Completely OT: Do you play videogames?

[Seaglass]

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I love them - much to my wife's lament. If you're on the xbox 360 go ahead and send me a friends request - Gamertag Seaglass.

 

[DrQuinn]

Huge. Huge.

Even got my wife into playing our Wii.

I requested 5 days off for Halo 3.

GamerTag: Terrie Schiavo

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[docB]

Love 'em! I play on my PC. Love Delta Force and Doom III. Lately I've been playing Hitman - Bloodmoney. The more violent the better. I tend to like to play them after a shift for some reason.

 

[GeneralVeers]

Trauma Center: Second Opinion

 

[kungfufishing]

I cackled at that one veers

 

[Jeff698]

I'm feeling so old.

I play Zelda on our Wii with my 6 year old son.

It is alot of fun, though.

Take care,
Jeff

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Huge. Huge.

Even got my wife into playing our Wii.

I requested 5 days off for Halo 3.

GamerTag: Terrie Schiavo

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Dang it, I want to be an attending.

 

[iatrosB]

I don't think you can go into EM without liking video games.

 

[docB]

Love 'em! I play on my PC. Love Delta Force and Doom III. Lately I've been playing Hitman - Bloodmoney. The more violent the better. I tend to like to play them after a shift for some reason.

You want 100 percocets? <<<BATTLEAXE>>>
And you're allergic to Toradol?<<<CHAINSAW>>>
And only Dilaudid works for your pain?<<<PLASMARIFLE>>>
And just now at the end of your visit did you reacall that you have vaginal discharge? I see. <<<NUCLEAR MISSLEX100>>>

 

[DrQuinn]

Dang it, I want to be an attending.

Actually, getting the time off from work wasn't bad (I am also taking a week off beginning of September, heh), but it was approval from the wifey. She knew how crazy I went during Halo 2, which, in my opinion, was the penultimate time of video game amaze-ment. I was on trauma, worked 80 hours a week, and still played Halo 2, and probably ignored my wife throughout.

Its even harder now, because she's barely working PRN now, and we have a wee 4 month old at home.... luckily she knows not to get in the way of me and Halo!

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[DrQuinn]

Has anyone noticed their taste in video games has changed? I used to play a lot of RPGs and RTS (real tiem strategies, like starcraft, warcraft) back in the day, but nowadays, all I really like are very linear FPS like Halo. I just don't have the stamina to play a long RPG (even Zelda for the Wii, those damn monkeys in the first dungeon pissed me off)....

Granted, I am a mean guitar player on Guitar Hero 2 (always a hit at my keggers). That game just rocks.

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[EM2BE]

I can only play mario bros. I suck at games. I have been told though that when I play video games it is much more entertaining than watching a drunk fool. And yes, that was a major slam. Oh well.

 

[GeneralVeers]

I can only play mario bros. I suck at games. I have been told though that when I play video games it is much more entertaining than watching a drunk fool. And yes, that was a major slam. Oh well.

I highly recommend Dawn of War for the PC. Great RPG with lots of blood/violence and relatively short games.

 

[Sessamoid]

I used to be pretty badass at Quake 3. I actually played Fatal1ty a few times, and he called me "pretty good". That's a high compliment from that guy. Of course, I never beat him, but I at least made him sweat a little for his kills. I think the closest I came was 10-3 on q3t2 on a day when everybody else on the server was getting whacked like 10 to -2.

 

[SoCuteMD]

Has anyone noticed their taste in video games has changed? I used to play a lot of RPGs and RTS (real tiem strategies, like starcraft, warcraft) back in the day, but nowadays, all I really like are very linear FPS like Halo. I just don't have the stamina to play a long RPG (even Zelda for the Wii, those damn monkeys in the first dungeon pissed me off)....

Granted, I am a mean guitar player on Guitar Hero 2 (always a hit at my keggers). That game just rocks.

Q

You have a 4 month old? Did you let us all know?!?! Did I really miss that somehow!

Congrats Daddy Quinn!!!!!

 

[DrQuinn]

I used to be pretty badass at Quake 3. I actually played Fatal1ty a few times, and he called me "pretty good". That's a high compliment from that guy. Of course, I never beat him, but I at least made him sweat a little for his kills. I think the closest I came was 10-3 on q3t2 on a day when everybody else on the server was getting whacked like 10 to -2.

Damn. props to you! He is amazing, I've seen him play. Its just mind-blowing.

I got good at Unreal Tournament 2003, but then Halo 2 came out and that was the end of that....

I've moved from PC now to console games... I got tired of having to get a new graphics card every two years!
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[Sessamoid]

Damn. props to you! He is amazing, I've seen him play. Its just mind-blowing.

I got good at Unreal Tournament 2003, but then Halo 2 came out and that was the end of that....

I've moved from PC now to console games... I got tired of having to get a new graphics card every two years!
Q

Yeah. When I first played him online, I kept thinking, "Is this guy a bot?" He was playing under a different name. But his aim while near-perfect, didn't miss in the way you'd expect a bot to. When he told me who he was, at first I didn't believe him. We later confirmed it through an email at the gaming site he was working at.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

You want 100 percocets? <<<BATTLEAXE>>>
And you're allergic to Toradol?<<<CHAINSAW>>>
And only Dilaudid works for your pain?<<<PLASMARIFLE>>>
And just now at the end of your visit did you reacall that you have vaginal discharge? I see. <<<NUCLEAR MISSLEX100>>>

I have an addiction to Microsoft Flight Simulator 9. It's to the point where I'm trying to work it into my plane crash study simply so I can ask the university to buy me a faster computer and FSX, the new version that just came out that would make my current computer burst into flames if I even tried to load it.

Some screenshots from my hobby:

 

[Jack Swift]

it is good to see you docs still find time for videogames, it gives me hope for a better future

 

[Jeff698]

(even Zelda for the Wii, those damn monkeys in the first dungeon pissed me off)....

That's 'cause you don't have my secret weapon...my 6 year old son!

Take care,
Jeff

 

[Dr. Will]

Has anyone noticed their taste in video games has changed? I used to play a lot of RPGs and RTS (real tiem strategies, like starcraft, warcraft) back in the day, but nowadays, all I really like are very linear FPS like Halo. I just don't have the stamina to play a long RPG (even Zelda for the Wii, those damn monkeys in the first dungeon pissed me off)....

Granted, I am a mean guitar player on Guitar Hero 2 (always a hit at my keggers). That game just rocks.

Q

I've noticed this too. I was a huge fan of RPGs, especially Final Fantasy. FFXII came out in November and I'm still not even half way into it or have the urge to play it like I used to when I was younger. All I keep doing is waiting for Halo3 and the next Gears of War. It must be a time issue. Doesn't take much to play the fps as much as these rpgs.

 

[Sessamoid]

I've gone back to puzzle games after my long obsession with FPS games. Mostly I do sudokus now. I rock those things.

 

[ditch doctor]

Has anyone noticed their taste in video games has changed? I used to play a lot of RPGs and RTS (real tiem strategies, like starcraft, warcraft) back in the day, but nowadays, all I really like are very linear FPS like Halo. I just don't have the stamina to play a long RPG (even Zelda for the Wii, those damn monkeys in the first dungeon pissed me off)....

Granted, I am a mean guitar player on Guitar Hero 2 (always a hit at my keggers). That game just rocks.

Q

I dunno... I finished both God of Wars in one straight through sitting- about 22 or so hours each.

Unfortunately, I have a 2 year old that gets up at 6 am and a wife in school. She didn't buy my excuse that I was "God of War post-call" and wanted to sleep in....

She got both of them for me as presents, so I told her she did this to herself and I was not responsible. She didn't buy that either... oh well....

 

[Febrifuge]

Do I play videogames? Not as much as I should. Rassum frassum school schedule.

Guitar Hero is the shiznit.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Im a madden/college football kind of guy.

Played my buds today and smoke em big time.

 

[Wackie]

I'm still on PS2 Purchased after my original Nintendo finally packed its bags and went home.
The PS2 is kind of on it's last leg. When it gets to the point of having to blow on it in order to get it to work, I may buy another.

 

[iatrosB]

I'm still on PS2 Purchased after my original Nintendo finally packed its bags and went home.
The PS2 is kind of on it's last leg. When it gets to the point of having to blow on it in order to get it to work, I may buy another.

I don't think blowing on the PS2 will work as good as blowing on the nintendo cartridges...i think I extended my nintendo's life by 10 years with that trick

 

[Pontifex Maximus]

GamerTag: Terrie Schiavo

I just picked up the new Madden. Turnover city. Going to be a lot of adjustment.

 

[DrQuinn]

My Xbox 360 just broke! I got the three red lights of death (see Youtube for details) which basically means hardware failure. Microsoft is going to send a box to ship it in, but, dudes, it better get fixed before Halo 3!!!!!

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[iatrosB]

My Xbox 360 just broke! I got the three red lights of death (see Youtube for details) which basically means hardware failure. Microsoft is going to send a box to ship it in, but, dudes, it better get fixed before Halo 3!!!!!

Q

High rolling attending...just go buy another 😉

 

[MonkeyRalph]

My Xbox 360 just broke! I got the three red lights of death (see Youtube for details) which basically means hardware failure. Microsoft is going to send a box to ship it in, but, dudes, it better get fixed before Halo 3!!!!!

Q

Me too!!! I just got the box to ship it to the repair center today. Hopefully, it's a quick repair, and they don't lose all my saved game data.

 

[ThedarnmikeDO]

A nuked 360 on the verge of H3 is a tragedy to rival a fire at an orphanage. I'm currently on my third 360 so it truly never ends.

I recently played through Bioshock which was incredible. Probably the best storylines i've seen in an fps since half life 2. Incredibly engrossing and fun. The Mike seal of approval.

Great story: A couple months ago on a rotation I had to do a ride along with a local fire department. As soon as I entered the firehouse I could hear the sounds of flags being captured and pistols being fired. Gentlemen let me tell you that I spent approximately 24 hours playing halo...eating pizza...and riding at a hundred miles an hour in a massive fire truck. Probably the best night of my life. The End.

gamertag: BUDS DO

 

[ThedarnmikeDO]

Me too!!! I just got the box to ship it to the repair center today. Hopefully, it's a quick repair, and they don't lose all my saved game data.

You didn't send your hard drive right? Because they won't send it back. Seriously call them if you did.

 

[DrQuinn]

A nuked 360 on the verge of H3 is a tragedy to rival a fire at an orphanage. I'm currently on my third 360 so it truly never ends.

I recently played through Bioshock which was incredible. Probably the best storylines i've seen in an fps since half life 2. Incredibly engrossing and fun. The Mike seal of approval.

Great story: A couple months ago on a rotation I had to do a ride along with a local fire department. As soon as I entered the firehouse I could hear the sounds of flags being captured and pistols being fired. Gentlemen let me tell you that I spent approximately 24 hours playing halo...eating pizza...and riding at a hundred miles an hour in a massive fire truck. Probably the best night of my life. The End.

gamertag: BUDS DO

I spent a day with the EMS Director for Sarasota County in FL. Walked into the fire station, and Halo was being played, multiplayer. Now, I will admit, I am damn good at Halo (gotten rusty since I haven't played much H2 in a while), but at the time I was one of the best players.

The firefighter I played absoluytely destroyed me. I think it was 11-4. He was absolutely amazing with the pistol.

Like I said, I have about a week off when halo 3 comes out (requested that bad boy off a LONGGGG time ago). Now the wifey wants to do a small 3 day getaway, which would cut down on my game time. 🙁 Depends if I get my Xbox back in time!!!!! When i saw those three red lights of doom, I let out a Darth Vader-esque SW:EP3 "NOooooooooooooooo"

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[MonkeyRalph]

You didn't send your hard drive right? Because they won't send it back. Seriously call them if you did.

No, I didn't. But thanks for the advice. 🙂

 

[SomeDoc]

Has anyone noticed their taste in video games has changed? I used to play a lot of RPGs and RTS (real tiem strategies, like starcraft, warcraft) back in the day, but nowadays, all I really like are very linear FPS like Halo. I just don't have the stamina to play a long RPG (even Zelda for the Wii, those damn monkeys in the first dungeon pissed me off)....

Granted, I am a mean guitar player on Guitar Hero 2 (always a hit at my keggers). That game just rocks.

Q

Most definitely. I used to enjoy strategy/rpg's, but now I don't have any time as a medical student, and find myself enjoying quick action games like tekken, racing games etc- helps me still get some quick fun for a few minutes before having to turn off the system.

 

[ThedarnmikeDO]

Yeah I basically pooped out on twilight princess....However Oblivion is solid RPG gold. The expansions were such high quality I can't stop playing them even 4-5 months after their release.

Also for all of you who want H3 on a nice screen look into LCD computer monitors I got a 22" widescreen from circuit city and it is amazing....$189+$50(for 360 adaptor). I see no difference between this and 1080p but I also need glasses and I bash into stuff on the road a lot.

 

[Jeff698]

Let me get this out of the way first....

I have no street cred when it comes to video games. I really did buy our Wii for our kids.

Mock me at will.

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, are there any interesting FPS games for Wii? Not that I'm interested or anything.

Take care,
Jeff

 

[Febrifuge]

If you have kids, and/or you're a giant geek yourself, the Wii version of the Harry Potter V game is pretty cool; the wiimote stands in for your wand...

...and the various different spells are determined by wand movements.

It's a fairly short adventure game, and not particularly hard. (I have the PS2 version.) But there are amusing little minigames, and that wii-as-wand thing sounds fun. Plus, it's geeky fun just to walk around Hogwarts and see what's to be seen.

 

[ThedarnmikeDO]

you should check out metroid for the wii...haven't played it but supposedly its jamtastic...also call of duty 4 was decent.

a quirky but funny non-fps is "warioware: smooth moves" makes great use of wiimote.

I apparently never talk to women

 

[ThedarnmikeDO]

Any of you clowns getting halo 3 at midnight release?

 

[Dr. Will]

Any of you clowns getting halo 3 at midnight release?

I need to hurry up and actually get a 360 elite before the launch.

 

[DrQuinn]

Any of you clowns getting halo 3 at midnight release?

I have two pre orders at the local Best Buy. I bought myself the Legendary edition, and my brother the regular ol' copy. Not sure if I have to be there at midnight if I dont' get my x360 back in time. Shipping it out tomorrow by UPS.

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[ThedarnmikeDO]

excellent...so at least I know I have a few people to share some of my prepubescent excitement with. The legendary package is amazing. Quinn you gotta put that helmet on a cat or something and send us pics. Hopefully your box comes in time. I seriously would lose it if my xbox was at some facility getting repairs right now. Indeed even vader would be pissed.

I've somehow gotten myself enravled in a halo 2 tourney at my local gamestop...bottom line...kids are going to cry. Its going to be weird playing again because I used to play in CTF 4v4 tourneys all the time with halo 1. I'm a has been.

Also here is a link to the official TV ad which will begin airing on th 14th. Before you flame me the ad apparently implies some spoilers but according to bungie the ad company knows nothing of the storyline and therefore the ad is not based of game storyline. I think its a cool ad but it doesn't have that kick that the halo 2 tv spot had.

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_5013_en.html

 

[ERresponsible]

Have a Xbox 360, Wii and a new PC graphics card so I can play Gothic 3 (rocks!). My favs are the RPGs and stealth games like Splinter Cell and Thief. Close second are the split screen co-op games I can play with my two sons like Halo, Star Wars and Baldur's Gate.

Of course I'm on three months of out-of-state audition rotations with a laptop that chugs on Solitaire, so I'll have a lot of catching up on Gothic 3 when I get back.

Finally, I lost YEARs to Everquest and DAOC (tried many others others) and have fantasies about playing WOW or some other MMORG after residency. But my rehab counselor says that's not such a good idea .

 

[drewpydog]

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, are there any interesting FPS games for Wii? Not that I'm interested or anything.

I grew up playing the original Metroid, and the new one for Wii is a great FPS. It's space and aliens; Resident Evil 4 is also a good one but it's zombies and blood - it gives me nightmares.

 

[pinipig523]

2 words:

HALO 3

'Nuff said. My 360 is ready, willing, and able! Applications are in and it's time for H3!

 

[DrQuinn]

My X360 is somewhere between DC and Texas, I guess that's where their repair center is. I have heard some people say they got their x360 back wthin 1-2 weeks, Microsoft and the media have been reporting 3 weeks. So we'll see.

In hte meantime, I've borrowed my brother's x360, and used my harddrive, which is apparently where all the save data and account info is, so thankfully my "Terrie Schiavo" account is still active. Dudes I am gonna be so pissed if H3 comes out and I can't play it. I seriously might go buy another xbox360 just so I can play it the first week.

I remember when Halo 2 came out, it was almost like a life altering game. Everyone was nice and played fair and everyone online just seemed to enjoy it. 6 months to a year down the road Halo 2 became a pit of despair full of online cheaters and people losing on purpose to drop their rank (for whatever reason).

That's why the first couple of months of online halo 3 are gonna ROCK!

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[Dr. Will]

So I'm trying to decide on whether or not to buy the elite or just the 360 pro. I've read various reviews that there really isn't much of a difference between the HD picture produced between the two (although the elite has the HDMI slot). Any ideas? Looking forward to playing H3.

 

[leviathan]

I've been playing Counterstrike since the beta 6 came out several years ago up to now with Counterstrike: Source. Great game!