Closet gamer - Video games you would rather die than admit to have enjoyed playing

[K4ndY]

As the title suggests, this tread is all about video games that are a guilty pleasure for you. A game that if asked, you would swear up and down that you would never, EVER, be caught playing, and yet you secretly enjoy the hell out of it.

What I want from you, dear Escapists, is the following:

1- The name/title of the sinful game
2- Why you like it
3- Why you would likely kill anyone who witnessed you playing said game

Here is mine:

1- The Sims
2- It's so darn addictive... Also I like playing God. Nuff said.
3- People who know me expect me to be playing shooters or hack-and-slash type games (anything bloody and violent, really), not some game made for suburban housewives with too much free times on their hands. This would ruin my reputation... Ruin it, I tell you!(I'm paranoid, alright?)

Ok, your turn!!

 

[Wolfram23]

I'm sorry but if I'd rather die than admit to have enjoyed playing... I wouldn't go and tell people, would I?

Anyway, I can agree with The Sims. I went through a phase with that game waaaay back when.

That's probably the only one, although I also wouldn't openly admit to having been, once upon a time, a huge WoW geek - not to non gamers anyway.

 

[Gill Kaiser]

So anyone who posts a reply in this thread is either a lier or legitimately suicidal?

 

[Solo-Wing]

Well the only one that WOULD come to mind is Bejeweled. But even then I don't really hide it.

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

nothing, really. i'm not ashamed of anything if i actually like it, regardless of how others perceive it.

on the other hand, that might be put to the test if i had ever played any of the Olsen Twins games and somehow enjoyed them. which i've totally done neither. stop looking at me like that.

 

[K4ndY]

So anyone who posts a reply in this thread is either a lier or legitimately suicidal?

Take your pick.

Also, it sounds to me like you're trying to change subject. Any particular reason why?

 

[game-lover]

Well, I figure it would be okay because we're all technically anonymous.

What's someone gonna do? Track down all the people you know and spread the word?

That being said, I can't think of anything. Of course, I don't play a lot compared to watching others play a lot.

 

[baddude1337]

When I was a kid, I played the Spiace Girls game on my sisters playstation. It was kind of fun...

WHAT YOU LOOKIN AT FOO!

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

There's no game that I would be ashamed to tell people I enjoy. If I enjoyed a game, then it's a good damn game no matter what anyone says.

Besides, I have way better taste than everyone else in this thread, and therefore have never played a bad game.

Ok, I played Toy Story 2 the game on the N64, but damn it, I was just a kid, I was allowed to make mistakes at that age.

 

[Jazoni89]

I find the Harry potter games to be really decent, but I'll never admit it to anyone.

 

[Zaik]

Evony, I played it for a bit out of morbid curiosity.

It was alright for a while, then I realized that once you've destroyed or chased away all your neighbors within a reasonable distance, that's it, it's over. Nothing more to do but wait for another server to open up and do it again.

I wasn't interested anymore.

 

[Spydercake]

Runescape.
>.>
<.<

 

[migo]

Rapelay. Somebody had to say it. It would have been the first response on 4chan.

 

[Veldel]

Rapelay ._. dont hate me

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

There are a few, but the most obvious two candidates are N3 and Guild wars.
Christ i hate even admitting that last one to myself.

 

[vingtcinq]

Runescape. Used to LOVE it, dial-up and all, but I wouldn't really want to admit to it now.

 

[darth.pixie]

Well, I figure it would be okay because we're all technically anonymous.

What's someone gonna do? Track down all the people you know and spread the word?

Now you've got me all paranoid. *shifty eyes*

Er...Azada, I guess. I like puzzles. But I'm not that ashamed of playing it. Hmmm...I once played a Nancy Drew game. It was awful but killing Nancy in so many ways was fun.

 

[pyrosaw]

Let's just say it rhymes with "Unreel Tournament sea."

 

[tuddy]

Honestly, I can't think of any. I have no real guilty pleasures when it comes to video games; even if some of the games I enjoy are pretty... questionable (to point out an example, I own My World, My Way; a rather decent DS Dungeon crawler/RPG. The boxart, however, makes it look like some generic game "for girls"). But, hey, I don't care how others react to the games I play - I'm having fun, so where's the problem?