Polycount game club? [pitching an idea]

ZacD

The idea behind this is to have a book club for games every month, one member (with at least 1000 posts or something) is randomly selected to pick one of their favorite games, it is suggested that it is a indy game, hidden treasure/sleeper hit, a classic, or something most poeople have not played, or on sale on steam or something. A discussion thread will be created in general for everyone to discuss. The idea is to get people to try new games and to have fun. I've also thought about having a price limit to prevent people from being left out. Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions? Anyone want to make a script that randomly picks members?

biofrost

I'm all for this idea, I would say limit it to indie games like you said and ps2 era and down. Nothing from this current gen. That way chances are the game will be cheap to pick up(if its not rare).

Stinger88

So, what happens? Someone suggests a game and the others in the club buy it,give it a go and review it...

ok. I'll bite. Count me in. Got a few game on my "to buy" list over at GOG.

ErichWK

Wii has a decent collection of classics! and PSN has some hidden PS1 Gems.

Joseph Silverman

play cave story every week

J0NNYquid

Great idea, I got into gaming late and missed a large part of the pre PS2 era, would love to try some new/old games.

System

For the sake of education why not emulate games too?

Also discussion involving the mechanics and how the game works would be useful as a later point of reference.

glynnsmith

This is a cool idea. Definitely interested.

I'd also like to see Jackwhat's idea made into a podcast.

biofrost

Jackwhat that's a good idea. I was going to bring up emulation but i'm not sure if that was taboo around here. I'm all for it if you can no longer buy the games legally. I of course still prefer to own a physical copy but for example my 32X no longer works so I have to emulate it until I buy a new one.

ZacD

Jackwhat wrote: »

For the sake of education why not emulate games too?

Also discussion involving the mechanics and how the game works would be useful as a later point of reference.

I like the idea of breaking down how things worked, like some asking how this effect was done, and someone breaking out the emulator and taking wireframe screen shots and making test scenes and what not.

System

I wasn't really thinking about the technical side more the gameplay but that certainly has value.

http://higherorderfun.com/blog/2012/05/20/the-guide-to-implementing-2d-platformers/

^ Things like that for example. (thanks to razorb)


I could link dump all day.


(gameplay discussion like;)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aip2aIt0ROM"]Sequelitis - Castlevania 1 vs. Castlevania 2 - YouTube[/ame]

TrevorJ

totally in for that. I'm thinking there should be a new thread for every week though, with some kind of quick prefix. Otherwise this thread could get quite bloated/confusing. Might be ok all in one though.