I want you all to buckle down and prepare for the rantiest rant thread that ever ranted its way through rantville, in fact I don't even know if this is the appropriate section to be posting this for I was considering posting it under the games section, but I am nearing the end of my near three week lack of an ISP. I'm in the middle of moving and my old roommates severed our connection, figuratively speaking, from Comcast in order to avoid being hit with another month's bill. Problem is Comcast is the devil incarnate and operates like a group of rogues contracting to kill you. They bill you on the 18th of every month. Smack dab in the middle, instead of the first like any legitimate company. Those of you who actually keep tabs on my posting, which is unlikely, probably have noticed I have been posting on the forums during that span of time, yet all of this is being composed at my office, so any online activities ceased after my shift ended. So without my connection, at home I had to make do with what I had: a PLETHORA of single player games. Dated ones if that. During this hiatus I learned an important lesson, thus my induction of this thread into the forums:
Life can not progress without the internet.
Many of you probably came to this realization years ago, and personally I thought I had as well. I was SHOCKED at the difficulty it posed to keep myself entertained for more than five minutes. My reliance on my computer was ridiculous.
I learned that there are very few single player games that are worth their weight in gold. I have a cd booklet that probably weighs twenty five pounds full of games, but found myself tossing the cds aside out of sheer boredom. There are a few games that stuck out though. Doom 3 is solid. Rock solid. Initially I discovered Doom 3 was a great SP game, but lacked a little in the MP department. I can safely say, after playing it again this time around, it is the one TRULY scary game, and I love being scared. Now don't get me wrong, theres a great deal of games that are scary but for different reasons. Actually they're all scary for the same reason: something jumps out at you screaming "BOO." It's not hard to abide continually by this cardinal rule of horror, but Doom 3 retains a great deal of value. In fact there were a great deal of times I found myself thinking "there's something down that hall, and I don't want to know what it is." Perhaps I'm easily jittered, but regardless, ID did a BANG UP, and I wish I could underline that to convey emphasis, job on the player models.
I'd really love to continue on making mention to my fascination with actor Frank Vincent I developed after seeing "Casino" for the first time, but to be honest I don't expect a lot of people to respond to this thread, nor know exactly what to make of it, which is fine by me. I just wanted to share my experience with others. I also anticipate a large number of "TLDR" reponses. And most importantly I realized the sheer importance of this forum, and how much entertainment it possessed for me during my time at home when I had my ISP. And for that I am forever grateful.
-Norton
Life can not progress without the internet.
Many of you probably came to this realization years ago, and personally I thought I had as well. I was SHOCKED at the difficulty it posed to keep myself entertained for more than five minutes. My reliance on my computer was ridiculous.
I learned that there are very few single player games that are worth their weight in gold. I have a cd booklet that probably weighs twenty five pounds full of games, but found myself tossing the cds aside out of sheer boredom. There are a few games that stuck out though. Doom 3 is solid. Rock solid. Initially I discovered Doom 3 was a great SP game, but lacked a little in the MP department. I can safely say, after playing it again this time around, it is the one TRULY scary game, and I love being scared. Now don't get me wrong, theres a great deal of games that are scary but for different reasons. Actually they're all scary for the same reason: something jumps out at you screaming "BOO." It's not hard to abide continually by this cardinal rule of horror, but Doom 3 retains a great deal of value. In fact there were a great deal of times I found myself thinking "there's something down that hall, and I don't want to know what it is." Perhaps I'm easily jittered, but regardless, ID did a BANG UP, and I wish I could underline that to convey emphasis, job on the player models.
I'd really love to continue on making mention to my fascination with actor Frank Vincent I developed after seeing "Casino" for the first time, but to be honest I don't expect a lot of people to respond to this thread, nor know exactly what to make of it, which is fine by me. I just wanted to share my experience with others. I also anticipate a large number of "TLDR" reponses. And most importantly I realized the sheer importance of this forum, and how much entertainment it possessed for me during my time at home when I had my ISP. And for that I am forever grateful.
-Norton
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