Are YOU a game knowledge ho?

[RetroYoungen]

Thought that might grab your attention.

In my group of friends I'm usually the one first asked about something video game related. I've even had buddies call me up late at night asking me stuff like "Dude, how much should that Space Invaders game cost, you know, the one from tha old Atari?" My friends even whore out my knowledge to other people, getting them to ask me questions about stuff I might know just a little about, and then I'm asked all sorts of crap from then on out.

And that got me thinking: Am I a game knowledge whore?

Anyone else like me in this regard?

[GaijinPunch]

I don't think I have one single friend that likes video games. As such, nobody ever asks me dick about them. There's a guy at work that enjoys them, but is by no means a gamer. He bought a DS b/c the PSP has "too much going on with all those buttons.". Japanese wife too... they're into touching I guess.

I take that back. A gal I work with actually bought some Capcom stock (Japanese side) and asked if I had ever heard of them. :P

[AFGiant]

People bring that kind of stuff up with me from time to time. I've got a rep as being the "h4rdc0re gam3r" in my school. Its a private school, still large but not huge, and there arn't any collectors except me. I was at my friend's house the other day, and as he was flipping channels he hit Toy Story 2 at the part where the pig is playing the SNES and he said to everyone else in the room "That's [my name] right there]"

Game trivia, release dates, info on classics, people come to me. So yeah, I'm a game trivia ho

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Oh heck yeah. My friends come to me with these questions. My co-workers come to me with these questions. Heck, even major corporations, whether I like it or not!

'Tis both a curse and a blessing.

[RetroYoungen]

Oh heck yeah. My friends come to me with these questions. My co-workers come to me with these questions. Heck, even major corporations, whether I like it or not!

'Tis both a curse and a blessing.

About those major corporations, are you getting paid for your... services?

[Cryomancer]

More or less. I don't have a lot of people asking me the questions though. I do tend to over-explain and inform people about things they have half-wrong online and such though.

[GrandAmChandler]

I sure am.

My friends ask me questions all the time. "What's the game where you do this..." "or where do you find the key in level blah blah blah.."

or my personal favorite, my friends asking me questions when they are drunk:

Friend - "Chandler! What's the name of the first bad guy in mario 2?"

Me- "Boss or just enemy?"

Friend - "Who cares! The first guy!"

Me- "um... a shyguy."

Friends - "Hahahaha a SHYGUY, Chandler you are hilarious!"

[Bluteg]

I am but it really annoyes some people because I tend to ramble on about small details in games.

All of my friends have at least some interest in gaming, so they don't mind it too much.

[tholly]

im at college....suite style room with 4 two person bedrooms and everyone plays games, but, no one is a collector....everyone is just the halo or sports game player, so any video game question or problem, im the one they come too....i try to expose them to unique games too....and sometimes they actually like the weird games

[retroman]

that would be me to bro...all my friends call me for that kind of shit to...i am the one that never got out of games. And they dont know shit when it comes to knowing anything about history or even prices of older games. i am the one they always call.

[Slipdeath]

As much as my friends know that I'm a collector and know a lot of the prices, I still can't convince them that they're not going to get $500 for their dad's "old Atari" on ebay.

[pacmanhat]

When I'm in my friend's game store (which is fairly often these days), and a customer comes in with a loaded or obscure question about gaming, my friend (the store owner) defers the question to me. I don't work there or anything, either...I just know the answers. :lol:

[Arcade Antics]

Yeah, but more importantly, I'm just a whore.

He'll do anything for money
He's a whore
Look at the things that I write
He's a whore
The stories I could tell
He's a whore
In the morning in the night...





(10 meseta to the first person to identify the reference )

[PapaStu]

Ayup.

In my friends circles (except the ones made from DP) i'm the first person asked about games. Ive gotten numerous calls about this or that game when at work or out and about. When at work when anyone asks about games (mind you I work in the electronics dept, just not for the evil empire I work in) the employees will have the customers direct the questions to me.

Doesnt bug me actually. Kinda like knowing that ive got SOME place to use this knowledge ive accrued.

[THATinkjar]

Yeah, I can relate to all this. Though it REALLY bugs me. Especially since they aren't really clued up enough to understand. And I'm not smart enough to dumb it down enough. So these days, generally speaking, I don't answer them

[I Am Humanoid]

Are YOU a game knowledge ho?

Knowledge is power. I am a sponge for information but people around here think that I have the word *Google* stamped on my forehead. Go freakin' learn something on your own! I need to move up into the mountains or on a deserted island....

[Graham Mitchell]

Yeah, but more importantly, I'm just a whore.

He'll do anything for money
He's a whore
Look at the things that I write
He's a whore
The stories I could tell
He's a whore
In the morning in the night...




(10 meseta to the first person to identify the reference )

Cheap Trick's "He's A Whore" from their Eponymous debut record. Also covered by Big Black in 1987.

I'm a whore, too. Everytime I sit down to lunch bewildered med students ask lame questions like "do you still have Zelda?"

[Daft Punk]

dammit I was just about to submit it too.
:P

[mezrabad]

In the sense of videogaming history, yes. I really love reading the "history of videogames" books and sites.

That being said, no one I know could give a flying fig about it.

[VACRMH]

Friend - "Chandler! What's the name of the first bad guy in mario 2?"

Me- "Boss or just enemy?"

Friend - "Who cares! The first guy!"

Me- "um... a shyguy."

Friends - "Hahahaha a SHYGUY, Chandler you are hilarious!"

For some reason, I read that fast and thought I had missed an interesting episode of Friends

Anyways...

I wish people asked me game questions, but usually I just get "You're obsessed" if I mention games.