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General Gaming / Educational Gaming?

« on: December 14, 2013, 05:45:10 AM »

I'm starting on a new idea for a book, one where I examine the realm of educational gaming, mostly PC, since that's what I grew up with, and comparing that to my experiences going back to those games as an adult, in addition to games that I never experienced as a kid. I want to see whether these games actually hold up and could still be used as teaching tools to children today, or whether the breach between generations has been stretched to far by advancing technology.


Are there any games that stick out in your mind? I know someone's going to bring up Mario is Missing and that lot, but I'm thinking more widespread. So far, I have Carmen Sandiego, Jumpstart, Reader Rabbit, and ClueFinders. Maybe throw Timon and Pumbaa Typing in there for a laugh. 

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Future Mafia Games

« on: December 13, 2013, 04:53:56 PM »

I'd like to do one as well. Let's ignore the fact that I signed up for hosting a while back and then when it actually came time to start, I just didn't post anything for the longest time until someone else took over.. Looking back on my old PMs is pretty embarrassing too.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LX: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia - Bah, humbug to Christmas! (Dead Thread)

« on: December 13, 2013, 03:45:20 AM »

That's a really good question, actually. I could have brought things down a lot faster by letting Spak in on my plans, but I didn't until today for whatever reason. Not that it really mattered, it would have only lasted one more day anyway.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LX: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia - Final Day of Christmas

« on: December 13, 2013, 02:44:50 AM »

Well done.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« on: December 13, 2013, 02:12:16 AM »

Oh ****. I completely forgot that part was coming in Season 2. I smashed through the first season in a few days, but I never got around to starting 2, and I'm never home when it plays on TV. Guess I should change that, starting right now.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Off-Topic Wise-Ass Comments About Other NWR Forum Threads And Also Other Stuff

« on: December 13, 2013, 02:04:42 AM »

It's funny to think that I might have passed Oblivion on the street and not even know it. I think I'm like 3 degrees of Facebook friends away from him.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LX: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia - 3rd Day of Christmas

« on: December 12, 2013, 06:07:44 PM »

Time for me to head off to work, so I won't be on that much for the rest of the night.


Temp Vote Insanolord for the time being.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LX: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia - 3rd Day of Christmas

« on: December 12, 2013, 02:30:08 PM »

Wow, I most definitely was not expecting to wake up to this result this morning. We either have all gotten played, or we're all just being really dumb. Possibly both.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LX: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia - 2nd Day of Christmas

« on: December 11, 2013, 11:25:03 PM »

It's nice to see this level of participation again.

On a side note, working the dinner shift when you get slammed by Macklemore fans sucks, especially when you're sick.

Vote Stevey

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LX: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia - 2nd Day of Christmas

« on: December 11, 2013, 03:30:31 PM »

Insanolord and Silenced make good points, it's too easy to let the new players slide past without much scrutiny. The same thing happened in one of my first games, if I remember correctly, and the mafia was able to get away with their plans for a long time because no one suspected the new guys.


I think for the time being, I'm going to Vote Pokepal.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LX: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia (HM3) - 1st Day of Christmas

« on: December 10, 2013, 03:41:49 PM »

Doom came out 20 years ago, on 12-10-1993. If you add all the digits up, you get 26. If you add *those* digits together, you are left with 8. The only players with 8 letters in their username are Silenced and Toruresu.

I got nothing.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Mafia LX Signups: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia (HM3)

« on: November 19, 2013, 12:43:47 AM »

Well, we got four in a row, at least.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Lucario's thread!!

« on: November 18, 2013, 01:41:46 AM »

Boom, Khushrenada'd (trademark pending).

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Mafia LX Signups: Holiday Murder Mystery Mafia (HM3)

« on: November 18, 2013, 01:40:50 AM »

I'll Party like Marty. McFly, that is.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: About: The Funhouse

« on: November 17, 2013, 12:50:24 AM »

Pretty sure he's still pissed that someone messed with his username, which *technically* applies outside of the Funhouse.

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General Gaming / Re: Which Gaming Generation do you consider yourself a part of?

« on: November 12, 2013, 03:16:06 PM »

For me, I didn't really grow up with video games. I had a PC, and I'd play the Harry Potter games, or Sid Meier's Pirates, or Toontown Online (which still remains one of my favorite gaming experiences to this day), but we didn't get a console until Christmas '09, when my parents bought us a 360. Of course, I wanted a Wii, but you couldn't really argue with presents, especially since gaming had been so restrictive up to that point (usually for only about an hour a day max). We had also gotten a DS from my dad a while back, that he was received from taking photos at a Nintendo/Brain Age event. It's signed by Dr. Kawashima, and remains one of the highlights of my collection.


And then I got a job, and started making money, and discovered eBay. By this point, I was a rabid listener of RFN and Radio Trivia, and decided that if I couldn't afford a Wii right up front, I'd just bypass that and by the older games directly. Besides, I've always had a preference for having the physical copy of the game rather than purchasing it on VC, convenience be damned. Starting off with a Retron 3, the clone system that will play NES, SNES, and Genesis games, I began to build my collection. Now almost completely filling a huge bookshelf with just the games, and spanning 11 consoles and 5 handhelds, plus my overflowing Steam library, it's become more of a money-sink than ever.

But that's not the question at hand here, is it. Despite the fact that it came out 3 years before I was born, the Super Nintendo is my console. It was the first one that I played (the hired hands at my grandparents' farm kept one with Mario and the Lion King in the barn), and it's the one that keeps drawing me back. My copies of Chrono Trigger (my favorite game of all time) and Final Fantasy III sit forefront on the shelf, and I am more likely to bring out an old SNES game when I want something different than sitting in front of my PC all day. I play most of the modern games on my computer, but even then, it's the older ones that are holding my attention longer. This past week, it's been Diablo II and Super Metroid.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX Dead Thread: Ah, no wonder your extinct!

« on: November 11, 2013, 03:32:40 PM »

Yeah, that was actually somewhat brilliant on his part, even if no one realized it, not even him. But we all dismissed him out of meme-hate.

And this is exactly why I chose to avoid bringing this situation about on Day 1.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX Dead Thread: Ah, no wonder your extinct!

« on: November 07, 2013, 10:06:54 PM »

Hey! You're not dead yet! Begone with thee!

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX Dead Thread: Ah, no wonder your extinct!

« on: November 07, 2013, 02:47:43 AM »

Wow, I was not expecting tonight to end like this. I definitely outed myself with how manic my changes seemed to be.  Looking back, I said a lot of dumb things that made it pretty clear who I was. I half blame that on lack of sleep, but oh well, what's done is done.

I for one would like this to not be the last mafia game, but perhaps the start of a new season of games. I suppose we shall have to see.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX: Jurassic Park. Day 3.

« on: November 06, 2013, 10:19:13 PM »

To repeat myself from earlier PMs in the past two days, I wasn't trying to protect lolmonade, but simply didn't think that it was a good idea to vote for him at the time, simply because it seemed to me that it was more of a personal vendetta of sorts. Obviously, Stratos' suspicions turned out to be correct, but at the time, I had my doubts.

It was also made clear to me that Spak-Spang made his opinion on the matter clear and was trying pushing the vote away from lolmonade, but we both turned out incorrect, and I was the one pegged for trying to defend him.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Happy birthday to Pokepal and surfing Pikachu!

« on: November 06, 2013, 01:24:00 AM »

Part of me wonders if this is some huge, extended joke that is being run by Crimm or someone of that nature. Or maybe they're like 12. Who knows.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX: Jurassic Park. Day 2.

« on: November 05, 2013, 10:17:18 PM »

at this point we try to pretend he doesn't exist and hope he goes away :/

I made the mistake of reading through that entire thread he made. My head still hurts. It would be really funny if he was mafia and is playing us this entire time, though.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX: Jurassic Park. Day 2.

« on: November 05, 2013, 10:08:30 PM »

Can't tell if you're being serious or not, Luc.

Looks like the tide has turned, and that certain people's suspicions may have turned out to be correct after all.


I change to Vote lolmonade. Let's hope you're right, guys.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX: Jurassic Park. Day 2.

« on: November 05, 2013, 06:52:34 PM »

So many scattered votes today.


I'm personally wondering whether we should focus our efforts in finding out which of the inactive players could have dropped the ball last night in regards to the mafia hit. I remember a long time ago, during the superhero game, that Vudu was gone the entire game, and turned out the be the most important role that could have won the game much earlier.

I'm still thinking, but for now, I shall Vote Insanolord.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia LVIX: Jurassic Park. Day 1.

« on: November 05, 2013, 12:25:57 AM »

Not exactly wanting to force a tie, especially on the first night.

So, in a change of heart, Vote Lucariofan99.

None of Shaymin's blood is on my hands, but neither is Stratos'.