Top 3 Cooperative Games

John and I continue our top 3 lists with cooperative games we have played. While listening to this while editing I'm surprised we didn't put Resident Evil 5 on the list or even an honorable mention. Oh well I'll still stand by the list we made up. anyway enjoy the video and if you have your own list or stories for cooperative games we would love to read them.

Top 3 Competitive Multiplayer Shooters

John and I sat down and recorded a couple of top 3 lists. We came up with the topics off the top of our heads, which to me is more fun than having to spend hours looking back at our personal gaming history and instead we thought up our most memorable games. The first video is our top 3 Competitive Multiplayer Shooters, and the next list will be our top 3 cooperative games.

Our Top 3 Games of All Time

About a Year ago I got Steve, Arthel and I to sit down and record our favorite games of all time. I finally got around to editing it and making a video out of it (nothing fancy just a slideshow of box art). While its been a year I can say my list has not changed, I can't say if Steve's and Arthel's lists are still the same but if they really want to, they can update this post with a more recent opinion.

For those that don't have the time to watch the video our top 3 games are:

Steve:
3. God of War 3 (PS3)
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube)
1. Uncharted (The Series) (PS3)

Arthel:

3. Demon's Souls (PS3)
2. Pokemon Gold (Game Boy Color)
1. Uncharted 2 (PS3)

James:

3. Dwarf Fortress (PC)
2. Harvest Moon Back to Nature (PS1)
1. Tales of Symphonia (GameCube)

Actual Play #1 Our First Time and Boy Does It Show

My friends, John and Arthel, and I finally got the chance to do something that I've been wanting to do for months,we played a tabletop role playing game. The first game I chose to play, was Fear Itself. Even though I'm not into the horror genre, the game is fairly rules-light; I figure it would be a good starting game. The story we ran was something that I came up with.

(Sorry for the inconvenience of my dogs in the background)



Before I begin to discuss some of the flaws in the video, I just want to go on the record that I was nervous. It's a little intimidating using my concept for the recording.

Things I could improve upon as Game Master:

- Prior to recording, I asked how my friends wanted to approach the house (i.e: Were their characters teenagers in town breaking in? Ghost hunters? etc.). They decided that they wanted to be college kids and broke down in front of the house to investigate. Now, the confusion between what I thought they wanted and what they had meant, was in stead of breaking down in front of the house, they wanted to break down in the town and then learned about the house from the locals. Obviously, a lack of communication on my part. Granted, even if they had wanted to start at the house, I should have made them stop in town just to create a back story (college students on a road trip learning about the house).
-I railroaded them. Honestly, this was simply due to the fact I'm an inexperience GM and the setting of the story.
-I should have made a lot more stability checks.

Things I accomplished as Game Master:

-I created a fun game and we agreed to play another game soon.

Next game will be Monsterhearts.