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Being forced to play Battlecruiser 3000AD from now until the end of time - with the games creator Derek Smart standing over your shoulder reminding you how "great" the game is...

Cool World. Nearly everyone in the theater walked out before the film was over. There was a line at the box office of people demanding their money back from the theater manager.

You might check out the Tie Fighter FAQ over at IGN http://faqs.ign.com/articles/426/426566p1.html "Battle Eleven: ===---------------------------============= ===--Mission 7----------------============= ===---------------------------============= -: Primary Mission Objectives :-...

Recall Foamy the Squirrel had a good rant on video game achievements (Warning: contains NSFW language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1A-Ymf1VYY

Terminator: Salvation. The North American PC retail version was unplayable out of the box. With users unable to install the game the publisher had to recall and replace all North American DVD's of the game.

Would you rather be a big fish in a small pond, or a small fish in a big pond?

When did we become obsessed with multiplayer? I'd say when the shareware version of DOOM was released back in 1993. Previous to that most games were single player or hot seat play only. After that LAN and later internet play became almost mandatory for many game genres.

Resistance: The Gathering Storm novel was excellent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance:_The_Gathering_Storm There is also an old school novelization of XCOM: UFO Defense that was fairly good.

Against 15,000 Knights? Medusa's head. Everyone in sight roll a saving throw or turn to stone.

From your description sounds like Blood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_%28video_game%29 Wolfenstein also had spiked brass knuckles

You may want to avoid real time strategy or first person shooter games that require fast reaction times and overload your ability to keep track of things. Those could be too frustrating for an older person. Start with something turn based that is easy to learn and play. Checkers...

Fallout 3 seemed to revive market interest in post apocalyptic video games. But some hard core gamers complained it didn't provide the roleplaying experience of the classic Fallout games. Perhaps it's time for Hasbro to respond by developing a Gamma World roleplaying video game?