A web page (one of many?) dedicated to showing various people beating various video games as quickly as inhumanly possible.
I once read / heard someone (dunno who) who said, “There is nothing more boring than watching someone else play a video game.”
As (understatement) a lifelong fan of video games, I’d say that’s relatively true when you’re a hyper kid, but somewhat less true as I get older.
Namely, games such as the Grand Theft Auto series have a fairly high up-front enjoyment factor to play, but as the levels become more difficult, I start getting pissed and inevitably lose interest. Think of it as reverse learning curve.
It’s for this reason that my completion rate for the games I buy hovers around 25%, which leads to my drastic reduction in games acquired over the last few years. The exception being things like Karaoke Revolution, due to my awesome and complete dominance of karaoke-sty-lings, as well as associated styles.
Anyway, for many of these games, just kicking back, drinking a few (or many) beers, and watching a pro do the heavy lifting is actually quite enjoyable.
For that reason, I fully endorse this site. LOCKDOWN!
If you’re old school, I’d start with something bound to trigger some nostalgia, such as the original Legend of Zelda for NES. I remember spending weeks to beat that frigging game when I was about 12 (an age and time, apparently, when I had the time, energy and patience do so such things; these days, getting out of bed every can be a challenge).
Note: this site probably isn’t for milk-and-cookies gamers, nor for people who are infuriated that the cutscenes to almost every game played are bypassed by the speed daemon, who has undoubtedly beaten the game (or read the walk-through) dozens of times as training for their SPEED TRIAL.
These people are professionals. Please respect them as such when you throw down.
Other enjoyable cuts I’ve recently kick back on: Eternal Darkness, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (a GTA rev that, in rare wisdom, I didn’t even bother to buy after becoming quickly infuriated with Vice City within hours of starting.
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