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This is a response to Aaron Thomas' 23 Things I Love About Video Games.
Here's what I love…
Ripping off an article's format from an editor, because he suggested doing it.
Not landing hard tricks first try in Skate.
Landing hard tricks first try in Skate.
Solid Snake rephrasing people's previous statements as questions.
Learning the phrase "Rommel's Asparagus" from a video game.
Not having a doubt in my mind as to the validity of video games "being art".
Hearing Shoe talk about Chaos Theory.
Hearing the old EGMers reminisce.
Print.
Listening to the Ryan Payton-era KP Report on rainy day bus rides home from Junior College in eager anticipation of MGS4 (I was on dial-up and it was easier to download the podcasts from school).
Podcasting with friends I never get to see anymore, even though no one listens to our bullshit rambling.
Jedi Academy mods.
Deciding my character in Fallout 3 "is now an alcoholic!".
Making a Native American Wood Elf in Oblivion, hunting dear in a loin cloth, and then stealing a white guard's horse while "Fuck the Police" streamed off of the 360's hard drive.
"Create-a" features.
The Bitmob community's writing.
Getting to touch Aaron's hat.
Hearing my name made fun of on the Mobcast.
Late-night co-op marathons at my friend's house.
Air-striking a building to rubble in Bad Company 2.
Jason Statham, before he was "Jason Statham", in the first Call of Duty.
Associating the smell of weed with Marvel vs Capcom 2.
Replaying the Monkey Island games and picking up on the jokes that went over my head when I was eight.
This picture of Kojima riding a duck:
