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Video games are one of the things I'm most competitive in, probably because I don't feel as aggressive being competitive against a computer as I do a human. XD But then at the same time, that means when a person is better at going against a computer than I am, I still get envious.
Oh, that's too bad to hear. D: I do think it would've been better to talk things out, but that's sad that they would just go out without saying anything like that.
Yes. Yes it does.

Nah, I prefer lack of aggression, thank you very much. XD If I do play video games with other people, I prefer to team up against the computer. I wouldn't say I get passionate in competing with a machine, but I definitely let my aggressions come out more than I do with humans.
Yes, well that is some good progress to make then. =)

I'm not a huge fan of racing games, probably because I dislike cars so much.
And FPS (surprisingly) do a good job at multi-player functionality. And fighting games do well too, some more than others.

I don't like anything to do with driving. Not driving in real life, not racing games, not cars in general, not driving go-karts, not being in cars, not being near the road... ugh, I just don't like vehicles.
Shooter games can be fun if they're done right. Like Left 4 Dead, you don't just shoot things: You use melee weapons too, grenades, chainsaws, frying pans, katana, whatever. And you get character discussion and development throughout the game as you kill zombies. <3 But most FPS are not that successful.
You found Brawl boring? Wow, that's crazy. XD Like I'm not much of a fan of fighting games at all, but Smash Brothers is pretty much the only ones I like!

I have always gotten carsick easily, and I was afraid of cars like monsters when I was little, so that might explain a lot about me...
Ah, I see. Well that makes sense. XD I generally prefer for there to be more to something than just killing, but if there is enough other things thrown in to make it interesting, the overall point doesn't detract from the fun for me. Like with fighting games, it doesn't help that all you're doing is trying to kill someone, but what really bores me about them is the insane combos that are so hard to master, and can still be beaten by button mashing. Smash Brothers fixed that, and they added so many insane items, got rid of the life bar, gave a layer of strategy that you don't have to spend months perfecting to get down, and did it all with characters I love, and Brawl even added a story mode that is pretty much a game in and of itself. So yes, the point is still just to beat your opponent, but damn, beating the opponent is sure made fun. As for Left 4 Dead, well... I just love the conversations the characters have. One of the characters in the second game is named Ellis, and he's just so adorable. He's a somehow cute redneck who always tells stories and such to the other characters as they trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. The best ones are about his old friend Keith, and then also one named Dave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=996toVhavoc
Oh, and ignore the last part; that's just someone playing with the noise Ellis makes when he takes an adrenalin shot. XD
Ah, Goldeneye... brings back memories...

Himeko's past life was a princess named Hikaru, her older sister's soul from that time is the one sharing her body in the present. Hikaru was unfortunate enough to witness her parents being murdered right in front of her during a family trip to Egypt(more like they were trying to find sanctuary from the invasion of their kingdom at the request of their advisors...) shortly after she was kidnapped by Bakura, who had taken her to Atem's palace where she escaped, but before then, he tried to rape her...more trauma...but after escaping, the pharaoh(sp?) was kind enough to take her in for a bit until she could look after herself.She's thought of him as a second father ever scince...
P.S sry it took a while

@Aka - yes, that was interesting.

@Kits - I've never played Zelda remember? I don't dislike it, I was just saying it doesn't seem individualized enough to really make a whole system stand out for the one game. From what I've seen though Zelda doesn't seem to have more than a lot of games I've played, Legacy of Kain is all exploration, especially in the original Blood Omen. Plus that game is much darker and angrier, which I prefer. The protagonist is 100% wrath and vengeance. His main antagonist (who becomes the protagonist to his own half of the series) is bitter, blind and on his own path of blind revenge. The surrounding cast are insane, but always some variation of charming, sensual, cunning or fierce. Characterization wise it's just exactly to my tastes. The Zelda characters seem interesting but similar to a lot of other similar series. And even if some of the other games are based on the one, and obviously it's a testament to selling points in the original, it still means I've got alternative options.

So yea, I've got nothing against Zelda, it's probably a great game, I was just saying it alone is not enough to sell me on Nintendo over PlayStation. Honestly, I don't think there is any one game that sells a system though, I won't even say Legacy of Kain alone (my personal favorite) is worth buying a PS (although there is apparently also a PC version I've recently discovered, as Chibi K has just started playing it, she got stuck in the exact same part of the game I did). I prefer the PS because of over a dozen games, as well as gameplay. No matter what, I always hate gameplay on the Nintendo 64. I did like the Gamecube, it's kind of a nice medium between Nintendo and PlayStation as far as control goes. And then I really dislike gameplay on the Wii. It makes sense for the movement games, but for anything else I absolutely can't stand it. So Zelda has a huge disadvantage, it would have to be impossibly amazing for me to put up with the systems it's set on.

I guess there is only one game that would ever sell me on a whole system, and that game is The Sims...^_~. 100% do whatever you want. Luckily though, I didn't need that sell, I have need of a computer for so much more than simple gaming.

Haha, yea my friend's mom almost always finishes eventually, she's quite determined. I think I would be rather agitated to just keep getting a lot of half stories, always wondering, well, what was the point? What happens?

The original discussion we had was on systems, and I said I preferred PlayStation and Nintendo didn't have any one game that was worth making me switch systems. And you said Zelda, and I was never trying to make the argument that it wasn't a good game, just that it wasn't this AMAZING legendary game that would make a whole system worth it. And probably because I don't think there is any such thing as a game that is that good and unique and all consuming.

I think in large part my personality type does not have me gaming with other people, I was always jealous of that as a kid. But it was never something I got to do really, and thus now it's not even something I want to do very often. It's just not the gamer I became, which is probably why I'm not a huge gamer. PlayStation has more games available for the antisocial gamer than any other system, the way Nintendo is a much better party system, and Xbox a much better virtual system.

The Sims 2 is actually very comparable to the original Sims except the graphics are way better, it's a bit more expansive, and you can control a few more elements. Most of the changes though are related to technology though, not gameplay, so if you really liked the original - and still now would think the original is something you'd be into (if you aren't or couldn't get into that anymore, well then perhaps not) - you'd probably like the Sims 2. I've never played the Sims 3 now, however I don't think that's the case. I thinks Sims 3 does take those further steps, and with it gameplay changes greatly, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's why I've avoided it.

Aww Ellis, what a pushover. razz