What Guilty Gaming Pleasures Do You Enjoy?

Thanks to GamerDad for its editorial discussing some of the guilty pleasures involved in playing video games. The author, in trying to define why he enjoys games so much, rhapsodizes: "When 3D games run at a high framerate and wow me with effects, I'm drooling like any other graphics loving moron. I don't need them, but I do respect and admire them." He continues along this train of thought: "Another guilty pleasure is the need to blow things up. Why is it that's so damn liberating? I just love to see things go boom. Zombies, space ships, tanks, cars, buildings, robots, aliens, demons - but not often people, since I'm kinda squeamish with that." What's your guiltiest videogaming-related pleasure?

Comments

Animal Crossing.

[jabberjaw]

Yes Animal Crossing. It is like crack wrapped in a cute package.

Well.

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd sit for minutes in Duke Nukem 3d, bribing the horribly pixelated exotic dancers to flash their boobs at me. Yeah, I'm a sad, sad, person.

Re:Well.

[Millbuddah]

Heh, I used to get a kick outta listening to Duke belting out some "Bornnnn to be wwwiiiillld" on that karaoke mike across the room from the stripper. I know, sad.

Pantylines

[limekiller4]

simonoker asks:
"What Guilty Gaming Pleasures Do You Enjoy?

Playing with the camera angles in Tomb Raider?

Re:Pantylines

[Anonymous Coward]

Playing with the camera angles

if the cam angle is all you're playing with... where's your other hand?

Re:Pantylines

[bigman2003]

In Top Spin- there is a scene where the female players start walking up to the camera while it is on the ground- and I just can't help but get excited...thinking THIS TIME I'll be able to see up Anna's skirt.

Hasn't happened yet- but no way in hell am I going to hit 'A' to cancel that scene.

God

[Perdo]

give all

noclip

notarget

Re:Hentai games!

[blueZhift]

Ahhh yes! A truly guilty pleasure, but not really in the way that is most apparent. After playing some of the JAST and Peach Princess games, I realized that these are really just often cheesy, interactive romance novels for men! At least that's what I told my wife...

Seriously, once I realized that I essentially enjoying the male equivalent of Harlequin romance novels with Fabio on the cover, my true guilt became apparent. Oh the shame!

DOA3

[Isbiten]

Making high kicks with the female characters ;)

Bouncing boobs ON

[Scrameustache]

I had a friend who had an import of DOA1, when I would start winning against him he would put the option "bouncing breasts" on and I could never win again...and I liked it ;- )