View Full Version : Amazing "find" at my workplace the other day
esquire
09-29-2005, 10:09 PM
In case some of you couldn't tell by my screenname, I am an attorney. I work for firm of 9 attorneys, plus about 45+ support staff. You would think that by that definition we are a bunch of stuffy people. Not so. We are a pretty young group, and our boss is a great guy. It is a great place to work.
Well, the other day, Tuesday to be specific, I walk into the lunch room to buy a soda from the vending machine, and lo and behold there is a "Multicade" Video Game Machine in the corner. It has about 24 games on it including:
Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Jr. Pac-Man
Super Pac-Man
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Moon Patrol
Centipede
Millipede
Missile Command
Super Breakout
Arkanoid
Space Invaders
Phoenix
Frogger
Dig Dug
Mr. Do!
Sinistar
and more!
Oh, and it is set on freeplay. :D
I was completely surprised. I never thought he would buy something like that. So now whenever I walk in the lunch room for a coffee or soda, I get the itch to play a quick game. I feel kinda funny playing a game when someone walks in, but hey that's what its there fore.
Never knew my boss was a retrogamer.
Just another reason to go to work early and leave late I guess.
No Asteroids? Quit, I say! :)
That rules. Had we one of those at my job, I'd get nothing done.
droppedD
09-29-2005, 10:37 PM
law school here i come...
seriously. i took the LSATs a few months ago before i graduated... this makes me a little less scared to apply to the schools. Nice to know it isn't all suits and quarter-hourly billing. :)
googlefest1
09-30-2005, 08:59 AM
i think things like that make emploees more productive
my compnay wants slaves and slave pushers - the president hates the idea of having "a country club"
my friends company on the other hand has a bunch of video games and foosball and you can spend as long as you want in there as long as you meet your deadlines -- and guess what - everyone completes thier work on time
Lothars
09-30-2005, 03:04 PM
Awesome :) Well Im glad that your work is like that, makes it very nice
nothing wrong with that at all :)
rbudrick
09-30-2005, 06:27 PM
That's pretty slick. You should call the videogame companies in your area and get them as clients. ;)
-Rob
esquire
09-30-2005, 07:25 PM
The other 4 games that I missed were Burgertime (my personal favorite), Crystal Castles, Galaga and Galaxian.
Now if I can only get them to turn the difficulty level on Ms. Pac-Man.... they have it set at super fast/hard.
zerohero
09-30-2005, 07:31 PM
My manager likes to play the psp sometimes at work and I'll sit down with him as well while on the clock. Those are the best days of the week ;)
rjohnson
09-30-2005, 08:57 PM
i am the advisor of a game club at a college i teach at...
We (advosors or students) game at least once a week...
i have a small museum of functional and connected systems and games in my OFFICE with my NES toploader and Halo xbox there for gaming... at a moment's notice!
We have the most fun when playing on a 20' (foot) LCD projector...split screen works on that well... or for lan parties...
it is Very important to feel comfortable in one's work space.
GAME ON everyone! 8-)
youruglyclone
09-30-2005, 09:11 PM
i am the advisor of a game club at a college i teach at...
We (advosors or students) game at least once a week...
i have a small museum of functional and connected systems and games in my OFFICE with my NES toploader and Halo xbox there for gaming... at a moment's notice!
We have the most fun when playing on a 20' (foot) LCD projector...split screen works on that well... or for lan parties...
it is Very important to feel comfortable in one's work space.
GAME ON everyone! 8-)
interestingly enough I periodically do projector play at work...but most of the time I'm playing games on a dell 20" flat screen monitor that's mounted on the office wall.
we stick to ps2 and occasionally a xbox graces our offices.
EricRyan34
09-30-2005, 10:51 PM
Absolutly no work would get done if i had that in my office, I would either be playing it the whole time or be drooling over the beauty of it LOL
They finally got rid of the Ms Pac/Galaga game at my work, & put in a Donkey Kong/DK Jr/Mario Bros. machine.
Mario Bros (not Super) is one of my all-time favorite arcade games- the first time I ever saw it years ago, I told myself "I will beat that game." & I got pretty damn good at it, IIDSSM.
So, I had fun playing it at work, when all of a sudden, one of the LAST GUYS I ever thought would like video games, comes up & says he likes the game too, & that started off a little discussion about video gaming in general!
So we played a little co-op, & then had an ongoing High Score contest. It went back & forth a bit, but now he "owns" the machine, w/ a high of around 375,000 IIRC.