Question Of The Week For January 25th
January 19th, 2010 by Dana
What game world would you like to live in and why?
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January 19th, 2010 at 10:27 am
This one’s easy. Animal Crossing. Fish and pick fruit for money. Magic cabinets to hold all the crazy crap you buy. Friggin’ flying saucers to shoot down. Listen to the BeanCast. Talking snowmen. Magic medicine that cures you of anything instantly. Who wouldn’t want to live there?
Sure, you have all the damn whining neighbors to contend with, but you can ignore them for months and they’ll just move away. If only!
Playing again, BTW. Moved to a new town and left the old one for my daughter. Anyone up for it?
Bob Knorpp
Host of The BeanCast Marketing Podcast
Posts every Monday @ http://beancast.us
January 19th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
It has to be Fable II, If I could get women to marry me that easy in real life I would have 2 or 3 here too! Maybe not but I would pose for lots of statues and would sacrifice people to save my Dog!
January 19th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
easy. the wizarding world of harry potter. it’s a cop out because it’s a game based on a movie. if i had to choose soley a game world, or a game world that was created first, i’ll go with the mass effect universe. i wish i could travel across the stars, going to strange planets with amazing views of space and other planets. just being able to go to the moon and look back at earth would be complete my life i think. i stood in awe for a few minutes doing it in the first mass effect
January 19th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
This is an easy question. The answer: Ultima Online, or I suppose more correctly “Britannia”.
These days when we think MMO, we think World of Warcraft.. we think quests and levels and phat lewt.. but there was a time before all that, when Richard Garriott and Origin Systems decided to create not just a game, but an entire world.
There were no levels, no zones, no instances, no quests. It was a world where you decided how you wanted to play. You could do anything from baking bread to slaying dragons, and anything in between. There were no prescribed paths you had to follow.. You could be whatever you imagined!
Serial killer with a meat cleaver? You can do that.
Lady with 160 cats in her house? You can do that.
Want to trap a polar bear in a corner and then wrestle him whenever you get the urge? Yep, you can do that too.
You asked what game world we would like to live in, but really, It kinda already feels like I lived in Britannia. There’s a lot of talk about how going out in Playstation Home is similar to going out in reality.. well Ultima Online makes Home looks like a joke in comparison, and I played UO for 6 or 7 years.
Whatever games come and go in the future, I will always remember all the adventures I had in Britannia, and all the friends I made there. It was an experience like no other game before or since. I can only hope that one day, another game world like Britannia comes along.
January 19th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Banjo Kazooi Nuts and Bolts. I know its stupid but to be able to make any vehicle would be awesome!!! Just think about it, having a goofy voice, and doing anything! ITs perfect. (I win this contest by the way)
January 20th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Note: This is the second time I’ve answered a question and my response has disappeared. Just sayin’.
But this one must be answered. So I try again. And that answer is: Animal Crossing.
Who wouldn’t want to live in Animal Crossing? Pick fruit and fish all day. Sell your crap to a slimy raccoon to buy more crap from said rodent-like being. You get sick and you take magic medicine. You got crazy S.O.B.s launching balloons with presents on them. You could listen to The BeanCast while you’re playing. You can even dress up in crazy-ass costumes and no one bats an eyelash.
Sure, your neighbors are annoying and whiny, but you just ignore them and they not only leave town, they also pack up their entire house like they were never there. If ONLY that happened in real life.
Dudes (and dudette), it’s gotta be the ACWW.
Bob Knorpp
Host of The BeanCast Marketing Podcast
Posts every Monday @ http://beancast.us
January 21st, 2010 at 12:15 am
Brutal Legend, cause its F’ing METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 21st, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Medievil. I loved the Nightmare before Christmas look of the the world and I adored the whimsical humor of the game.
January 22nd, 2010 at 9:49 pm
oh boy… I don’t think I can answer that. You’re bound to get shot in the face in any game world I’m familiar with.
If the conflict is removed from the game world then I’d probably enjoy the clean beauty of Mirror’s Edge. I enjoy big cities and butchy couriers.
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:02 am
My answer to this week’s question is Animal Crossing. Because who wouldn’t want to live in a town where you pick fruit and fish all day, sell your crap to a slightly shady rodent-like being, then buy more crap from said animal. Plus some idiot keeps launching balloons with presents and there’s even an occasional flying saucer to shoot down.
And yes, your neighbors are mostly whining jerks who need to be bought off to like you, but if you ignore them they not only leave town, they pack up their entire house and disappear like they never existed. If only.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:59 am
Mine would be Gears of War, before the Locusts.
Or Mirrors Edge, because of all the white stuff. (You know how I am.)
January 24th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I want to exist in the world of a racing game. If I had to narrow it down to one game I’d say Dirt 2 since I love rally racing. Real rally racers are bat shit crazy, but adding the ability to rewind would allow the rest of us to jump behind the wheel. I suppose I would need unlimited rewinds ala Forza 3, if I only had 4, I’d be dead before finishing my first race.
If I could rally race all day, I’d never tire of it. That would be so amazing! It’s also nice that it’s easy as hell to get a few million in the bank. Let’s not assume the rewind and cinematic replay options are available outside the car, cause I could go on and on with how much fun that’d be…
January 24th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I say borderlands i want a skag for a pet
January 25th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Currently, I’d have to say the world (or galaxy) of Mass Effect. But not during this whole invasion that happened during the first game. It’ll have to be sometime after all the shit hits the fan and everything is back to normal (hey if I get to choose where to live I’m going to be picky dammit) Thinking back to all the game worlds I’ve visited, I feel Mass Effect has the most for me and is where I would be most comfortable in. I’d love Hyrule from Zelda but I’m not the type of guy that would enjoy cooking with a fire everyday and wiping my ass with leaves. Yeah hanging out in the Lost Woods, carrying a sword and shield everywhere and talking to faeries sounds cool, but I’m more of a “I want everything to turn on when I walk in the room and my electronics to talk to me” kinda guy. Guess I’m old fashioned like that.
We’re almost there though, it’s 2010 remember?
January 25th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I surprised myself by not immediately answering this question. I’m a long-time fan of the Ultima series of games and the MMO. Here’s a little trivia for you: When Klaitu answered and wrote about a “Serial killer with a meat cleaver?”
You know who he was talking about? Me. That was one of my characters. He was an evil chef.
But that’s exactly why I wouldn’t want to live there. Are you shitting me? That place was fucking crazy. Every other person was some crazed murderer flirting with dreams of world conquest.
I thought about Fable II’s world. That place seemed idyllic. Except for all the bandits who want you dead. And those bastards respawn! I’m pretty sure it’s not a fun experience to get beaten and killed for your gold… even worse if the perpetrators just keep coming back.
No, I think I’d like to live on maybe Monkey Island. You can’t get murdered there for doing something stupid like, you know, leaving the guard zone or stepping out to visit grandma. Hell, violence is solved by insult battles. I can do that!
January 25th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Pandora…so I can GET SOME!!! YEAH!!!
January 25th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I think it would have to be Guerrilla War for the NES. Being able to fight alongside Che Guevara and Fidel Castro in their prime would be an experience like no other.