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The Last Games You'd Play?
Rigor Morty asks: "I am an older man (44), an avid fan of video games, and I am faced with a problem; my hands are becoming arthritic as I get older. I fear I will soon have to completely give up the console games I have loved over the years. To that end, let me ask the Slashdot Nation — if you were going to give it up, what games would you insist on playing before you had to quit? I'm willing to make some effort to do this, and spend some cash; I will buy the new consoles if I need to, or try to find obscure titles."
Final Fantasy XII.
Its' 110+ hours. If I'm not sick of gaming after that, I'll never get sick of games
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
just about the saddest goddamned thing I've ever read on slashdot. The thought of becoming an arthritis-ridden man who can't play video games is just... shocking. *sigh* I am so jumping into an active volcano when I start to get frail...
If you're truly going to be losing the use of your fingers, I'd recommend that you finger your wife as your "last game". Massage her clitoris with your thumb, while your index finger gently rubs her G-spot.
You should give her at least one shocker. Two in the pink, one in the stink. I'll let you figure that one out on your own.
But really, video games should be the least of your concerns. Fingering your wife is what really matters in life.
If my hands were soon going to be unable to grab things, I wouldn't be wasting my time with video games.
In 20 years stem cell technology will have progressed so that you can grow a brand new Wii controller right in the palm of your hand anyway.
I am an older man (44)
44 is "old"? Oh shit!
Table-ized A.I.
Splurge and pay for memberships to all of the adult sites that you have ever wanted to.
Do a LOT of masturbating now, before the arthritis takes away the ability.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
I'd go with Duke Nukem Forever. By then they'll have cured your arthritis.
If my hands were soon going to be unable to grab things, I wouldn't be wasting my time with video games.
I was assuming he already had the masturbation angle covered.
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"In 20 years stem cell technology will have progressed so that you can grow a brand new Wii controller right in the palm of your hand anyway."
Good thing too because you broke your old controller fiddling with it during your formative years.
disagree... I have no further desire to play Pong.
Tempest is one of the best games ever. Invest in a working arcade version and enjoy.
When you become to arthritic to play it though, you have to give it to me.
It is beyond my imagination that anything since Tux Racer should have been made, because they should just have ceased making games. I can't stop loving this game. Whenever I get that PS3, my first action will be installing Linux to play Tux Racer.
Clicked pie.
"If you have tried everything else it couldn't hurt."
Aside from the needles being shoved into you.
Pain lasts, kid. Its how you know you're alive. Sometimes I think this growing up thing is just pain management-TheMaxx
No, he's not! He was in his prime when he was 43, and he'll be in his prime again in 3 years.
Play a really bad game. Either one with bad gameplay, or which crashes every five minutes, or which makes you lose a life without any reason, etc.
That way, you won't regret it at all when you quit.
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
... and then they built the supercollider.
OP : What did the /. guys say?
Me : They said if you eat healthy foods like fresh fruits and veggies, and give up caffeine, salt, fatty foods, spicy / hot foods, tobacco, sugar and meat - you should be fine.
OP : So basically I'm fucked.
Me : Pretty much, yea.
Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer
> I will tell you that I am a month and a few days shy of 62... and I can sport a nice rod just
> thinking about shanking my neighbor's girlfriend
Note to self: Wait until you've finished breakfast before going online.