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Odysseus, standing behind him: Yes. :)

What's the best video game easter egg you've ever found?

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My only epic rarity item and… I don’t think I’ve found any easter eggs in video games. 😭

Or at least, not that I know of and/or recognized.

What games have opened doors for you in real life?

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Surprisingly, Twisted Wonderland.

Because of twst, I started an rp account on here. Because of that, I met some great people (and some not so great…) people that I am still in contact with now, even though I am no longer rp’ing because the rp community on here switched to a different style I didn’t vibe with.

Along with that, twst also introduced me to quite a few amazing fanartists and fanwriters on here too. I actually help mod a discord server one of them made and I lowkey love the shenanigans and chaos that happens there.

What video game world would be your #1 travel destination?

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That depends, can I get back? What are the repercussions? Do I get to be a normal citizen there, a vacationer, or is this like an izekai situation?

Best video game night sky level?

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What final boss actually broke you?

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Not a true final boss, but I mentioned Diamond/Pearl was the first gen of Pokémon I ever played?

So, I was a COMPLETE newbie to Pokémon. And my starter was Piplup, my sweet lil penguin boi. Obviously I swept the first rock gym and was feeling good. Had leveled up, had more members on my team that were leveled up too.

Then I got to the next gym in Eterna City. The grass type gym.

And Gym Leader Gardenia.

Now, I definitely noticed myself struggling a little bit with the other trainers, more than before. So I trained up a bit. But baby me wasn’t thinking it would be too much harder, right?

Baby me was an idiot.

Gardenia and her Roserade just repeatedly demolished me and my team over and over again. I was still leaning too heavily on my starter, but even when I tried to level up the others it was ROUGH.

What video game do you most regret not finishing?

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Honestly? I don’t think I really have one. Because if I didn’t finish a game, I had a reason for it. I didn’t have the skill, the time, the patience, I got bored of it, other things distracted me, etc.

Life happens. All of the games that I took really seriously, I finished as best as I could. Does that necessarily mean completed them or 100% them? No. But I was happy.

I suppose one game that may fall under this is a hidden object game series. But it wasn’t my fault at all. I couldn’t finish it because the game devs never made the second game as far as I’m aware. I finished the first game, Dying for Daylight, and it ended on a kind of cliffhanger. The story was only half completed, you had only collected about half the things you needed, and the ultimate villain was still out there. But then the sequel just… never came out. Which really sucked, because it was a solid point and click hidden object game. I mean… obviously. I still remember it years later.

What's a side quest that was better than the main story?

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Do you have any idea how much time I spent just… digging up fossils and stones and gems in the tunnels and mines in Pokémon Diamond/Pearl?

What game would you erase from your memory just to experience it for the first time again?

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Oooh now THIS is a good question!

Damn. I kinda want to say Pokémon but I also know part of the reason it has stuck with me so long is because I played it and experienced it first WHEN I was younger and everything was more magical, ya know? So, if I played it for the first time now that I’m older… would it still be as fun? Would it still have the same appeal? Or is half the fun I obtain from the games from the nostalgia I experience while playing them?

I would generally say no, I think I would enjoy them even if I played them for the first time now. But I also almost don’t want to get RID of that nostalgia, because the nostalgia is, like, almost a PART of the playing experience.

What game feels like "home" to you no matter when you come back to it?

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Is this not the same thing as a comfort game? Like… am I wrong? Wouldn’t this just be a comfort game? Which I already answered.

Do you have a username you always use in games?

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holy fuck how many of these did I get—

Do you consider yourself a lucky person when playing?

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How many video games are in your backlog right now?

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Hmmm… good question. Uh—

*goes to check*

Welllllll…

I have 3 game apps that I have downloaded but not played on my iPad.

I believe (but didn’t actually check because I am lazy) there are 2 games on Steam that I haven’t tried out. (we don’t talk about all the hidden object games I once downloaded but never got to play on an old laptop of mine because the gaming platform on that laptop didn’t transfer over RIP those games 😭)

I am not digging out my Wii games to see how may of them have been played or not so God’s speed to them 🫡

I have at least tried all my Gameboy games.

There are 2 DS and 4 3DS games that I haven’t played.

What is the scariest game you've ever played?

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I don’t really play scary games. Don’t like horror.

Unless you count some of the point and click hidden object games I used to play that were also mysteries. But they really weren’t scary. Creepy maybe. But not scary.

You know what’s really scary?

Gacha games. Gacha games and how they trick you into becoming a gambling addict because you want to spend money on gems to try to get your favorite character’s newest, pretty SSR card. Now THAT’S scary.

What video game has the best opening scene or level?

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I mentioned in the tags of one of my previous asks that I do have video game consoles other than a 3DS. I have a DS and I also have a Wii. I just rarely use the DS anymore unless I’m wanting to play one of my, like, three gameboy games and I basically never play the Wii anymore.

But I used to play it pretty frequently. Was not very good at it, mind you. But I enjoyed it. I just… was not great with the hand-eye coordination, which is what eventually lead me to abandon it I feel. I’m just better at games that don’t require you to move your remote around, let alone move two remotes around if need be.