Gaming Preference

a friend brought up to me that it seems a lot of artists prefer handhelds since they do most of their work at home when they're not at their day job, and most people that have a day job prefer all the home console stuff since you're basically winding down with a game after a hard days work. i find it true for myself since i do most of my gaming on my commute to work and between drawing sessions, but how true is this for everyone else? maybe i'm completely wrong and it doesn't matter what your occupation is...but i'd like to hear what you guys have experienced.

At home. I can usually only get into gaming nowadays when I'm comfortably at home and have at least an hour set aside. If that's not the setting, I usually don't even think about gaming.

re: artsts and handhelds

Interesting observation! I think that might be part of it. I also seem to prefer the types of games on the DS lately over console stuff (Space Invaders X, Contra 4, Professor Layton > MGS4), preferring quick pick-up-and-play games to "gaming experiences". When I do play a game on a console, it's usually some NES thing. Or MAME.

yellerdog - now that you've said that, it may also be due to a preference for older style games? i also like the style of most ds/handheld games over consoles lately. last week i had an urge for a beat-em-up and popped in advance guardian heroes. then i felt like some run and gun action and played a quick game of gunstar heroes. you can play a stage or two and just put the thing down. i'm still playing through etrian odyssey which is super old school, but i mostly play on the train. but again, there's no story in that game and it's easy to put down after grinding a bit.

Yeah, definately. I get my story fix from books and movies, so I'm not really looking for games to fill that gap, y'know? Old style games are all over the portable systems these days. Bust it out on the train, shoot some aliens, put it to sleep when you get to your stop. Solid.

I'd pretty much just play Live Arcade "Pac Man CE" type stuff on a "HD Gen" console, so what's the point?

Bad graphics, you say? Whatever. Imagination filling in the blanks brings me more into a game than "normal mapping"

I like them both

At home, It's not even close for me. Despite the fact I've always had this fixation on hand held systems I rarely enjoy them. I haven't turned my Ds on in about a year now, and can see no reason to in the future. I love pick up and play games, but not the type the Ds and other hand helds provide. Gears or CoD4 are my idea of pick up and play games. I can always return to them any time I feel like it, and don't have to worry about not remembering what it was I was trying to do.

Another large factor is the screen size and audio quality. My forty inch HD tv beats the shit out of any dinky hand held, and I feel it really draws me into the game. More than once I find myself standing eye level with the TV without even realising I ever got up, I'm than engrained in what I'm doing.

The closest any company has come to a hand held for me is the psp. Which I like a lot, with more console style games and less puzzle, wash your cat sims. Metal gear, ratchet and clank, and GTA are more or less what I want to play on the go. However the psp has your typical bad sony design, which really hinders it imo. And even then I usually play that in my house while watching TV. Since outside the house I have no place I would really play it.

Artists' preference for handhelds also might have something to do with the general truth that artist-types are not usually rolling in the benjamins.

I probably play slightly more on consoles, but it's a pretty close split.

I've had steady access to a 360 and didn't use it, so there's that. Found Crackdown fun for about 20 minutes then went back to Pac-Man CE for six months.

I like playing games while I poop. Since most places I poop don't have TVs, handhelds it is!

Home. Case closed. It pains my gamers heart to see so many great serieses like CV and Contra migrating to the handhelds :(

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Originally Posted by Despair

Home. Case closed. It pains my gamers heart to see so many great serieses like CV and Contra migrating to the handhelds :(

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Why do people continue to act like this is a new thing? Those "serieses" have been appearing on handhelds since 1991.

Because "Legacy of War" was so awesome on PS1. More like that! Yes!

For the record, I loved the shit out of the GB version of Contra III.

Home. Handhelds are silly.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

Yeah, definately. I get my story fix from books and movies, so I'm not really looking for games to fill that gap, y'know?

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Same here. In fact, the last thing I care about a game is the story, especially if it's apparently accompanied by or used as an excuse for subpar gameplay.

I prefer to game at home and actually hate gaming on the run. I play my DS at home only, usually to achieve some form of entertainment multi-tasking (i.e. have the TV on while playing DS).

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Originally Posted by Despair

Home. Case closed. It pains my gamers heart to see so many great serieses like CV and Contra migrating to the handhelds :(

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lol has somebody been watching "Be Somebody or Be Somebodys' Fool" lately?

home. even with handhelds i find myself playing them at home. When i am on the go i never have time nor get to busting out the handheld (except for those few and far apart trips to vegas ect.)

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Originally Posted by Grave

For the record, I loved the shit out of the GB version of Contra III.

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Playing on the toilet, I'm sure you did!

I'm much more into console games, but if I'm ever in the car for more than 20 minutes and not driving, I'll definetly bust out the handheld. They're also good for those long waits at the DMV.

I do both. I've even played Console games ont he go and often play handhels sitting at home.

Lunch Breaks currently equate to "One Map of Final Fantasy Tactics" on the PSP. Home I'm most likely in "God I love Oblivion" mode, but I've got a wide variety of other games I need to play.

I've always loved both, since I was a wee lad with an NES and an original Brick Gameboy.

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Originally Posted by Pineapple

They're also good for those long waits at the DMV.

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how many times do you go to the DMV if i may ask?

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Originally Posted by Dyne

how many times do you go to the DMV if i may ask?

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Recently I had to go twice in a week, once just to get to the counter and realize I needed something I didn't bring, the second time to go back with said thing (and I forgot to get one of those 'go to the front of the line' passes when I left the first time).
I also took my sister there a couple weeks ago. We played Advance Wars.

I prefer hand-helds, but I think it's more about the type of style of game I want to enjoy more than anything else.
Most games on the 360 are so deep that they are intimidating to me. When I do play something it's usually on the Wii or the DS these days, with more "gamer-games" like Pac-Man CE or ... umm... .... Pac-Man CE getting my play time on the 360 occasionally.

At home and it's not close. I don't even play handhelds on the go.

I really prefer handhelds. Most of my gaming recently have been handheld. Now that I can put my psone games on my psp I'll get alot of those finished.

I spend most of my gaming time on the pc, but one of these days I'll have to buy some portable device that happens to be capable of emulating CPS2 and NeoGeo games. Then I'll start playing games on the bus or subway or whatever.

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Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me

Why do people continue to act like this is a new thing? Those "serieses" have been appearing on handhelds since 1991.

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If it's something you've heard since 1991, why does it surprise you to hear it now?

At home. I'm always doing shit when I leave the HQ. There's no time to game.

50/50. It really doesn't matter to me one way or another so long as the gaming is good.

James

home

I'm not gay...oh and I bought a DS and no, it isn't that good...but I will be playing this weekend as I am going home and not taking 360

That's how it begins. At first handheld gaming is a nice way to fill in the time when you don't have a console handy. Then you find a strategy game that takes a bit longer than a few spare hours out of the week, or a final boss that needs the concentration you can't get away from home. Or maybe the DS ends up sitting by the bed for a bit of pre-sleep gaming, which somehow becomes a nightly habit. Soon enough, whether it's in several weeks or several months, handheld gaming becomes part of the routine, and as valid as any console or arcade machine.

You've been warned!

James

In the GBA days, I played handhelds most of the time. With the DS, I have five games.

Picross--OK, I wil be playing this a lot this weekend. My biggest beef is that the DS resolution is too small for big puzzles. Honestly, even with the touching, I think the PSP would be better for this game solely because of this.

SIE--good game...I still haven't read up on the scoring system...really should be a XBLA game though.

Nanostray--not as good as SIE, but decent...not really a great portable game though...and my hands hurt playing it

Contra 4--the two screens kills it for me. Better on XBLA.

Geometry Wars--this game sucks, pretty much.


The problem is that I don't have a good RPG for it. Don't know what to buy. I'd like to play an older one first partially because I have a good string of 20 dollar purchases.

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Originally Posted by Nash

Playing on the toilet, I'm sure you did!

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Rep +1

:lol:

If I could play all of my PSP and DS games on a console instead, I probably would. And while I do like a lot of "old" style genres, there's MAME, and there isn't a single piece of software better than MAME.

So yeah, home.

I mostly play at home. I only game on the go when traveling across the country.

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SIE--good game...I still haven't read up on the scoring system...really should be a XBLA game though

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What is this, a shooter?

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Why do people continue to act like this is a new thing? Those "serieses" have been appearing on handhelds since 1991

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Maybe because that wasn't where we were seeing the real next instalments to series?

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Originally Posted by Josh

Home. Handhelds are silly.

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chalk another one up for an artist who plays handhelds more than home.

I'm another artsy-fartsy type who plays more handhelds. It's a combination of finding pick-up-and-play games (Contra, Layton, Tetris, Mario Kart), being on the go, and just having more opportunities to play. If I come home and a roommate is hogging the 360, I just chill and play DS. Or if I'm working on a freelance project and waiting for assets to download (guh) or files to save (bah!), having a portable to kill 5 minutes is so nice!

Granted I've been playing a lot of console games since getting a 9-5 job for the same reason as previously stated. Sometimes it's nice to decompress after work playing a console game.

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

The problem is that I don't have a good RPG for it. Don't know what to buy. I'd like to play an older one first partially because I have a good string of 20 dollar purchases.

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The World Ends with You is easily the most original RPG in a long while.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

Bad graphics, you say? Whatever. Imagination filling in the blanks brings me more into a game than "normal mapping"

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<3

I did a class illustration project on this - reconnecting my childhood to games and how simple games forced me to fill in the visual blanks. Not so sure I still have as active and strong of an imagination though...

I play a lot more handheld games than anything else. And it's all because I can do it while watching baseball, TV, or movies.

Consoles for me unless the TV is occupied and then it is handhelds.

sometimes if i'm playing a console game at home i feel as if i'm wasting time or something. the last console game i devoted any long amount of time to was dragon quest 8. i'll play some fighters, strider 2, or a random shooter for quick fixes. also, i could never split my brain between gaming and watching tv/a movie. it's one or the other.

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Originally Posted by Timber

I play a lot more handheld games than anything else. And it's all because I can do it while watching baseball, TV, or movies.

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Its all he ever does -Truth-

I prefer the console games more myself, i play tetris on my DS and thats only when im droppin' a duke

How long are you guys in the bathroom?

a lot, lol

it all depends man, Timber is always in there forever though. I'm waiting for the day when I have to shit in the garbage disposal, it's been close at times. A "photo finish" if you will

Home. I've never been much of a handheld gamer, and I'm not on the go enough to actually put enough time into a handheld game, so when I do play them, I'm sitting at home or something.

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Originally Posted by Rem

How long are you guys in the bathroom?

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Quite a while. But I prefer to read Star Wars & Star Trek novels while I'm on the shitter. I rarely bring my SP or DS in with me. But Elkino has made sure my copy of Tetris DS has logged more hours in a bathroom than any other copy on earth.

That's just so disgusting to me, I would never imagine bringing my games in the bathroom, or books for that matter. However I bring my i pod in their with me, with the rational that it has a case, flimsy yes, but it gets me by.

This may come as something of a surprise but people don't tend to wipe their ass with video game consoles. Not until they come in two-ply quilted, at any rate.

James

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Originally Posted by Rem

I would never imagine bringing my games in the bathroom, or books for that matter.

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It's like you don't even know what the room is for.

We have two bathrooms in this apartment. I'm not sure if we've played toilet-to-toilet Tetris yet, but we should. I will hook this up on the weekend.

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But Elkino has made sure my copy of Tetris DS has logged more hours in a bathroom than any other copy on earth.

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That is totally true :tu:

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That's just so disgusting to me, I would never imagine bringing my games in the bathroom, or books for that matter.

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:cry: don't be such a pussy :p

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Originally Posted by Grave

We have two bathrooms in this apartment. I'm not sure if we've played toilet-to-toilet Tetris yet, but we should. I will hook this up on the weekend.

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If we had more than one bathroom here, I'd make Timber play Battle Ship with me on DS, that would be epic. Also keep us informed on the Tetris shit battles, lol. Im curious how this turns out

Handhelds, for convenience. And I need to get back into art... *-neo

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Originally Posted by James

This may come as something of a surprise but people don't tend to wipe their ass with video game consoles. Not until they come in two-ply quilted, at any rate.

James

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I prefer me consoles at least 4 feet away from my feces.

A friend of mine spends hours on the john reading comics. The bathroom is affectionately dubbed the library.

I can't say I've never taken reading material with me on a trip to the bathroom, and the same applies to video games. As long as I refrain from dropping it in the toilet I don't see a problem.

I don't know how people can sit on a toilet for more than ten minutes or so, unless they have some posh toilet seats.

or problems pooping.

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Originally Posted by James

This may come as something of a surprise but people don't tend to wipe their ass with video game consoles. Not until they come in two-ply quilted, at any rate.

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The DS folding in half is close enough, isn't it?

It took me a while but I've finally realized that the bathroom is for reading. Recently I demolished a Howard Hughes biography this way.

Home 100%. If I'm out, odds are I have no time to play anything and I've never felt comfortable holding a portable and staring at a tiny screen with dog doo sound to boot.

I always found it weird that people read on the toilet. When I gotta go, I go and I'm out. People who have the time to read books need to see a doctor or something, your ass isn't working right.

Indeed. TNL's jadedness is probably from constipation.

I prefer to play games at home, and I prefer to play on a bigger screen. I play portables often but it's more for the exclusive games than the portability.

I prefer to play at home on the computer. Even for console games, which is why I like emulation so much.

I really dislike handhelds most of the time. I am far more comfortable with a console controller than with handheld controls, and I actively avoid touchscreen games since they make my dumb hands uncomfortable. The PSP also gives me hand cramps for some reason. I keep my DS and some select GBA or non-touchscreen DS games around for inbetween classes sometimes, it's a nice option.

Consoles, all the way. I've never really gotten into PC gaming at all since I dislike keyboard/mouse setups for hand reasons, and they don't typically have nice controller configuration schemes.

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I prefer to play at home on the computer. Even for console games, which is why I like emulation so much.

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This is the same with me. If I can play something on my PC, I do. Even with the consoles six feet away, I get a better video connection, more controller options, less clutter, and all of that good stuff on a PC.

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Originally Posted by Nomi

The PSP also gives me hand cramps for some reason.

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This happens to me as well; playing PSP aggitates the shit out of my carpal tunnel. It's too thin or something.

i hate the PSP, it sucks

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Originally Posted by Elkino1

i hate the PSP, it sucks

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You're confusing "Not as good as it could be" with "suck".

James

nah man, I had one for about a month then traded it away. I thought it sucked

No accounting for taste I guess.

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

Home 100%. If I'm out, odds are I have no time to play anything and I've never felt comfortable holding a portable and staring at a tiny screen with dog doo sound to boot.

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what kind of sound are you looking for? if the music/sfx are good it doesn't really matter to me what it's comming out of. it can still be enjoyable.