Welcome to the Next Level, a.k.a. The Video Game Thread Options

[sweetbutinsane]

It's always best to give the museum the first of each species you catch. I've had Animal Crossing for six years and there are some fish I have only ever caught once, so if I'd sold that one I'd not have a museum specimen.

I still haven't caught a coelcanth. Not ever.

Aside from the first few fish I caught (which thankfully weren't too rare and I have since caught again), that's what I've been doing. I like seeing the museum full of cool things instead of being boring and empty.

[Silky]

I treated myself to Civ 5 today and I'm really enjoying myself. It's a nice change of pace from Bad Company 2.

[GundamGuy_UK]

Aside from the first few fish I caught (which thankfully weren't too rare and I have since caught again), that's what I've been doing. I like seeing the museum full of cool things instead of being boring and empty.

I just need that one blasted fish to complete the museum, and to get my gold fishing rod...

Which version of Animal Crossing do you have? I have Wild World on DS.

[logger]

Finally started playing Heavy Rain. His kid was retarded, I'm glad he's dead.

And now he's gone and lost the other one.

[sweetbutinsane]

I just need that one blasted fish to complete the museum, and to get my gold fishing rod...

Which version of Animal Crossing do you have? I have Wild World on DS.

I feel like I've donated so many different kinds of fish but I have a feeling I'm nowhere near catching one of each kind yet.

I have the same one (only I'm playing on a DSi). There's a fireworks display in about five minutes, apparently. I'm rather excited.

[GundamGuy_UK]

Take advantage of all the bugs while you can, summer is bug season for most species (some only come out at night on palm trees, these are semi-rare and also worth a LOT of money - goliath beetles and so on). They'll all be gone by the end of August.

Don't be in too much of a rush to pay off your loans, because that's a huge chunk of the 'game' portion of it. That said, I've had the same town for over five years now.

[sweetbutinsane]

Speaking of palm trees, I planted a coconut the other day but didn't realise it had to be near the beach so it died. Hopefully another one will wash up soon.

[GundamGuy_UK]

I love Animal Crossing. There's so much to do, but none of it is important. No pressure, no deadlines, no objectives, no achievements. The only "goal" is to pay off your mortgage, and you can take as long as you want over it.

[Silky]

I love Animal Crossing. There's so much to do, but none of it is important. No pressure, no deadlines, no objectives, no achievements. The only "goal" is to pay off your mortgage, and you can take as long as you want over it.

Isn't this life?

[GundamGuy_UK]

Isn't this life?

Sadly, "I couldn't pay off my mortgage because I was too busy having a bug catching contest with a talking duck" isn't a valid excuse in real life =P

[Silky]

Sadly, "I couldn't pay off my mortgage because I was too busy having a bug catching contest with a talking duck" isn't a valid excuse in real life =P

If only it were.
I've never had an interest in Animal Crossing, but this conversation is rousing my interest.

[Llama]

If only it were.
I've never had an interest in Animal Crossing, but this conversation is rousing my interest.

Same here. Not because I didn't like the sound of it, I just genuinely knew nothing about it past the title.

[Silky]

Same here. Not because I didn't like the sound of it, I just genuinely knew nothing about it past the title.

Ditto.
I might have to steal the Wii from downstairs.

In Civ news, I did enjoy the irony when my friend told me that he got nuked...by Gandhi.

[zeden]

In my experience playing Civ Ghandi has come out head and shoulders above all others as the most aggressive bugger of the bunch, always picking a fight he can't win against me. And this is a game with Ghengis Khan as a playable leader. I wonder if it's some sort of inside joke, having him be so prone to war.


Almost finished Deadly Premonition, just got the epilogue to play and ho-ly crap is it incredible. I'm not saying a word about the latter stages of the game as anything might give the game away, but damn does it change a lot and I'm certain no one could play the opening ad have any idea of how it ends. Writing about it is going to be a bugger when I get around to it, I'm going to have to figure out how to be incredibly cryptic about it.

[monkeyman]

You should write it all unspoiled but have a footnote of spoilers for people who either have already finished it, or will play it because of what you've written.