Me too: My scariest Moments…
Everybody seems to be posting about their scariest moments in gaming because there’s something called Halloween in the north in which people do cosplay and beg around for candies and stuff, all of which I find pretty scary, culturally speaking, because we don’t have anything like that here in Argentina.
So some of my scariest moments:
Elvira: The Game
Featuring a big-breasted character I didn’t know before I played the game. It also featured extraordinary loading times and diskette switching (Amiga platform). And death. Sudden, unexpected death. Trial-and-error death. I was horrified each time I tried to get a sequence right. Then I had to insert disk 3 and then 4 to try again.
System Shock 2
While being near the end of the game, one of the scariest things ever happened. My quicksave got screwed up. Now I’m not going to keep savings like an accountant, I assume the games are going to take care of the backups. Well the save slot got broken, and when I realized that I was not going to get it back, I saw my whole System Shock-life passing through my eyes…not again!
I lost 80% of my bank account during the 2001 crisis in Argentina
I had my savings of three years of work on Bank Boston. Naively, I accepted the suggestion of my twisted Account Advisor to put them on a low-risk investment fund. Big mistake. The crisis kicked in and I was unable to withdraw money for two years, and afterwards it was worth less than 20% of my initial deposit.
Conclusion: saving and fear go hand in hand…
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Nice.
By Darius K. on October 31
Yeah I was talking to a guy I met about 2001, he mentioned people breaking into Burger King to steal frozen burger patties. I must admit, that scares me if only because of economic pessism I sometimes entertian for the US. Too bad you can’t save your life/game and then re-load when society falls apart, put your assets in another country.
I think the real lesson is never rely on a computer to save for you - or a banker for that matter.
Menem is kinda scary, Cheney is scarier though. Menem fucked up a country, Cheney wants to blanket the entire world with depleted uranium.
By Patrick on October 31
Don’t you ever post a picture of Menem again without warning your readers first. Now I’ll have to throw my laptop away. Are you happy?
By Egar on October 31
Probablemente el miedo más grande no era Menem en sí, sino lo que vino después, o sea, salir de la nebulosa narcotizante que fue el 1 a 1. Admito que me sentía muy bien dentro de esa nebulosa, pero como a todos, me mordió el traste también. Por cierto Daniel, aprovecho para preguntarte una cosa sobre un juego que mencionaste en la EVA 2007, más específicamente, el nombre del juego ese en el que se ve una nena cerca de un árbol (un cerezo probablemente), todo en 2D. Tu exposición fue excelente, se me rompió el corazón cuando ví al X-COM convertido en “esa cosa”…
By Lisandro on November 4
Nooooooooooooooo… Yetaaaaaaaa…
By Leonardo on November 5
Lisandro:
El juego es Knytt…es gratis (funciona con donaciones), no te lo vayas a perder!
By Daniel Benmergui on November 5
Excelente, ya lo bajé y lo voy a probar. Otro que estuve jugando es “The Marriage”. No sé qué es más extraño, si el juego en sí, o que yo lo esté jugando una y otra vez. Al principio quedé con cara de Homero Simpson cuando no entiende algo, pero de a poco lo voy captando (o eso creo). ¡Gracias por el nombre!
By Anonymous on November 6
Se nota que son las dos de la mañana. Escribí antes y me olvidé de poner mi nombre… :S
By Lisandro on November 6
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