What Are You Currently Playing? 5.05: You Are (Not) A Gamer

[Avaitor]

You know what's annoying as fuck?

The bouncing red and white ball/stick thingy in Carnival Night Zone. You know which one.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Push up and down to rock the barrel. Don't jump.

I saved you 20 minutes. 

[Avaitor]

Yeah, I know. But a jump or two is helpful.

[talonmalon333]

Push up and down to rock the barrel. Don't jump.

I saved you 20 minutes. 

You did not, however, saves the hundreds of hours that so many children spent in that one room.

[Nel_Annette]

>Played the game in 1994.
>Didn't get past that god damned barrel until 2005.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Its a little something I like to call video game instincts. As a kid, I think most of us intended to rely on our trained instincts a lot. If there was a switch, we would press it; if there was a block, we would push it; and if there was a barrel that could blocked your way from going down, we would jump up and down to use our character's momentum to force the barrel downward. Some cruel developer who clearly hated children wanted to screw with our basic video game instincts and decide to just have you press up and down repeatedly to move the barrel down. It wasn't even something you'd just automatically guess next, like just holding down to go down (I even tried that as a kid). It was to move it up and down repeatedly, and it took at least a few seconds before you realized that it was actually doing something and even a few seconds more before you confirmed that it was working. For a kid's level of patience, those few seconds are a lot, so many people never figured out what to do.

To be honest, I didn't even remember this part despite getting stuck at it, as I had barely played Sonic 3 as a kid. That said, I could imagine how much it would have frustrated me if I was more invested in the game back then.

[gunswordfist]

You know what's annoying as fuck?

The bouncing red and white ball/stick thingy in Carnival Night Zone. You know which one.

Oh, the memories of me asking AR how in the world do I get past that irritation.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I don't remember how I got past it as a kid, but I did. I guess we just tried everything we could think of until something worked.

[Nel_Annette]

I have seen people spam the shit out of the bubble shield to get through it. Provided you can keep it that far into the level.

[Eddy]

Carnival Night Zone is THE WORST.

[Avaitor]

Well after playing around on the Sonic Mega Collection a little last night, I  decided to try The Thousand-Year-Door again, after my Gamecube controller crapped out on me and made me lose my saved game.

I love the third world, even if it's mostly just fights. It's a great way to level up ANDa cute spoof of the wrestling industry.

[talonmalon333]

I love the third world, even if it's mostly just fights. It's a great way to level up ANDa cute spoof of the wrestling industry.

Glitzville is my favorite video game side-story ever.

Yes, I just said that.

[Foggle]

Finally got all the trinkets in VVVVVV.

Yeah, never doing that again.

[Eddy]

I got VVVVVV on the 3DS and I was enjoying it until I got to the escort mission.

[Avaitor]

I'm almost done with world 7, but I'm taking a break because von Grapple has got on my nerves.

I will say, that while I think Vivan's on-location power is the lamest of the party, she's got to be the best partner in combat.