What are some of your Christmas Gaming Memories, varying from playing them on Christmas to receiving them.
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We mostly received board games, as we could play them with our parents on Christmas day, having the free time.
I think the best of these was "Clue: Master Detective. It was Clue(do) with more rooms, suspects, and weapons. We all doodled in the notes section of the sheets. I still have that game with all the old doodles from the various sessions I've played with friends and family.
I think the best of these was "Clue: Master Detective. It was Clue(do) with more rooms, suspects, and weapons. We all doodled in the notes section of the sheets. I still have that game with all the old doodles from the various sessions I've played with friends and family.
I got Bioshock on Christmas a while ago, along with a few cans of Pimp Juice.
I played straight with 1 break for dinner. Beat on hard mode within 16 hours.
Dat pimp juice, doe.
I played straight with 1 break for dinner. Beat on hard mode within 16 hours.
Dat pimp juice, doe.
I remember getting the Wii and Gamecube in the years both of them came out. I got really excited on the Wii's case where I was a huge Nintendo dork back then.
I got the original Rome: Total War for Christmas back in the day. Felt great letting loose an army of flaming pigs against the Gaelic dogs .
When I was a teenager I got my copy of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VI on two separate Christmases. I had already played both of the games to some extent, and they were already out for years at that point, but the fact that I had them all to myself and I didn't have to share with or borrow from anyone else was really special.
When I was like, 10 I got a Nintendo Gamecube for Christmas and after I opened it I got down on my knees, put my hands in the air and screamed "THANK YOU SANTA"
Because all I had before that was the NES, SNES and Gameboy
Because all I had before that was the NES, SNES and Gameboy
When I was 12, I got a Gamecube for Christmas along with a copy of Shadow the Hedgehog. I was very iffy about getting it because I actually asked for Sonic Adventure 1/2 and knew how 12-unfriendly Shadow the Hedgehog was. My dad then plugged the GC into the TV and insisted I play the game to see if it works.
It was real fucking awkward having my parents watch me play as Shadow shot the GUN soldiers and screamed "DAMN" every time he died.
It was real fucking awkward having my parents watch me play as Shadow shot the GUN soldiers and screamed "DAMN" every time he died.
When I was a little kid I would get pirate CDs for Christmas. Lego Racers 2 on Christmas 2001 was so amazing when I had not much else.
Incidentally, me finding the project file for the CD label on the computer (my dad would create custom CD labels because he had the nifty kit for it) was how I found out that Santa is not real.
Incidentally, me finding the project file for the CD label on the computer (my dad would create custom CD labels because he had the nifty kit for it) was how I found out that Santa is not real.
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When I was 12, I got a Gamecube for Christmas along with a copy of Shadow the Hedgehog. I was very iffy about getting it because I actually asked for Sonic Adventure 1/2 and knew how 12-unfriendly Shadow the Hedgehog was. My dad then plugged the GC into the TV and insisted I play the game to see if it works.
It was real fucking awkward having my parents watch me play as Shadow shot the GUN soldiers and screamed "DAMN" every time he died.
The only things that stand out for me in terms of Christmas Gaming Memories at the moment involve Call of Duty 2, Pokemon Emerald, and a game called Destroy all Humans: Path of the Furon.
Call of Duty had a funny little backstory that started a few months before Christmas.
When Christmas morning 2008 (?) came around I began to open presents and I opened up Call of Duty 2. In that moment I knew I was getting an Xbox 360, it was the cheapass arcade version but I was still glad. After finding a table to put my new gift on (my gaming tv was in a strange place), I tried out some multiplayer matches but gave up due to lack of people. By that time I gave my myself a headache and decided to play another gift, Pokemon Emerald. Of course this did not help my headache and I was out of it until morning.
On Christmas 2009 I got Destroy all Humans: Path of the Furon. Besides some glitches, this game is memorable to me because it taught me that HDMI is the way to go. The gaming TV I was talking about was a small CRT TV with composite inputs. It was good for my Gamecube and PS2 but not for certain 360 games.
Call of Duty had a funny little backstory that started a few months before Christmas.
I just started high school and made some new friends. Somehow I got dragged into teh Call of Dutys. Because my parents were big on the ratings at the time I asked my friends (through PM on youtube of all places) which T rated entries of the franchise were good. All of my friends helped out except one who decided to instead sperg out on the rating system.
On Christmas 2009 I got Destroy all Humans: Path of the Furon. Besides some glitches, this game is memorable to me because it taught me that HDMI is the way to go. The gaming TV I was talking about was a small CRT TV with composite inputs. It was good for my Gamecube and PS2 but not for certain 360 games.
