Oh dear

[quesarah]

I was instructed by the Sick One that I really should have bought an Xbox for her Christmas present, and why didn't I run out and fix that? So I did. Insane. One store was completely filled with stupid shoppers and had run out of the Xbox hardware, so I drove to another part of town. They had the hardware which I purchased with all due haste. I was also hit on by the cashier, who seemed terribly pleased that "a girl" was buying an Xbox for herself. I left the store before he could propose.

Now I realize that I never should have bought it. The damned thing is far too addictive. Holy mackerel!

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[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

My girl informed me that she doesn't like driving games, they're too hard. She likes action games (that don't involve flying stupid aircraft like the Star Wars game) and role-playing games. So I rented Halo for good shoot'em up fun and Myst III for role-playing goodness.

Sims is on the list to rent, as is Monkey Island. I remember you talking about that one. You guys have the new Buffy game, right? Is it good ?

[spacey-lee.livejournal.com]

Grand Theft Auto is not all driving. You can get out and beat people up. If you do the missions then you have to do stuff with driving/shooting/planting car bombs... I don't usually do the missions. I like to drive around in other people's cars mostly. :)

Monkey Island is super cool. You really have to think in that game and it's pretty funny. We have Myst III on the computer but I haven't played it yet. The Sims is cool because it's different from the computer version--you can do the "mission" mode where you actually have goals you have to achieve.

The best thing to do is to rent games and see which ones you really like. :)

I recommend both Harry Potter games that are out. The first one is easier but really fun. The second one is a lot harder. It's fighting, button pressing, broom flying... Just cool. :)

We don't own the Buffy game but we're not really into it either. It's pretty violent and I really don't enjoy the creepy fighting games. It's cool though. I think the first one (only made for X-Box) has more real actor voices in it--except for SMG. The second one doesn't have Alison Hannigan or SMG's voices but it's still pretty cool if you like that sort of game.

[wafflelips.livejournal.com]

I played Grand Theft Auto or something like it on PC and wasn't impressed.

Do they have Sims for Xbox?

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Do they have Sims for Xbox?

Yes. It was at Hollywood Video except it had been rented.

[wafflelips.livejournal.com]

Cool! We'll have to check it out sometime.

[spacey-lee.livejournal.com]

Grand Theft Auto is pretty lame on the PC. I saw the box for it at the store not that long ago. It's much better on PS2 & X-Box. Better view and graphics. You can always try ours when you visit. :)

And, yes, there are Sims on X-Box, like Sarah says below...

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I kind of like creepy fighting games. When I was in grad school I was addicted to Doom, Castle Wolfenstein, all those games.

[wafflelips.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. They're just fun.

[spacey-lee.livejournal.com]

Then you'll like the Buffy game. It's all about killing vamps. The graphics are good and it's pretty cool when you stick a stake in a vamp. I like watching people play those games but I suck at them myself and they creep me out.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Schweet!