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PC Gaming Suggestions for Console-like Fun?

Posted by timothy on from the twister-seems-more-fun dept.

jayminer writes "We are a relatively newly married young couple who enjoy spending our spare time at home. We don't own a console but have a gaming laptop with DVI output to play games on our TV. My wife is also a CS major so she's computer literate enough. She does not like strategy games, MMORG or any other role-playing game. Apart from "Find the Sausage" jokes, we need quality gaming advice, preferably games which we can play with a single laptop connected to a single large screen, with two gamepads, a console-like experience. What are your suggestions?"

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  1. "Hey everybody, look at me!" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Not only do I have a girlfriend, but we're MARRIED, and she wants to play video games with me! Oh, did I mention she loves Linux?"

    1. Re:"Hey everybody, look at me!" by Tikkun · · Score: 2, Funny

      I live with my gf who likes anime, 4chan, linux, and is a babe.

      There is a trick to getting this to work: just talk about what you love (in my case computers and anime) to everyone you meet regardless of gender. The first person of the opposite sex that doesn't run away from you and isn't related to you (or your boss, teacher, etc.) is likely compatible.

    2. Re:"Hey everybody, look at me!" by crhylove · · Score: 3, Funny

      Picture or it's fake!!

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  2. you're doing it wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best game to play is "HIDE the sausage"!

  3. Ok this is what you do. by jellomizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    The issue with most PC Games even Multi-Player is they expect one person for PC, so they are normally networked for multi-player.
    Get 2 USB Keypads, and a Copy of VMWare. Install 2 OS the VMWare and copy of each game on it. setup the virtual network correctly and Link one USB Keypad to each VM. Now Resize the VM Windows so you have Split Screen. And there 2 of you can play games at once (even 2 different ones if you feel like it) on your laptop all for the price of getting a console.

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  4. Never mind games by Toreo+asesino · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jesus, if you've got to resort to games this early on in marriage, that's not a good sign.

    Sexual deviance, man! That's what you need to try; your "find the sausage" game sounds like a good start. You're married, it's ok to do that now!

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  5. Re:a relatively newly married young couple? by onion2k · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what part of "No 'Find the Sausage' jokes" did you not understand?

    This is Slashdot, so I'm going to guess "all of it".

    What did I win?
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  6. Console-like fun ey? by MadKeithV · · Score: 2, Funny

    For the console-like fun experience, you need a stick, a sharpening tool, and one of your eyes.

    Nintendo-Hard, look it up.

    (I kid, I kid).

  7. Atari 2600 by goombah99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here's a site showing the best atari games ever complete with the awesome box covers. So real gems in there, many you probably never heard of. Get an emulator and enjoy the nostalgia.

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  8. Re:Lego Star Wars! by JosKarith · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am waiting for Lego The Breakfast Club now...

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  9. Re:Legal ROMs? by JosKarith · · Score: 3, Funny

    Which isn't very reassuring if the ROM in question is Asteroids...

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  10. If "Find the Sausage" doesn't do it for you... by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's always Rapid Onset, Vital Passage, or Sudden Thrust.

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  11. Re:Obvious answer... by orclevegam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn lawful alignment. This is why we have a house rule of no paladins.

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  12. Re:Obvious answer... by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 2, Funny

    You just went through all that to basically justify publishing the fact you have a girlfriend and have sex with her, didn't you?