Swine Flu has been all the rage these days. With the recent pandemic hitting the Unites States as hard as a red-headed stepchild gets beat, we here at Crave Gaming decided to use the opportunity to milk it for content. Therefore, we've constructed a single question in light of recent events: if you caught an extremely severe case of the Swine Flu and were told you had 24 hours left to live, what video game(s) would you play/ re-play in the time before you kicked the bucket?
We aren't interested in the honest replies of how you would spend the time with your family and friends, or that you would go out and do something crazy you otherwise wouldn't. We know that the hardcore gaming crowd would hole themselves into a dark, dank room for 24 hours to begin reliving all their greatest glories and heartbreaks from gaming's past. So with that said, here's what our writing staff had to say if the current super-flu befell on them...
Dante Maddox
If I had to pick one game it would be Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2. I'd make the tightest Jedi the galaxy has ever seen and I'd like someone to find my flu ravaged body with my favorite created Jedi--Jet Windu. The great great great great great grandfather of Mace Windu, at least that's how I imagine it when I play.
Jeremy Azevedo
I suppose if I had to pick only one game, I'd pick World of Warcraft. I've never actually played it, so I'd buy the most badass, fully maxed-out character available on eBay. Then I would proceed to PWN the living shit out of everyone I meet, whilst soaking in the glorious sympathy from real people who don't already have one foot in the grave like I (hypothetically) do. If I got bored of that I'd probably play some kind of MMORPG sex game online and jack myself to death I guess. Actually, that would probably only be fun for like an hour or so... Do drinking games count? If not, I'd most likely fill the rest of my time out with a little Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 (Dreamcast), Super Bomberman (SNES), Guitar Hero (Xbox 360), Resident Evil 4 (Wii), and/or Jackal (NES) for old time's sake before kicking the ol' bucket.
Erik Norris
Firstly, I would get my hands on an NES emulator and burn through a few classics. If my life was coming to a close I might as well return to what made me the happy-go-lucky man I am today, right? So if that's the case I'll need Roms of Tecmo Bowl, Blades of Steel, Mario Bros. 3, and Bubble Bobble. I figure with those four games I can waste roughly 3 hours of time without getting bored. Bubble Bobble will be last because the insanely happy music will surely cheer me up, and snap me out of my depression funk. A funk I'm about to return to with my next choice of last minute gaming.
Metal Gear Solid 4.
The game took me roughly 20 hours the first time through and I imagine I'll be spending close to the same amount on a second go-around. Simply because I won't want to skip the cutscenes. They are what make the experience and the reason why MGS4 is my favorite game of all time. It nearly made me cry! And I know what you're thinking--why would you want to be even more depressed than you already are, you know, the whole dying thing? Well the only answer I can give you is because Metal Gear Solid 4 is beautiful, as corny as that sounds. It's the perfect piece of entertainment and if I had to go out playing a video game, I might as well go out with the cream of the crop. I would hit the end credits, shed a single tear, and fade into the blackness. Beautiful.
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Well, shit... Since roughing myself bone dry was already taken... I really don't know.
I guess I'd do one of two things. I'd either pop in Ocarina of Time and constantly hack, slash and throw chickens until they start cock-raging and kill me (rinse and repeat, of course), or I'd jump onto Diablo II. There I'd join public games. I'd walk up to people, initiate a trade and throw all sorts of really badass equipment up for them to see. Once they seemingly make an offer I can't refuse I'd cancel the trade and tell them I'll be dead from Swine Flu within the day. Then I'd probably rapidly click on Deckard Cain just to annoy that fake f**ker; "Stay awhile and listen!"
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My one game is actually a collection of games so suck it! For the senior citizens (or Retrocade/MAME fans) I would go with Karateka (created by Prince of Persia's, Jordan Mechner) on the Apple II. Considering the graphical limitations (by today’s standards), that game was still a lot of fun. I could also play Rolling Thunder or Karate Champ all day, but if we are talking recent games I would go with Marvel Ultimate Alliance or damn near any Capcom (SF II CE, DS, MvC, etc) fighting game.
