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    Original post 

Ahh, console video games (or vidcons as I call them). the ultimate medium of expression, able to convey any emotion ranging from hatred to love, loyalty to fear, all in front of our eyes. Ah, and with lovingly crafted art, music, and the ability to control the action, vidcons are the ultimate combination of the high arts. While I tend to play the stoic, I will be the first to admit that vidcons haven driven me to cry, to scream and shout, to feel actual hate; such is the power of this force beyond our wildest reckoning. And here I am, before you, to temp your tongues with the taint of such a tantalizing topic.

And the Japanese, the true geniuses behind the world of video games. Pah, I throw my scorn upon such incompetents of the West who would mock the true art of the Japanese with 'games' such as Baldur's Gate and Madden. Perhaps it is that the West is not as intelligent as the East, but this is a matter for another day. Japan has given us such masterpieces as the Final Fantasy series, Star Ocean, Wild Arms, and of course, Arc the Lad. Yes, some of the finest vidcons in the world were created by Japanese. I come to you today to ask you in all earnesty, what is your favorite vidcon? I will reveal mine after the grand debate has illustriously begun, but not before the first poster falls victim to my plot of discussion.

In other words, this is a thread on an imaginary forum our avatars frequent. The topic can fluctuate, and its mostly just general discussion.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Sep 2nd 2025 at 7:38:57 AM

clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#77376: Dec 22nd 2022 at 5:29:41 AM

To be honest, I don't know of any video games that are excruciatingly bad, aside from Bubsy 3D.

"This girl named Dawn is endlessly complaining about what she calls 'Mega Evolution Absentia'. She's crazy!" - Dawn
MkayRose Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains! from Blood Fountain Cathedral (Seven Years' War) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains!
#77377: Dec 22nd 2022 at 5:42:11 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moriritchi_sunset.jpg Well how bad a game is like totally subjective but I don't think their existences are without meaning since they show you how "not" to make a game.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/candy_paku_hey.png They also make good subjects for reviews and let's plays, there's a reason why the term "bile fascination" exists here!

When Dracula's Curse is manageable through grand melodies.
Coock-atoo from Null Since: Jul, 2022
#77378: Dec 22nd 2022 at 6:35:36 AM

The_Bubsy has been summoned

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bubsy_slasher_smile.png

Oh, look, a forum thread ! Aren't those programmers wonderful ? Giving you a device to help you discussing with other people !

Edited by Coock-atoo on Dec 22nd 2022 at 3:36:50 PM

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MorganFoulke Mercenary Anarchist Ace from somewhere in the Philippines, France or the US (Pilot) Relationship Status: Abstaining
Mercenary Anarchist Ace
#77379: Dec 22nd 2022 at 6:50:25 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/370f138f_fc25_4e43_9c78_61e0cb72807b.png

[1] Oh. In that case, do you have any vehicles that can briefly visit the moon and steal some of their tech from there? I’ve heard on the hidden communicators that the Lunarians seem to have lots of tech. I wonder if such tech can be made to be compatible with yours…

OOC: See here, if you’re curious…

Yo buddies, still tropin’?
MkayRose Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains! from Blood Fountain Cathedral (Seven Years' War) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains!
#77380: Dec 22nd 2022 at 7:02:47 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/diminutive_diva.png   [1] Hi Bubsy! I'd certainly agree with you as it's fun to discuss the matter of games and the choices for making them.   

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/milktchi_is_babey.png   I know you (Bubsy) have a bit of a messy weputation (mostly just for that thwee d game) I wemember your others being towerable especiawwy compared to Awesome Possum if you ever heard of him. [2]   

When Dracula's Curse is manageable through grand melodies.
Coock-atoo from Null Since: Jul, 2022
#77381: Dec 22nd 2022 at 7:12:09 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bubsy_slasher_smile.png

Being a videogame star, could an opossum and a lizard do that ? I eat opossums (and hedgehogs).

Modifying Bubsy's voice lines in this game is fun.

Edited by Coock-atoo on Dec 22nd 2022 at 4:20:42 PM

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MkayRose Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains! from Blood Fountain Cathedral (Seven Years' War) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains!
#77382: Dec 22nd 2022 at 7:26:46 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lovelitchi_pink_flowers.png Oh, really? Guess that opossum would be in trouble if they met you.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/melodytchi_good.png I still find it funny how that opossum tried to rip off Sonic but so many ripped off his game in certain areas and did it better.

When Dracula's Curse is manageable through grand melodies.
StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS
#77383: Dec 22nd 2022 at 10:00:07 AM

[1] I could cook up something, but what do you need the tech for? I've already bothered the lunarians enough via the translator and the defensive fleets. CenterBrain knows what they might pull out once we start to overpower them...

And besides, we'd basically be doing home invasion, and that's against any healthy sense of morals.

[2] There's Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, which is So Bad, It's Good. There's no enemy driver AI, there's no collision detection, there are no map boundaries, backwards speed is uncapped and your acceleration doesn't care how steep the slope is that you're on. Oh, and you also can't get airborne.
Besides that, any Bethesda game shortly after release? There's also Forager, which I really don't approve of due to how grindy it is, and how boring the puzzles are.
Honourable mention would be No Man's Sky shortly after launch. It was apparently a buggy mess and way too overhyped - in its current state, it's really fun, though.


Unrelated, but since the winter holidays are coming up and I'll have more time to spare, who would want to learn a thing or two about complex numbers?

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#77384: Dec 22nd 2022 at 10:15:36 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/myavatar_92.png Come back to me once you've finished playing SQIJ. Or Hareraiser.

musical euphoria
Tux1 Tulks Delsaine from North Bramson, Auril (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tulks Delsaine
#77385: Dec 22nd 2022 at 11:29:24 AM

[1] Well, I do remember playing this one game Kleiner had down at his lab. It ran on a hacked Combine terminal, I believe. I'm really not sure what the hell was even going on half the time. I guess it was sort of like Prax Wars, but like a messy, overly complicated and ugly version. I mean, I can understand why Game developers would have fell off a bit after the whole shebang.

Man, I really wanna play Prax Wars again. I've wasted countless hours of my life just dumping quarters while off-duty.

I wonder how I could tie Hunt Down the Freeman into this...

Edited by Tux1 on Dec 22nd 2022 at 2:30:04 PM

"I definitely know what science is."
clemont107 Lida from Kalos (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Lida
#77386: Dec 22nd 2022 at 11:43:27 AM

[up]x3 I would love to learn something new about complex numbers. I need a math refresher.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mina_ashido_family_guy_11_26_22.png : Make that double.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/penny_pokemon_family_guy_12_16_22.png : Make that triple. Learning new things is always nice.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mallow_family_guy_1_1_22.jpg : Ooh, new math stuff? A big yes for me!

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peter_griffin_6_22_22.png : You guys seem very interested in something, mind if I join?

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/penny_pokemon_family_guy_12_16_22.png : Shut up, Peter.

"This girl named Dawn is endlessly complaining about what she calls 'Mega Evolution Absentia'. She's crazy!" - Dawn
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#77387: Dec 22nd 2022 at 12:34:03 PM

Terrible video games vary based on a person's interests. I know someone who actually loves playing broken games. Who also deliberately broke several others just for the heck of it.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
GeneralGigan Godzilla from A New Empire Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Godzilla
#77388: Dec 22nd 2022 at 1:34:52 PM

   Cheats are fun! - Monster Under The Bed!Shadow   

SKREEEEEEEONK!
StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS
#77389: Dec 22nd 2022 at 1:36:59 PM

[1] Helixsnake?

[2] Cool! I'll wait for the approval of some more people, I don't wanna hold a lecture for only one person.

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
Cibryll ~Serra~ from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
~Serra~
#77390: Dec 22nd 2022 at 1:49:02 PM

No, a childhood friend from before my accursed Taint matured.
Honestly, I hate being what I am. Would've been better off as a human.

"Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?" / "Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?"
Tux1 Tulks Delsaine from North Bramson, Auril (Experienced Trainee) Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tulks Delsaine
#77391: Dec 22nd 2022 at 1:54:14 PM

[up][up] Complex numbers, huh? Sounds familiar... must have been Kleiner who brought up the topic to me once. You know what, sure, I'll bite.

"I definitely know what science is."
MkayRose Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains! from Blood Fountain Cathedral (Seven Years' War) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains!
#77392: Dec 22nd 2022 at 2:19:37 PM
Coock-atoo from Null Since: Jul, 2022
#77393: Dec 22nd 2022 at 2:30:24 PM

Oh hey Waluigi. How's the Taco Stand buisness doing ?

Edited by Coock-atoo on Dec 22nd 2022 at 11:33:03 AM

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GeneralGigan Godzilla from A New Empire Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Godzilla
#77394: Dec 22nd 2022 at 2:35:25 PM

   [up][up] Umm… hi Waluigi! I’m Shadow!   

SKREEEEEEEONK!
KitkatKK2 Siffrin from ???? Since: Jul, 2022 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Siffrin
#77395: Dec 22nd 2022 at 2:43:46 PM

Sorry I haven't been around in a little bit. I had a lot of cases to investigate, and quite a few minor festivals to avoid.

Just a wanderer.
MkayRose Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains! from Blood Fountain Cathedral (Seven Years' War) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains!
#77396: Dec 22nd 2022 at 3:07:16 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/waaaaaaaaaa.png   [1] Well hello Toad, the taco business is going a little slower this time of year as it's not usually the choice for Christmas dinner (they should consider how nice and spicy they can be for those chilly days). [2] Hey Shadow, nice to meet you!   

When Dracula's Curse is manageable through grand melodies.
Coock-atoo from Null Since: Jul, 2022
#77397: Dec 22nd 2022 at 3:18:00 PM

I hope I could to eat one of your tacos one day. Too bad that i'm more than broke, and that I don't know where the stand is.

Edited by Coock-atoo on Dec 22nd 2022 at 12:18:21 PM

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StepexNo2 Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS from The Complex Plane Since: Aug, 2021 Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Leave your ants ants ants ants ants ANTS ANTS
#77398: Dec 22nd 2022 at 3:20:49 PM

[1] That's fair, real life is more important than an online thread. There's been multiple festivals?


I might do the lecture on complex math tomorrow, because a) it late and b) I need to plan things. I might throw in the exponential function e^x and Euler's identity.

Oh, you're doing a lecture? Can I take a look?

Sure

Edited by StepexNo2 on Dec 22nd 2022 at 12:21:30 PM

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.
MkayRose Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains! from Blood Fountain Cathedral (Seven Years' War) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Zombies do enjoy cereal when not after brains!
#77399: Dec 22nd 2022 at 3:26:20 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/canine_cutie.jpg   Speaking of which, I still miss those taco logs they used to sell at the store.   

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiddie_chick.png   At least they still got the delicious pizza logs! Those are to die for!   

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hapihapitchi_fly.jpg   I still love to try out the apple pie logs which I never seen in that store, they look so tasty! aroo.   

When Dracula's Curse is manageable through grand melodies.
KitkatKK2 Siffrin from ???? Since: Jul, 2022 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Siffrin
#77400: Dec 22nd 2022 at 4:24:27 PM

1 It’s Inazuma, there’s basically one every week. Using the plural was an exaggeration, there was only the one, but they do seem to ramp up this time of year. Just around the time of what is apparently a major holiday in your world. How curious.

Just a wanderer.

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