Info request

[shapinglight]

Dear flisties

I need some info for my rekindlespangel fic. I know bugger all about computer games and would be very grateful if one of you kind people could suggest a game that Spike might possibly have played during AtS season 5 that was so absorbing he wouldn't be able tear himself away from it, not even to go and kill monsters.

:looks hopeful:

Comments

[sarian71]

Hmm, I don't know... Mortal Kombat? Maybe Grand Theft Auto? Those could be his kind of games.

Or maybe he was addicted to The Sims! ;P

[shapinglight]

Thanks. I've heard of all these things of course. Don't know much about them. What was the game Illyria and Drogyn were playing in Power Play? Can you remember? That must have belonged to Spike, but it seemed more one of those games where you have to collect things.

[sarian71]

"What was the game Illyria and Drogyn were playing in Power Play?"

According to the transcript, something called 'Crash Bandicoot'. I have no idea what kind of game that is.

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

I would have said Spyro, but it would have to be on the X Box.

[shapinglight]

What sort of game is Crash Bandicoot, then? I suppose it's pre-Xbox?

Also, is it prompt day again?

[kidcyclone.livejournal.com]

Crash Bandicoot is a kiddy game, not unlike Mario, but with anthropomorphic animals. I could see Spike liking all manner of video games, even the kiddy ones, as long as they were fast-paced and fun and had a good absurdity factor.

I agree, though, that he'd also be keen on games like Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Kombat. If you look up "best selling games for males aged 14-25" for 2000 or whatever year it was that the episode aired, I think you'd find some good contenders for stuff he'd like to play.

The idea of Spike playing The Sims is hilarious to me.

[shapinglight]

The idea of Spike playing The Sims is hilarious to me.

I don't know anything about The Sims, I'm afraid, so why it would be hilarious is lost on me. I'll take your word for it, though. :)

[hello-spikey.livejournal.com]

I notice no one has suggested the ever-popular first person shooters - perhaps because we're all thinking Spike gets enough violence in real life and would find being reduced to a hand holding a gun annoying. :)

I see him playing something frenetic and violent and quirky... and since he has a 1990's era Playstation in order to play Crash Bandicoot... waaaaaait... he does play Mario at one point - the episode where he tells Lindsey it's for physical therapy? He complains about "the little wop" falling down pits. And Mario is Nintendo's biotch, so either Spike has two systems or the writers are lazy.

(more in next comment)

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

Spike digs Passions and Dawson's Creek. I think Crash and Mario are up his alley in terms of games. I see him more of a less aggressive, action-adventure gamer. More romantic/hero storylines than violence.

[shapinglight]

He complains about "the little wop" falling down pits.

:shudder: Does he? I think I must have managed to blank that out. He also plays Donkey Kong, doesn't he? Not that I know anything about that either.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I'd say The Sims as a good game for him to get focused on. XD

[shapinglight]

I know very little about the Sims, I'm afraid (hence this post), so I'll have to take your word for it. ;)

I'm probably going to stick with Crash Bandicoot, if only because it gets mentioned in canon.

[hello-spikey.livejournal.com]

So, keeping to that era and ignoring FPS, I do think the original Grand Theft Auto (1997 release) would be a good bet - we need something engrossing, that would take a long time to play. (Mario, you kinda HAVE to put down after one level. At least I do. This is also a strike against Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter - they are one fight at a time arcade-oriented games, so easier to put down.) Also, GTA is a crashing-cars-into-shit game, and I can so see Spike getting into that.

EA Sports released their popular FIFA soccer game line in 1993, and that was available on Nintendo.

Given his love for Man U, maybe he'd spend a week trying to play through an entire 'season' of matches.

Now a shout-out to a less popular game I think Spike would like: Oddworld, Abe's Oddysee - 1997- a side-scrolling platformer with quirky humor. Your character has to escape a factory where his species are made into meat pies. It's dark but cute and you have to fart to solve some of the puzzles.

[hello-spikey.livejournal.com]

Also Abe's a REAL HERO who's goal is not just to get out, but save his people.

And I clearly care way too much about video games! It's like you can see my wasted youth right before your eyes!

I was going to recommend Assassin's Creed or Thief, but I think Spike would not be able to have his character hide and wait. :P

[shapinglight]

Given his love for Man U, maybe he'd spend a week trying to play through an entire 'season' of matches.

Heh! I can see him doing that too. This is like a glimpse into another world for me. I know nothing about this stuff. :)

[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

Spike was never your average vampire (ha! as if), so he could play so many different games. I rather like the idea of him playing something that wasn't mentioned in the scripts (but that would fit the type of game player he's already using).

As for myself, I know how easily I can sink into that altered brain-wave pattern and spend hours on a computer game. I think it would be hilarious to read how Spike's unwilling to drag himself away ... protesting that he'd nearly reached the level of - whatever it is - and that it'll take him hours (HOURS, he whines and pouts) to rack up those points again. Can't those monsters wait? Hee! Spike as a complex character is so much fun!

[shapinglight]

I think it would be hilarious to read how Spike's unwilling to drag himself away ... protesting that he'd nearly reached the level of - whatever it is - and that it'll take him hours (HOURS, he whines and pouts) to rack up those points again. Can't those monsters wait?

That's sort of what I'm going for, but possibly not in the way you mean. :feels a bit guilty for making this big post about a very minor plot point:

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Looks like you've got a really good ready-made solution with Crash Bandicoot... I was going to suggest a MMORPG of some sort. WoW didn't debut until November of 2004, but the Beta was going before that (I played in the Beta and I remember starting during the summer of 2004, I think), but there were a few others going at the time. I played Asheron's Call, but I had a lot of friends playing Everquest. Both of them were very addictive.

[shapinglight]

Looks like you've got a really good ready-made solution with Crash Bandicoot...

Yes, I think I probably will stick with it. This has been quite an education, though.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Oh, now that is a tough one... One suggestion would be Mass Effect 1 or 2. Lots of asskicking and action and such in a scifi environment. Or Assassins Creed 1 and / or 2. Lots of asskicking, mystery and assassination in a historic environment. Might appeal to his nerdy side, I guess... :-) Those are the games my hubby plays at least. I only play World of Warcraft. ;-) (That is really, really addicting to, let me tell you!)

[shapinglight]

I only play World of Warcraft. ;-) (That is really, really addicting to, let me tell you!)

It must be. There's a whole games shop dedicated to it in the town where I live. It's been there for years and seems to sale through economic ups and downs with no trouble at all.

[kassto.livejournal.com]

I dunno... Grand Theft Auto? That was big a few years back... well an earlier version of it anyway.

[shapinglight]

I think I'm probably going to stick with Crash Bandicoot. It probably suits the tone of the story more anyway. Do your boys play computer games at all?

[girlpire.livejournal.com]

so it looks like i'm late to the party and you've already chosen a game to go with... but i just want to say i'm SO BUMMED that this is the first i've heard about a spangelthon and i've already missed the sign-ups. :( but i'm also REALLY excited about reading all the new spangel stories.

[shapinglight]

I'm sure if you wanted to sign up cafedemonde would double you up with someone. Worth asking anyway.

ETA: I think there's a free for all day too. If you had something to post you could do it then.