Yes... I sir, am a gamer.

[Pestilencemage]

So you just pick up a game and are instantly good at it

Yes... but that isnt a gift, it is a earned trait. Let me just list SOME of the games I have... Only the ones available on my steam account RIGHT NOW.
Not all are Installed (I'll put * in front of the 10 currently installed and one more * for Red Orchistra 2 that is reinstalling right now)
This list does not count the LARGE number of game DVDs/CDs that consume the shelves of my desk.
This list does not count the MASSIVE number of games in my "RETRO" box stored away NEXT to my desk.
This list does not count the GREAT MANY games I... didnt buy... stored on my external hard drive or burned to DVDs.
This list does not count the HANDFULL of games I have from OTHER Online distribution sources such as Origin or Direct from creators IE Minecraft
ONLY the games on my STEAM account! I even kicked out any derp crap like Ricochet and Half-life deathmatch/blueshift BS that doesnt count.
I didnt even add any of the many mods to these games I played the bajesus out of.
Here it goes:

688(I) Hunter/Killer
Aaaaaa! A Reckless Disreguard for Gravity
AI WAR Fleet Command
Aliens VS Predator
Altitude
ARMA II
Arx Fatalis
The Ball
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Battlestations Midway
*Battlestations Pacific
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Blood Bowl Legendary Edition
*Borderlands
Call of Duty Black Ops
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Chime
Company of Heroes Tales of Valor
Counter Strike
Counter Strike Condition Zero
Counter Strike Source
Dangerous Waters
Dark Messiah Might and Magic
Darkest Hour Europe '44 - '45
Darksiders
Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat Source
Defcon
Deus Ex Game of the year edition
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Deus Ex Invisible War
Eets
Empire Total War
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Family Fued Collection
Fleet Command
Flight Control HD
Freedom Force
Freedom Force VS The 3rd Reich
Frontlines Fuel of War
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior Ten Hammers
Gish
Grand Theft Auto IV
Greed Corp
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 Episode One
Half-Life 2 Episode Two
Homefront
Just Cause
Killing Floor
Left 4 Dead Game of the Year Edition
Left 4 Dead 2
Men of war
Men of war Red Tide
Metro 2033
Monday Night Combat
Mount & Blade
*Mount & Blade Warband
Mount & Blade With Fire and Sword
NINJA Reflex Steamworks Edition
Overlord II
*Payday The Heist
Poker Night at the Inventory
Portal
Portal 2
PAM Post Apocalyptic Mayem
Prey
PsychoNauts
Ragdoll Kung Fu
*Realm of the Mad God
Red Faction Guerrilla
*Red Orchestra 2 Heroes of Stalingrad
Red Orchestra Ostfront 41-45
Rock of Ages
ROME Total War Gold Edition
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of chernobyl
Saints Row 2
Saira
Sam & Max Episode 1-5
Savage 2 A Tortured Soul
*Sequence
Shattered Horizon
The Ship
Civilization V
Sniper Elite
Star Wars The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition
Street Fighter IV
Sub Command
Tank Universal
*Team Fortress 2
Terraria
Texas Cheat'Em
Torchlight
*Toy Soldiers
Trials 2 Second Edition
Two Worlds Epic Edition
Universe at War Earth Assault
Dawn of War II
*Dawn of War II Retribution
Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
*SPACE MARINE
Worms Reloaded
X-Com Apocalypse
X-Com Enforcer
X-Com Interceptor
X-Com Terror from the Deep
X-Com UFO Defence
Zeno Clash

Yes, I played and beat (or played ALOT of in the case of unending games) ALL these games, and Thousands of others. So I have clearly EARNED the ability to pick up and master games at a rapid pace. I've been doing it sense I was a little boy playing ROGUE and Loderunner on what we then consitered to be computers. Jamming away at Atari, Playing our Nintendo, Super Nintendo... Playstation... I've been playing games for TWICE as long as Many of you have been alive. My game time, in hours... might actualy exceed the lifetime of some of our server's residents.

This 'aint my first rodeo cowboy. I can ride that bull.

[Midevele1]

Your wife has no control over you i take it. Good.

[DreadsEye]

Soo... where is this of any importance other than increasing the size of your digital genitalia ?

[harark1]

Soo... where is this of any importance other than increasing the size of your digital genitalia ?

I'm sorry but save that answer for the genital forum.

[Pestilencemage]

I suppose it serves as a resume. If your looking for good games to play, I know of many.

[harark1]

What is your favorite video game you've ever played?

[Pestilencemage]

#1 best game of all time is X-COM UFO DEFENCE
--(Ancient game I played in Middle School, it's got a proper version comeing out soon that would do you better to play)
followed by Maniac Mansion
--(Should still be mildly fun without nastalgia, but will take you ages to figure out without a cheater walkthrough. "delux edition" is probably available for free download)

But my Favorite game is Red Orchestra.

Red Orchistra is a FPS WWII game that focuses on the Eastern Front of the war (Although Darkest Hour mod switches Russians out for US and British forces quite well)
It is Multi-player and there are servers that host a whopping 50 vs 50 battles. There are several game modes based on map but all are general varriants of point capture gameplay. By this I mean some maps have un-recappable points and some contain ALL un-recappable points makeing say... Germans defend agenst Russian attackers.
Weapons are VERY deadly and realistic in the game, and takeing a shot to the chest from a K98 standard issue rifle will be fatal. Although you can survive a shot to say the hand (that would probably make you drop your weapon though) or leg (that would slow you down consiterably). The game can therefore be camper friendly and hostile to newcomers. Machineguns are extremely deadly! A setup MG42 can make an area virtualy unaccessable to enemies so long as it's user can keep the firerate low and avoid overheating the barrel (would require a barrel change). Yet another realistic unique charictoristic of Red Orchistra is that teams can only have so many of each class based on map. Your team can only have say... one sniper, 2 MGs, 5 assaults, one commander (has access to limited number of artillery strikes and costs more tickets to respawn to discourage commander death) and the classes can choose between the available weapons also based on map IE MG42 or MG30, Bolt action or semiauto sniper rifle, MP40 or semiauto rifle or MP44 for assault and the like. All this makes for realistic WWII battles unseen in ANY other game. BUT THATS NOT ALL!

Red Orchistra also has Tanks and vehicles! Some maps are infantry only, some are pritty much all tanks (with several servers that ONLY play large tank maps), and some are mixed with either a tank or 2 supporting infantry or many tanks with infantry as well. Tank combat is unique in RO too. It is all 1st person. Sitting in the commander's seat, you would start in the hatch down position with view limited to viewports. Rolling the mouse scrollwheel up would open the hatch and allow better viewing, but exposes you to incomeing small arms fire or HE shells from enemy tanks. (I THINK it also slightly compromises the integrity of the hull to have the hatch open). Up again would bring up your binoculars to better spot enemy tanks at a distance (some maps can be HUGE). The commander cannot fire or drive the tank though... you'd need to switch to the driver's seat to drive or the gunner's seat to fire the main cannon or attached coaxle MG, usualy a seat for a front mounted MG as well. Ballistics for tanks are also realistic, accounting for sloped armour and such. No HP here, rounds can bounce off the hull and do nothing, or penitrate the engine and make your tank immobile. Reload times are spacific to the tank and SEVERAL tanks and vehicles are available for even the un-modded game. Pz3, several varriations of Pz4, Tigers, Panthers... T34, T78, IS, T85... Half tracks... Tank Destroyer Stugs... Maps can add vehicles on their own to have verriants on vehicles and infantry can take on tanks with Panzerfousts. Maps can layout weps for pickup by classes that dont start with them (tanks maps generaly have AT classes with AT rifles, Panzerfousts, or satchel charges that do the job agenst unwatchfull tankers).

The game is made to give individual maps TONS of control over the game, makeing community MAPS able to make unique experiences without mods. The game is a fantastic FPS with realism and varriety. Think Battlefield with realism and requireing skill (though minus airpower ) and your almost there.

It's the details that really make the game great. Little things like the ability to run whyle ducked OR standing, Being able to steady your weapon agenst any surface for added accuracy, and the makers even studied the way soldures of each nation were trained to run with their weapons to make the enemy more easily identified over distance. Also, the weapon acts like a floating crosshair minus the crosshair if your not looking down the sights, makeing hip fireing as inaccurate as it SHOULD be. Also the things they DIDNT add, like derp icons over the heads of troops to identify their team... You better figure it out BEFORE you fire, cuz killing friendly troops generaly gets you kicked for the duration of the battle on the 3rd unforgiven offence and is VERY easy to do with 1 shot kills and MG bursts.

The game started out as a mod that won the "Make Something Unreal" contest with the Unreal 3 engine, winning them a lisense that they promptly used to create a proper game. Red Orchestra 2 is out and going strong (with several recent updates that hopefully fixed much) but is a slightly different beast and as such, will never hold my heart like the original.

[scope_ion]

Where do you get the time to write essays on games you play?

[Pestilencemage]

it was either that, or afew more rounds of World of Tanks

[doghawk]

No... but seriously... how do you afford so much time to play so many games?

Do you still play lots of games, or just a select few at a time.

I can barely handle two games these days, Minecraft and my Xbox game-de-jour (Currently Assassin's Creed Revelations).

Let me tell you boys, don't plan on playing lots and lots of games once you're married. I've got a baby on the way in August, and I imagine I'll have even less time then.

[harark1]

I've got a baby on the way in August, and I imagine I'll have even less time then.

I wish you luck. You're probably gonna need it.

[Pestilencemage]

It IS a common argument with the misses, but I made clear from the start that I play alot of games... it's what I do with my free time. "Video Games are my anti-drug" as the commercial would go. My gameing time IS reduced greatly (specialy non-casual games) due to kids, but after bedtime is fine.

I dont play many at once. I currently divide my gameing time between minecraft and world of tanks, with occasional bouts of whatever else. Other games that come into focus with take me away from one or both of those.