Of Spectrums & Goron Porn...

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From grimgrizzly :

01. What was the first video game you have ever played?
Space Invaders, built into a table in a hotel. First one I played at home was probably Oh Mummy! on the Spectrum.

02. What was your first console?
Spectrum (yeah, I know it's not a console, but all it got used for was games & eventually writing games)

03. Have you ever visited a video game arcade?
Spent a good part of my childhood in them ^^;

04. What was your first handheld?
Gameboy

05. What was the very first game you beat?
I think it was Yie Ar Kung Fu

06. Games based off of real sports: Yay or Nay?
Nay (although I kind of enjoy THPS)

07. Online games: Yay or nay?
Depends - FPS, yay; MMORPG, nay

08. Do you play any Massively Multi-player Online RPG games?
No

09. Do you play any virtual pet games (Neopets, Teripets, Aftermathzone, etc.).
No - I have a block of tofu called Caitlin on my Facebook, but don't think that counts

10. Puzzle games and Strategy games: Yay or Nay?
Yay - I think I wasted half my life playing Tetris ^^;

11. Do you play any RPGs?
Yep - Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Fallout & Grandia are probably my favourites.

12. Do you play any Platformer games?
Not as many as I used to. Metroid & Kirby will always be favourites though.

13. Do play action-adventure games?
Yep - I really like Zelda, Kingdom Hearts, Seiken Densetsu & Banjo Kazooie, among others.

14. What was the first console/handheld of yours that stopped working?
The aformentioned Spectrum :'(


Characters/Plot

15. Do you actually care if a game has a plot or do you just play games for the gameplay?
I'll put up with below-par gameplay for a great plot, but not the other way around.

16. Name a few video game characters that are your favorites.
Kefka (FFVI), Tingle (MM), Xigbar (KH2), King Dedede (Kirby), Claudia Wolf (SH3)

17. Name a few series that are your favorites.
Final Fantasy, Silent Hill, Kingdom Hearts, Zelda, Metroid, Half-life, Kirby, Seiken Densetsu/Mana series & Chrono Trigger

18. Has a video game ever made you cry?
Yeah - the ending music from FFVII through FFIX and Kingdom Hearts always gets me teary and emotional ^^;

19. Has a video game character annoyed you so much that you wanted him removed from the game?
Axel in KH2 - I didn't mind him in CoM, but once he started speaking... D:

20. Do you pair/ship characters up with one another?
Yes. Frequently and often randomly 8D

21. Do you write video game fanfiction?
Often.

22. Do you draw video game fanart?
Less often and badly, but yes.

23. Do you come up with theories about your favorite characters?
All the time - that's half the fun :D

24. Are you a "fanboy" or "fangirl" of any character?
Not really.

Boss Battles/Villains

25. Hardest Boss Battle
Omega Pirate (Metroid Prime)

26. Most Frustrating Boss Battle
Demon Wall (FFIV)

27. Most Rewarding Boss Battle
Omega Weapon (FFVIII) - not only do you get the satisfaction of beating a really nasty boss, there's the added bonus of a pretty congratulations screen on the menu. That flashes! :D

28. Funnest Boss Battle
Stallord (TP) or Ayame Blackburn (Killer7)

29. Most Boring Boss Battle
Yu Yevon (FFX) - Meh.

30. Boss Battle that dragged out for a long, long time
Emerald Weapon (FFVII)

31. Boss Battle with the coolest music
Gilgamesh (FFV & FFXII) or Kefka (FFVI)

32. Most Surprising Boss Battle
Final Ultimecia (FFVIII) - Wasn't expecting that...

33. What's your all time favorite villain?
Kefka

34. What's your all time least favorite villain?
Probably Ultimecia - no real explanation or motives or anything; she just seemed stuck on. :/

35. Do you ever feel sorry for the villains?
More than I do the heroes, usually ^^;

36. Are there any villains that seem like they should be playing for the good guys, but aren't?
Cid (FFXII) - Moreso seeing as him & Venat are doing something that'd usually be classed as "good".

37. Most malicious villain?
Gotta go with Kefka, for Doma if nothing else D:

Favorites

38. What is your all-time favorite 2D Game?
Final Fantasy V

39. What's your favorite 3D game?
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

40. What's your favorite arcade game?
Gauntlet

41. What's your favorite next-gen game?
(next-gen as in 360/PS3? if so) Team Fortress 2 or Portal.

42. Sequels/long series: Yay or nay?
Yay (series more than sequels - the latter tend to suck as there's no decent ideas left)

43. What's your favorite Online Game?
Team Fortress 2

44. What's your favorite console?
Playstation 2

45.What's your favorite handheld?
Nintendo DS

46. Have you ever got yourself involved in a "console war"?
No - bit stupid, really.

47. Have you ever defended a character/game/console you liked in an argument?
Yes - not fanatically so though.

48. Name a game you enjoy but everyone else seems to hate.
Killer7

49. Name a character you love but everyone else seems to hate.
Xaldin (KH2)

50. Name a game that you hate but everyone else seems to like.
Can't think of one I hate, but FFVII & TP are very overrated to me :/

51. Name a character that you hate but everyone else seems to love.
Can't really think of one - the only character I'd ever say I hate would be Rinoa from FFVIII, and hatred of her is somewhere between common and unanimous ^^;

Miscellaneous

52. Have you ever stopped before you finished a game because it was too frustrating to go on?
Only a couple of times, but I always come back in the end - I'm a persistent bastard if nowt else :)

53. Will you stop at NOTHING to get 100% in a video game?
Not sure I understand the question (it reads like "would I kill my mother because she's distracting me from getting a perfect score in the honey run minigame on KH2" - pretty sure I wouldn't go that far...)

54. Have you ever injured yourself playing a video game?
Quite a few bruised thumbs before controllers got more comfortable.

55. Has a horror/survival genre video game scared you to the point that you refused to finish?
No, although I've came close with Silent Hill a few times ^^;

56. Have you ever thrown a controller/disc/cartridge in a fit of frustration?
No, but I've ducked plenty - growing up with Charlotte you learned to... XD

57. Have you ever blown into certain games to get them to play?
If I hadn't I wouldn't've owned a NES...

58. Have you ever played a game for so long that you missed sleep over it?
A couple of times - my one-sitting, no saves marathon of OoT cost me quite a bit of sleep ^^;

59. Were you ever involved in the Pokemon craze?
I still play :D Never got into the show or TCG though.

60. Last but not least: Do you picture yourself playing video games 10, 20, or 30 years from now?
Barring crippling arthritis or loss of arms, yeah :)


Oh, and I think this might be the best fic ever XD

Comments

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

I can't see the best fic ever. D:

[paulnolan.livejournal.com]

Yeah - you'll need to be a y!Gallery member.

[taure.livejournal.com]

I think Kingdom Hearts is actually classified as an RPG even though it feels like an adventure game.

[paulnolan.livejournal.com]

It's technically an action RPG I guess, but the action side of it is much bigger than the RPG one (Seiken Densetsu is probably the only really balanced ARPG series, so it was a toss-up where to put that; KH is more action-oriented than SD, so action/adventure it is, at least IMO :) )