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This thread has convinced me to play Outer Wilds.

My picks are:

  • Game: Portal 2.
  • Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  • TV show: Bojack Horseman.
  • Movie: The Shawshank Redemption.
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[–] calabast@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Game, Outer Wilds

Movie, Everything Everywhere All At Once

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Game:

GoldenEye 007, but I want it to be in 1997 playing on the 27" CRT TV in the basement with my brother. Technically, it was my N64, so I always got to use the gold controller that it came with. We sat on the carpet within feet of the giant wooden TV cabinet, because the cords weren't very long. My dad was a carpenter and only recently refinished the basement with tongue and groove cedar. I still remember the smell of the wood and the sound of the furnace clicking on down there. He even cut a crescent moon into the bathroom door as if it were an outhouse.

We liked to play Golden Gun in the temple. We even made up our own games within the game, like hide and seek. Back then he was my best friend. He made some life choices that were different from mine. We were never as close as when we played that game. We're not in a bad spot or anything, but those days now just memories.

[–] kinship@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

If I were your brother I would love to read this comment

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
  • Game: Return of the Obra Dinn
  • Book: House of Leaves
  • TV: Twin Peaks
  • Movie: The Matrix
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Oooo Obra Dinn is a good answer

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

We got a winner here

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Game: Super Mario Galaxy
Book: The Rama series, Arthur C Clarke
TV: The West Wing
Movie: The 5th Element

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It makes me happy to see Rama mentioned here! I read the first book in the series when I was 8 or 9, and it's what really hooked me on science fiction. Like, I had to read it with a dictionary open because some of the language was way too technical for me, but I was absolutely enthralled.

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Other people who've read it and who I've talked with seem to be split over whether the first book is better than the sequels, or the other way around. I prefer the sequels, my wife prefers the original. Do you have a preference?

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

As a child, I greatly preferred the original. A lot of the emotional subtext from the sequels went over my head (since I was raised in a very emotionally repressed environment), but I could totally grok the cold, somewhat impersonal nature of the first book. It was easier to imagine myself in this huge alien structure when I could understand the characters. Nowadays I think I'd probably prefer the sequels since I derive a lot of enjoyment from interpersonal drama and conflict. I'll admit that it's been ages since I've read them, so I can't say for sure.

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[–] mub@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Game: To the moon

Book: The Culture novels by Iain M. Banks

TV: Star Wars Rebels

Movie: Alien

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Game: Life is strange Book: Hyperion TV Show: Stargate SG1 Movie: ~~All of them? ... Primer~~ Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (if you know, you know)

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[–] VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does Sonic Adventure count? I literally started over on that game recently.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With you on this one! The Sonic Adventure games are what come to mind when I think of 3D Sonic. The gameplay of the boost games doesn't appeal to me nearly as much as the physics based movement of the Adventure games!

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Here are the baby Chaos that I’m raising in Station Square in Adventure mode.

Still can’t upload them to a VMU though.

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[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  • Star Trek
  • Ultima Underworld
  • Myst
  • Fallout
  • Jurassic Park (book)
[–] Davel23@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh man, Ultima Underworld was mind-blowing in its time.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The sequel was pretty good too. They’re both on GOG, btw, And have aged pretty well. The graphics aren’t so good, but the story and gameplay are still pretty great. I still replay them (and the Myst games) from time to time.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, I played them both. I didn't really care for II's splitting the game into 8 "worlds", I preferred the original's single huge dungeon, but I did enjoy it.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It did get annoying having to run back and forth through all of the worlds, but some were very cool, like the one with the fighting arenas. And the tomb with all the levels. And the story was awesome.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Metal Gear Solid 3.

I played it overnight, I was alone, and it thunderstormed that night around the time I reached The Sorrow. I couldnt stop. It was so good and I was into it. Nothing else has been more memorable.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

Game is such an unbelievable slam dunk for me. Outer Wilds.

But if I could forget two, it'd be Outer Wilds twice because it's an incredible story

The whole experience of starting up my new (used) N64 for the first time on my blurry old CRT TV and see that huge 3D Mario face pop up that I could squeeze and pull. This was a truly magical console for me.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

Game: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Book: Ender's Game TV Show: Tom Baker Doctor Who Movie: The Sixth Sense

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Game: Quest for Glory I: So you want to be a Hero
Book: Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
TV Show: Babylon 5
Movie: Spaceballs

All fairly old, but still some of all time favorites.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Game: Day of the Tentacle
Book: Cryptonomicon
TV: BoJack horseman
Movie: The Matrix or The Prestige

Honorable mention: Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Im conflicted. I want to watch the usual suspects again for the first time but with Kevin Spacey being too much of that movie I dont know if i would even if i could. And that makes me sad because it had one of the best moments in cinema...and that has been completely tainted by a shit person

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[–] UNY0N@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Game: Baldur's Gate

Book: Dune

TV: Fraggle Rock

Movie: Fight Club

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 5 points 1 month ago

Game: Noita
Book: The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (RIP, you deserved more time)
TV show: Cowboy Bebop, I think
Movie: Honestly, I can't think of one.

In order of priority, I'd put The Player of Games at the top by a wide margin (seriously, it's an amazing book by a brilliant author), followed by Noita, with Cowboy Bebop at the end.

[–] LedzMx@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
  • Game: Zelda Ocarina of Time. My first true game that I had and enjoyed as a child, I didnt even know the language and I vividly remember using a dictionary and translating the game while playing.
  • Book: One Piece Manga, yes its not a book, but reading everything from zero to current would be an amazing journey, one that I enjoy watching book-tubers discover One Piece and devour it is great. If I had to reread a book perhaps Project Hail Mary, I didnt know anything about the book, I just liked the authors previous work and picked this one up and stayed all night reading the book, it was one of those amazing moments when reading.
  • TV show: Futurama, incredibly funny and imagining discovering it new again would feel awesome. -Movie: I dont really have *A favorite movie, more of the experience and feeling I had while watching a movie. But perhaps the Batman trilogy
[–] Godort@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm currently going through the One Piece manga for the first time and I'm having a blast.

I'm in the middle of Punk Hazard right now and it's starting to drag on, but I'm told that everything gets way better afterwards.

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[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Game: Gunship 2000

Book: the Murderbot Diaries

TV: Firefly

Movie: ~~Casablanca~~ no! Little Shop of Horrors!

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[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

God what I wouldn't give to play through the ICO series for the first time again. Three of just the best cases for why games are art.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Game: Tie between Dragon Age: Origins and the original Bioshock.

Movie: Nightmare on Elm Street

TV Show: Stranger Things

Book: Man, too many to mention, but maybe The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Kinda experienced Portal 2 again for the first time when I played through it in VR. Such an amazing game!

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[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Satisfactory.

The good news is that everyone is going to be experiencing that for the first time again in about a week's time!

[–] PlatDrone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I cannot wait for 1.0! Only 4 days away!

[–] copper@feddit.it 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Book: 1984 Movie: Sinister Game: Borderlands 2 Tv show: (Is an animated serie ok?) Gravity falls

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hell yeah animation is ok, and Gavity Falls is a solid 10/10 choice.

Between my brother, a mutual friend, and myself, we have over 1,800 collective hours in Borderlands 2. That was probably my favorite game for about 5 years. It's fun enough on your own, but the game gets a million times between with co-op.

I thought the Pre-Sequel was pretty good. The low grav mechanic was a fun addition, and the moon being populated by Aussies was a nice touch. Borderlands 3 was kinda meh. We all had high hopes for it. It's a pretty good game, but its greatest weakness is that Borderlands 2 exists.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Bioshock.

I don't think there will every be a more satisfying twist for me. The twist was about me, the human playing the game, and only works because of the nature of the format.

It was perfection.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just a game and book come to mind for me right now, plus a music album.

Game: Star Control 2

Book: Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter

Album: Floating World by Anathallo

  • Game: TLOZ:BOTW
  • Book: 1984 by George Orwell
  • TV Show: Attack on Titan and Neon Genesis
  • Movie: Contact, Interstellar.
[–] durfenstein@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Game: The Outer Wilds and its DLC. Also Undertale as close second Movie: Summer Wars. Redline close second. Tv Show: Frieren - After journeys end

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

At this point, there are definitely plenty, but I'd personally say my top picks are definitely (in no particular order):

β€’ Brok the Investigator

β€’ Franklin (yes I'm a child at heart sometimes)

β€’ New Vegas and the DLCs

β€’ Borderlands (on xbox360 w/ all 4 DLCs, have been playing on and off for over a decade and still have way too much stuff left)

β€’ An American Tail (definitely in my top 3, if not my absolute favorite 3D animated film ever)

[–] CharlesReed@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

The first BioShock game. I don't know how I managed to go so long without it being spoiled for me, but man, I'm glad it wasn't.

[–] noisypine@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago

Subnautica, without question.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Mass Effect 2

Guild Wars 1 (at the time it was just called Guild Wars)

Edit : both were played on the pc

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[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
  • Game: Skyrim
  • TV show: Game of Thrones
  • Book: The Lord of the Rings
  • Movie: The Lord of the Rings
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