PS2. WARNING: POST CONTAINS POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS
Mrs Vagabond very kindly bought me a PS2 for my birthday when the slimmer, smaller versions came out. This was (I presume)because I'd made vaguely lustful noises when passing shops about how the games looked like fun, and that she's absolutely lovely.

She got me Silent Hill IV, and Wipeout Extreme (or whatever it's called).

We played Silent Hill together - that was relatively fun - one would map read and problem-solve while the other would zombie-bash (not a euphemism).

Wipeout - the interest lasted about ... ten, maybe fifteen minutes.

I just don't get computer games. They make me feel so aware of how many books I have to read, music to listen to, and how many chores there are to do around the house.

I enjoy photoshop - I can disappear into that for hours on end, producing some of the most carefully created and phenomenally pretentious work known to man.

But computer games? Really? It's a beautiful day outside.

We thought about moving a few years ago, and it went into storage. Hasn't been seen since.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:23, 28 replies)

I'm with you on that one
Time vampires, the lot of them.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:35, closed)

I know what you mean
I can take or leave them, on a nice day I'd rather be up Pen-y-Fan to be honest.
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:53, closed)

(definitely a euphemism)
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:57, closed)

Heh, well, either really :)

(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 14:53, closed)

Blimey, wouldn't we all!
(BinDipper, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:58, closed)

That's Welsh for
a dog's arse, isn't it?
(El Fandango carved a big EF onto his nemesis' doublet on .., Tue 4 Oct 2011, 1:21, closed)

I sometimes feel like this
Then Football Manager takes over for a solid month and I come out of it wondering what the fuck happened to my life.
(McChinaman banned, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 13:28, closed)

What does one do in these manager games. Is it just managing resources and budget for the best outcome? Or do you also play the football matches…how does it work?
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 14:25, closed)

In my case
it revolves around two seasons of managing resources and budgets and tactics.

Then I get bored, set up another manager (Dummy McSpend, I name him) at a rich club, then sell him one of my crap players for all of his budget.

And that is how Southend United end up winning the premier league year in year out.

NB: This may only work on Football Manager 2010.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 14:34, closed)

Basically you balance a spreadsheet
and pretend it's about soccerball
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 16:00, closed)

So it could just as well be ‘OEM printer print cartridge reseller manager’
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 17:31, closed)

zombie-bash
is now my go-to euphemism for bishop bashing
(retrac fumble in the jungle, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 14:08, closed)

Slack-jawed, drooling mouth, shuffling gait, obsessive interest in bodies...
...yes, that sounds about right.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 15:35, closed)

Whenever I watch TV I start to think
about all of the computer games I could be playing.
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 16:06, closed)

My Ps2
Is now employed as a DVD player since my old player packed up
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 16:30, closed)

It's cold in November
So I have pre-ordered Skyrim and booked some holiday.

Consider this a rebutal.
( Dervel OTBC, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 16:31, closed)

I see it more as a cry for help.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 16:34, closed)

There's a time for many things, including computer games.
Especially ones like Oblivion or Fallout.
( Dervel OTBC, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 16:38, closed)

There's always time for Elvis.
It's been proven by SCIENCE.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 17:04, closed)

I have spent, between
Fallout 3 and New Vegas, about 600 hours of my life on those games.

I enjoyed it though. I also go out, read books, do active stuff, etc., so I'm not that worried about it.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 17:09, closed)

Indeed
Better use of a big TV than rotting your eyes with some godawful comedy panel show.

Skyrim! Forgot that was coming out. *Puts on amulet of eager anticipation.*
( Scrumper, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 18:02, closed)

The thing that get's me about modern computer games is
There sheer complexity, the amount of man hours required to learn to play them. I really can't be arsed. Give me a mindless shoot-em up with spectrum-esque 2D graphics any day.
(Nitrous Nitrous, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 18:41, closed)

You're outgrowing them.
I often long for the simplicity of games of yore, then I'll play them on an emulator, and realise how shit they really were.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 19:12, closed)

I agree
If I can't muster enough skill to play the game to an enjoyable level in 10 minutes, I can't be arsed.

I've never owned a games console. Can't be arsed.

Although I do play Angry Birds an awful lot!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 18:39, closed)

Should have got Ring Of Red.
Best PS2 game EVER.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Red
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Mon 3 Oct 2011, 19:30, closed)

I thought that was a shit game.
Mind you, I was playing it on Xbox 360.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Tue 4 Oct 2011, 11:15, closed)

:D

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 4 Oct 2011, 19:21, closed)

Nah, you're thinking of a similar game that was ever so popular but was only available on the xbox 360
The Red Ring of Death
(wehttamman via B3ta for microwave, Wed 5 Oct 2011, 6:30, closed)