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Finding the time to game

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  • #32
    o1s1n
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    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    And got another 30mins on Chronotrigger, I have found my happy place!

    An hour and 30 min on one game? This is a breakthrough! :D


  • #33
    Hesthea
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    He probably locked the door so that no one could bother him! :D


  • #34
    CiDeRmAn
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    Hesthea wrote: »
    If you can't manage time to play because of your gf or bf, why don't you invite them to try a few?
    They might like it and join you in the fun.

    Ah, you're new, so the fact that my wife can't abide by videogames wasn't apparent to you, it's lucky I get to keep them in the house at all!


  • #35
    Hesthea
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    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Ah, you're new, so the fact that my wife can't abide by videogames wasn't apparent to you, it's lucky I get to keep them in the house at all!

    That is because she haven't found one that suits her... or not!

    Anyway! If nothing works go for her soft spot! (whatever that may be!) x)


  • #36
    OwaynOTT
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    Hesthea wrote: »
    That is because she haven't found one that suits her... or not!

    Anyway! If nothing works go for her soft spot! (whatever that may be!) x)

    The perversness is strong in this one.


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  • #37
    OwaynOTT
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    Oh just noticed I put 100 hours into fire emblem. Come on Cidey get the fibger out


  • #38
    CiDeRmAn
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    Hesthea wrote: »
    That is because she haven't found one that suits her... or not!

    Anyway! If nothing works go for her soft spot! (whatever that may be!) x)

    She used to like Duck Hunt, she won a NES long before I met her, but her then boyfriend took it rather badly when she kept beating him, so lets just say it became safer to lose, and so was set her opinion of videogames.
    I am a bit aspergers about it all tbh, my collection is more like a hoard and so, perhaps, she is right to reflect another pov, given that if she was behind it I'd have spent every cent we have on gaming.


  • #39
    CiDeRmAn
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    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Oh just noticed I put 100 hours into fire emblem. Come on Cidey get the fibger out

    But I don't have a fibger!
    What's a fibger?


  • #40
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,636 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    But I don't have a fibger!
    What's a fibger?

    It's kinda line hamgin, you do have a hamgin right? No horde is complete without a hamgin or a fibger.


  • #41
    OwaynOTT
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    Oh and I lied when I said 100, it was a 155!


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  • #42
    Optimus Prime
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    Ive been playing my 3DS a lot lately after not touching it for about a year. I find it easier to get the time to play that for some reason.


  • #43
    Atavan-Halen
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    keithgeo wrote: »
    Ive been playing my 3DS a lot lately after not touching it for about a year. I find it easier to get the time to play that for some reason.

    It's probably the pick up and play factor. I find it easier too to play a handheld, as it's much easier then setting up a console.


  • #44
    The Last Bandit
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    keithgeo wrote: »
    Ive been playing my 3DS a lot lately after not touching it for about a year. I find it easier to get the time to play that for some reason.

    Lugging the PS3 into the jacks is a bit of a hassle tbh unless you're planning on a significant 'movement'.


  • #45
    MrVestek
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    Hesthea wrote: »
    That is because she haven't found one that suits her... or not!

    Anyway! If nothing works go for her soft spot! (whatever that may be!) x)

    Believe it or not some people just don't like video games as an entertainment medium full stop.

    I was like you once... full of hope and optimism...


  • #46
    Optimus Prime
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    I find it hilarious my wife will spend 2 hours fishing in Animal Crossing, but wouldnt EVER go fishing in real life.


  • #47
    MrVestek
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    keithgeo wrote: »
    I find it hilarious my wife will spend 2 hours fishing in Animal Crossing, but wouldnt EVER go fishing in real life.

    You need to get her a copy of this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UDG0HWd9yE


    Absolutely not the best game ever!


  • #48
    Myrddin
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    keithgeo wrote: »
    Ive been playing my 3DS a lot lately after not touching it for about a year. I find it easier to get the time to play that for some reason.

    Wait till you get the XL, it's amazing :)


  • #49
    Optimus Prime
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    It arrived last week, its at home in a press though until my birthday in March.. Ive been warned not to go near it haha..


  • #50
    Myrddin
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    keithgeo wrote: »
    It arrived last week, its at home in a press though until my birthday in March.. Ive been warned not to go near it haha..

    Have you played Between Worlds yet? You're in for a treat if not :)


  • #51
    Optimus Prime
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    No, it came with it so im going to wait and play it on the XL cant wait to be honest, LTTP is one of my favourite games ever so looking forward to it.


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  • #52
    Myrddin
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    keithgeo wrote: »
    No, it came with it so im going to wait and play it on the XL cant wait to be honest, LTTP is one of my favourite games ever so looking forward to it.

    Do, wait for the birthday so. The game deserves the bigger screens


  • #53
    CiDeRmAn
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    Sob....
    I want an XL...
    Or do I want to save for a PS4...
    Or a 2ds....
    My mind is going!


  • #54
    Myrddin
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    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Sob....
    I want an XL...
    Or do I want to save for a PS4...
    Or a 2ds....
    My mind is going!

    Get an XL. The 2DS can wait surely, considering you already have a 3DS...it's simply a less functional 3DS. The PS4 too can wait, at least another year. XL all the way


  • #55
    Shapey Fiend
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    I'm inclined to do a lot of my gaming these days on a laptop or a phone. That way I can be in the living room while girlfriend/family are watching tv/reading and I'm only being partially antisocial rather than holed up in a room on the other side of the house like the grumpy teenager I really am inside.


  • #56
    OwaynOTT
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    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Sob....
    I want an XL...
    Or do I want to save for a PS4...
    Or a 2ds....
    My mind is going!

    Get both! The Luigi XL and a US 2DS and I'll buy them off you so you can bother the funds towards a ps4. And when you sell that buy the Zelda XL.


  • #57
    CiDeRmAn
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    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Get both! The Luigi XL and a US 2DS and I'll buy them off you so you can bother the funds towards a ps4. And when you sell that buy the Zelda XL.

    For a moment I thought you were helping but now I think you are, indeed, mocking me.... I'm watching you Mr OTT, if that is your real name....


  • #58
    OwaynOTT
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    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    For a moment I thought you were helping but now I think you are, indeed, mocking me.... I'm watching you Mr OTT, if that is your real name....

    Sorry.

    Do get an XL though, if you don't have one and those Luigi ones well be future hard to get ones. Also then proceed to get Fire Emblem and SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked. And an US 2DS for the likes of a Code of the Princess (the spiritual successor to that Guardian Heroes lark), which is a side scrolling beat 'em up, your fave.


  • #59
    CiDeRmAn
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    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Sorry.

    Do get an XL though, if you don't have one and those Luigi ones well be future hard to get ones. Also then proceed to get Fire Emblem and SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked. And an US 2DS for the likes of a Code of the Princess (the spiritual successor to that Guardian Heroes lark), which is a side scrolling beat 'em up, your fave.

    We shall see, I might have a line on a cheap, new 3ds:XL, not sure... Not one of the limited edition models but that's OK.
    The Luigi one is lovely though.
    If the XL works out I'll put my next gen ambitions on hold and keep my lovely GB Micro, and Ibara as well.
    Place would look bare without them!


  • #60
    [Deleted User]
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    Shapey Fiend wrote: »
    I'm inclined to do a lot of my gaming these days on a laptop or a phone. That way I can be in the living room while girlfriend/family are watching tv/reading and I'm only being partially antisocial rather than holed up in a room on the other side of the house like the grumpy teenager I really am inside.

    This is the reason I keep my cabs/pc/xbox in the dining room,
    The missus is watching telly in the sitting room and im gaming I'll shout in "want coffe?" every now and then to pretend im there!
    most of the time she ends up making it as Im too busy shouting at the screen with serious profanities!


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  • #61
    o1s1n
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    Dining room is definitely a good idea. Having them in the sitting room itself poses it's own problems.

    The FrancoB headphone jacks are a godsend for cab gaming with people in the room. Although sometimes you'll still get complaints about clicking buttons/arcade sticks. Raiden 2's lack of an autofire button is particularly bad for it :pac:

    And then there are the profanities..


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