perfectly and adjusts itself to your system capabilities so the games will always run smoothly and look their best. It's the best thing I ever used, and I would never dream of going near JNES, SNES9X or KGEN again. This outshines them any other emulator in every way. Plus the rewind feature is really handy and cool to watch when in action, so if you mess up, no need to use save states, just press rewind and watch yourself play in reverse until you reach the desired moment, then continue as normal, not making the silly mistake as last time!

Thanks paddy. Would you know if there is a version of this for an android based system? I'm using a gamestick at the moment for nes etc emulators

Rick_ · 22-10-2015 11:27am

From what a quick Google search has found, there doesn't appear to be an Android port of the system, but many people have asked for it. Perhaps keep an eye on their website/forum, I'm sure once it is ported over it will be announced on there.

readyletsgo · 22-10-2015 11:29am

Haha yeah I did a search after I posted :-)

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it more.

Is it like happy chick? that's a terrible app/website thing.

Rick_ · 22-10-2015 2:02pm

Oh, no. It's a whole lot better. It's an actual program that needs to be installed with a lot more complexity and customisation. It (for now) only runs on Windows or Mac. It's very powerful and is probably the best emulator you can get at the moment in terms of game compatibility, console coverage and system stability. It's a fantastic piece of software, totally free and (considering it plays thousands and thousands of ROMs) provides endless possible entertainment... and I became aware of its existence by total accident too, and I'm so glad I did!

I intend using the record feature to capture long play game runs and glitches etc. for a YouTube game page I've started. Rather annoyingly though, someone has the name I wanted to use for my channel, so now I have to go think something else up!

readyletsgo · 22-10-2015 2:11pm

Well post the link when you come up with a name.

Rick_ · 22-10-2015 5:27pm

I was gonna use "Paddy Plays", but someone already has that, but his channel only has 44 subscribers and despite uploading an awful lot of gameplay videos, most only have 1 or 2 views, many have 0.

Need something catchy and fun if I'm gonna be the next PewDiePie, or at least as rich as him!

Ten of Swords · 22-10-2015 7:19pm

Paddy C wrote: »

If anyone is using dedicated emulators for each retro system, instead try BizHawk.

Thanks for the tip, I will check it out, sounds promising.

Lady Inquisitor wrote: »

What is everyone's favourite game?

Hard to pick one, if I had to choose I'd say Silent Hill 2. When I played it years ago I never fully understood it's meaning and the themes running through it, now that I look back on it I realize what a deep and introspective game it was, ahead of it's time. The terrible voice acting lets it down so much though.

Other, newer, games that I like would be Metro (2033 and Last Light) and Hitman Absolution.

26-10-2015 5:30pm

I'm 27 gay guy, out of a 6 year long relationship.

People say good looking ..

and after brake up I signed up to dating hoping to meet somebody to bring home and play PS4 ..

To my surprise people want to do something else haha (not for me) ..

But I love games ..

ixoy · 30-10-2015 1:07am

I'm a PC gamer in my 30s and I'm engaged to a console gamer. Love knows no bounds!
It does mean we sometimes have two copies of the same game but for different platforms.

I favour FPS and open-world RPGs. Looking forward to 'Fallout 4' soon. Games have come a long way since I started playing Sabre Wulf, Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, etc on the ZX Spectrum.

Ten of Swords · 08-11-2015 10:57pm

198123 wrote: »

I signed up to dating hoping to meet somebody to bring home and play PS4 ..

To my surprise people want to do something else haha (not for me)

I would feel misled if told "Come back to mine, I want to play some games with you..." only to be handed a playstaton controller when we get there

readyletsgo wrote: »

Started Project Zero on the Xbox last night in preparation for the new one on the WiiU coming.

Is the new one good? Youtube makes it look nicely atmospheric!

readyletsgo · 09-11-2015 12:39am

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Is the new one good? Youtube makes it look nicely atmospheric!

Yeah, started it yesterday, just finished for the night there now and about half way through it.

I'm really enjoying it, not so much scary, but more, a bit disturbing an stuff. Lots of reading. Using the gamepad as the camera obscura is genius, there is a learning curve to it but I'm still getting the ghosts. The controls do annoy me from time to time, when I want to dodge an attack I always press Y instead of B and I'm brought into a menu. I am getting lost a lot at the moment, prob cause I'm over tired from playing it for two days straight lol. I'll try again tomorrow

It's it looks pretty damn amazing on the WiiU must say.

I also have Devils Third waiting to be started, think that's next on my list.

Rick_ · 03-01-2016 9:00pm

I've started my gaming channel on YouTube, no videos yet but intend recording some soon, not just play-throughs but reviews of some older games, custom ROM hacks and glitch/cheat videos too.

Channel is - pad e Plays if you wanna subscribe.

Ten of Swords · 04-01-2016 8:39am

Sounds good Paddy, give us an idea of what you're putting on it? What system/console at least?

Rick_ · 04-01-2016 10:45am

It will be mainly retro formats, so Gameboy, NES, SNES and MegaDrive. I may do some others depending but it's going to mostly be the classic 8-bit and 16-bit era.

As I say, it will be play-throughs of some games and reviews of others, and special videos looking at ROM hacks/custom games and glitches/cheats for certain games etc.

readyletsgo · 04-01-2016 11:03am

Sounds great! Subscribed

Ash885 · 07-01-2016 7:02pm

Fair play! I'm starting a channel myself, mainly just League of Legends and Hearthstone games when I get my laptop fixed!

Best of luck with it!

Kanhir · 13-01-2016 2:53pm

Gaymer here on the last slippery slope before his 30s.

I'm a PC gamer mostly, but I have the Nintendo consoles too, cos they still make great games even if their consoles can be...misguided.
I've successfully managed to get my other half into gaming. Got him hooked with the South Park game, now I want to ease him into another RPG. Any suggestions?

Looking forward to your channel, paddy!
(I'd love to set up a Let's Play channel, but I think people would be infuriated with how long I take to do things! Too much sidequesting and grinding.)

Any gay gamers in here?

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