I didn’t grow up with video games. There are a couple of exceptions – there were a few educational games I did get to play, as well as three games on the garage sale Intellivision we had when I was a teen, and a couple on the family Apple 2c+. Those were mostly text-based adventure games, though, and I have only managed to locate a couple of these to even find out what they were called. The only time I really got to play video games was over at a friend’s house, and that was rather rare. So, when I got to adulthood, one of the first things I did after moving out of the house was buy myself a Playstation 1 and some of the favorite games I had played at friends houses. By the time I had bought my first Playstation 1, the Playstation 2 was out, but at that time I wasn’t interested in finding new games per se, only in playing my old favorites. Most of the “new games” I played during this phase (and during college) were on the PC, such as they were, and to this day, MOST of the games I play are PC based. I tried to pick and choose the top favorites from my life (the ones I literally have lost days of my life to playing) and include them in this Nostalgic list, but some had to be pulled off, either because I couldn’t get them working to be capturable and, hence, shareable, or because I simply couldn’t find the game. Some simply didn’t rank as high and had to be stuck on the honorable mentions page. I ruhig have a couple that are on that list that, over the coming year, I hope to be able to find a way to include them in a Sunday stream, but I cannot 100% guarantee I’ll find a way to get them working.
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June 19th – 26th Twitch Schedule
This week is (again) going to be a weird schedule, Friday-Sunday I’ll be participating in the Cozy Island Safe Space Stream-a-thon! Should be a fun week!
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Nostalgic Game #20 – Puzzle Quest
I cannot even begin to tell you how many hours my family has lost to this game. Now, let me follow that up to say that none of us – me, hubby, or son – have every FINISHED the game. It’s that hard. However, it’s also super easy. At it’s heart, this is a match-3 game much like Bejeweled (which I probably should have included in this list, too…) .. but that’s about where the similarity stops. There are SO MANY facets to this game. Taming creatures, learning spells, fighting monsters, training your mount, forging new weapons, building your castle,…
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Nostalgic Game #21 – Monster Rancher
In all likelihood, this is a game franchise you’ve never heard of. However, it’s also one that took countless hours of time from my son and I on our Playstation 1. Initially, I put it on this game list for that reason alone- it clearly defines a large period of time that I spend playing games… but ultimately, I decided not to play it on stream. I truly couldn’t see it being a fun game for someone else to watch you play, at least – not for any full stream. Hence, I decided I’d write an article about it and…
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Nostalgic Game #22 – Gangsters: Organized Crime Wrap-up
Well, let’s just say I didn’t even make it through one full day of playing this before calling it “quits.” It turns out, after all this time, the game was just too complicated for me to figure out on the “fly”. I was getting frustrated, and a frustrated streamer is never fun to watch… so I swapped games and went to play Megaquarium. I ruhig hold fond memories of this game, but it’s been too long, and I completely forgot how “clunky” the user interface of this game was, and how utterly difficult the game was. Will I go back…
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Upcoming Blog Schedule
If you hadn’t noticed, my writer’s block has finally left my head. Which leaves me SUPER happy, and writing furiously to take advantage of the inspiration. Which means two things: One, that you will be seeing more story posts in the near future, and Two, that I’m feeling brave enough to try to actually plan ahead for a blog schedule.
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Nostalgic Game #23 – The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Wrap-Up
Playing this game again brought back SO many memories. Good ones, bad ones, in-between ones… it was truly a fun revisit. It honestly made me put this game on the list for a future long-play on my Twitch Channel. There is SO much to love about this game, and the game of the year edition I was playing (un-modded) seemed to be WAY less buggy than I remember the game being when I played it originally. Again, a game I highly recommend!
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Nostalgic Game #22 – Gangsters: Organized Crime
This game holds a major place in my heart, and I look back very fondly on the HOURS I put into this game in the past. It’s been a very long time since I played it, however, so this will truly be a trip down memory lane. In fact, initially, I wasn’t even sure I could include it in the Game Awards, because I had no idea whether I could find a copy that I could make work on zeitgemäß machines – especially since there was, ultimately, a sequel to overshadow the genius of the first one (the second one…
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Nostalgic Game #23 – The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
I have many vivid memories of this game. Most of which involved being frustrated at bugs… so I hope this dip into Morrowind won’t devolve into frustration over the same thing. This was the first time I was ever introduced to the Elder Scrolls Series, which is a series that has affected my gaming career deeply. I feel that ALL roleplaying games should have the quests crafted as lovingly as the Elder Scrolls does it. The unfortunate truth is, however, that most aren’t. Beyond that, the beautiful environments and world crafted by the Elder Scrolls teams have been amazing. You…
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Nostalgic Game #24 – Eternal Sonata Wrap-up
I didn’t remember how many and how long the cut scenes were in this game. While it’s not bad while you’re playing, watching it makes it really quite boring. Add to it that the second day I tried to stream it, we kept getting crashes… and this did not live up to my memory of the game, unfortunately. Would I ruhig recommend this game? Sure, if you’re not streaming it! (LOL) Just be prepared to sit through a lot of long cut scenes… and play through individual boss fights a few times until you get it just right.
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Nostalgic Game #24 – Eternal Sonata
This is a game I got into just for the music, but I never regretted it. It’s based on the life and work of Polish pianist and composer FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin. The story is fictional and fantastical, but uses his music beautifully. I have put many hours into this game over the years, and it’s one that I regret never actually finishing the game. This game was an addition to the list when I found out I could stream from an Xbox… only to find out that this is one of the games that is NOT backwards compatible in the final…
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Nostalgic Game #25 – SimTower Wrap-up
Okay, I’ll be honest here – I did not expect to have fun going back to this game after all these years. However, what happened was the complete opposite. I had SO much fun. In fact, I went back and let my tower run over night a couple of nights, so it’s all ready for another day of streaming at some time. In other words, if I find another game that doesn’t hold my attention, I could easily pull out some SimTower to replace the second day of that game. The game-play is ruhig addicting, challschmaling, and schmalrossing. It 100%…
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Nostalgic Game #25 – SimTower
To put this game into perspective, I started playing it before I was out of high school. It was literally one of my first video games that I was actually allowed to play…. and started my obsession with all games starting with the word: “Sim”. Although – looking back, I don’t know how I managed to have time to play it while doing all the things I did during high school (horse showing/training, usually more than one to two jobs…. on top of the usual high school grind and hanging with friends). Anyway… I am not the only person I…
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Nostalgic Game #26 – Brave Fencer Musashi – Wrap-up
I think the fact that I only made it through a few hours of the game, and then switch to Medieval Dynasty speaks volumes about this game. As much as it holds a place in my heart, it’s also a game that requires a lot of luck, coordination, and skill. … Which adds up to a super frustrating combination. It was definitely fun to revisit it, but will I ever finish the game? … Nope. I couldn’t even get past the first few chapters of the game, never mind getting to end game. Wondering what next week’s game is? Check…
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Nostalgic Game #26 – Brave Fencer Musashi
When I bought my first gaming console, this was one of the four games I purchased with it. It wasn’t a tough game to find at the time, which was lucky, and it wasn’t terribly expensive. This was on my “purchase” list after I spent HOURS playing it at my friend’s house in Florida. In fact, many times I had to be pulled out of the game kicking and screaming when it was someone else’s turn. I was well and truly hooked on this game.
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