Introducing people to bad ideas is not something we seem to avoid. The media takes a local tragedy and sends it out for 300 million people to see and while most of us are appalled, one out of every 5-10 million people see the news and get inspired to do the same–law of large numbers in society I suppose. Video game violence is usually like cartoon violence–we know it is fake even if the graphics are great. Still one out of every million or so people is dumb enough to try something they saw in a cartoon so who knows.
The challenges to "beat" a game were far less time consuming. I don't know. So many games today are never ending "get to the next level–get the next item." There was something far more satisfying with the old games, because if you got good enough you could take everything that game had for only a quarter. Many of today's games are never ending, you can never truly "win".
Never thought I'd be on a video game card–my dreams were baseball, or a rock star, or astronaut…or taking the Asteroids record–that is something I dreamed about in around 1980-1981, but never dreamed of the card.
No media coverage for the card except for what was in Ottumwa at Walters Trading card event (2010), or also at a trading card show in Allentown–Walter, Billy Mitchell and a few dozen of us were there.
I first met Walter Day in 2008 at Funspot's annual tournament. I had just seen King of Kong and dusted off my old Eagle machine (I officially broke the record that year–yea me.) Right away he was very friendly and welcoming. Walter is a great guy.
The first video game I remember playing was the home version of Pong in the 1970's (before Atari 2600.) The first video game arcade that I remember seeing was a head to head football game, but breakout was the first that I put a quarter into.
Favorite portable is the Switch. Modern gaming plus older games for download, plus being able to go big screen, hands down, the Switch.
I go for console gaming and usually avoid pc, I collect games and systems–aside from the Xbox One I have just about everything console based. Got to draw the line somewhere and I somehow wound up on the console side of things.
I've been playing a ton of Fortnite on ps4 lately, just a month or two ago my oldest son and I were playing Mario Kart Double Dash. Both kids are playing the new Smash game right now. My favorite genre is action adventure–got to love the Zelda games and Zombie games.
If I could have just one arcade it would be I Robot. I always felt that game had a lot more for me to discover, but I never had enough opportunities to play it.
Favorite console company is Nintendo. Very family-oriented line up so it was something I could share with my kids.
Right now, my favorite single player game is probably Zombie U (I know, a lot of people think that game is horrible, but I really enjoy it.) Multi player right now is Fortnite but playing just about any Mario game or Mario Kart game with family/friends will likely go back to the number one spot after (if) the Fortnite hype ends.
Video games are aimed mostly at the kids still even though adult gamers likely outnumber gamers under 18. Enough adult gamers are still kids at heart, so it all works out.
I like playing with people to make things social. Adding the rest of the world for online gaming is cool, but not quite the same. That being said I also like playing Zombie U with nobody else around–scares the hell out of me!
Capcom is great, but I really can't single out just one company.
What I've learned from playing video games is that time really flies when I'm playing. Not so much else in most cases.
Relieving stress? A fun game like Mario Kart maybe, but most games are challenging which I think can add to stress if you are already stressed.
Most video game inspired movies stink–I watch them anyway.
Q*bert. If you have to ask what makes him special, then you should probably look at him again.
When I think "video games" I think old school cartridges–Atari, Sega Genesis, NES, etc.
All of those elements come into play. Gameplay is number one, I guess.
Getting to the Bosses is as rewarding as beating the Bosses–sometimes the bosses are just a hassle to me, and I want to get back to the regular gameplay.
I'd design a challenging adventure game, futuristic space or zombies maybe. The main character would be somewhat generic–that way the player can sink into the role as himself/herself.
My youngest son, Quinn that some of you may remember from Funspot, the Big Bang in IA plays competitive smash bros. The part that I play in gaming today is that I get to drive him to tournaments. He has a decent rank in the region and he and his partner are unstoppable in doubles. Aside from that I collect, buy and sell games. I have a decent retro collection and I help other collectors by selling the doubles I find.
We are already at a point where social media has met video gaming. Hopefully it will advance and consolidate around a few platforms, but who knows.