Gameworms? Fingerworms? I dunno, but Rob Zacny likened newly released Infested Planet to an earworm in that he just had to keep going back to it for a quick go. I've got that so I'll decide for myself, but I thought it was a nice idea. So what are your gaming earworms? Those games that you always have around and just keep dropping in on even though you've played them to death?
Probably my all time favourite is Plants Vs Zombies. Partly due to Sprog, I've put 93 hours into it. And I still love it. I've had it on my Windows phone and my Android, although the latter has since been sullied by horrible microtransactions. Other than that I'd say Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space. I've been playing that for donkeys on my iPad, and I've put a good few hours in on Steam too. It just hits the right mix of roguelike and sci-fi for me.
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Re: Gaming Earworms
The Elder Scrolls games are strong contenders, with me putting in the most hours in each title for an individual single-player game, but the stand-out series winner would be Football Manager, with at least 600 hours logged in FM 09 thru 12, which is not even counting older versions going back to the Kevin Toms original, I probably have a year's full-time job's worth of experience in the genre.
It's difficult to explain why I find it so compelling to people who don't already play and thus already know. It's partly that I watch Coventry City's dismal performances and think I could do much better, but also it gives me the opportunity to see what I can do with the richest, or poorest clubs. The sheer level of detail is enough to keep me entertained for hours, without even advancing a single day in game time - you can click on practically everything and get pages of lovely stats, like a wiki of football before wikis were even thought of - and you can use your real-world knowledge of players you see doing well on Match of the Day to travel back in time and buy them cheap in older versions of the game.
I've mostly gotten Coventry relegated, but have also won everything with Man U, Man C, Barca, Real, England and even Poland. My current game (2012 version with data updates) has me juggling Man City's millions with Rangers' struggles having been demoted to the the bottom of the Scottish leagues.
I genuinely punch the air every time we score a goal, despite being such a simple premise, I find it remarkably absorbing.
It's difficult to explain why I find it so compelling to people who don't already play and thus already know. It's partly that I watch Coventry City's dismal performances and think I could do much better, but also it gives me the opportunity to see what I can do with the richest, or poorest clubs. The sheer level of detail is enough to keep me entertained for hours, without even advancing a single day in game time - you can click on practically everything and get pages of lovely stats, like a wiki of football before wikis were even thought of - and you can use your real-world knowledge of players you see doing well on Match of the Day to travel back in time and buy them cheap in older versions of the game.
I've mostly gotten Coventry relegated, but have also won everything with Man U, Man C, Barca, Real, England and even Poland. My current game (2012 version with data updates) has me juggling Man City's millions with Rangers' struggles having been demoted to the the bottom of the Scottish leagues.
I genuinely punch the air every time we score a goal, despite being such a simple premise, I find it remarkably absorbing.
Re: Gaming Earworms
I get that. I used to play Championship Manager 2000 when In was in training. Despite knowing very little about football I enjoyed the tactical and strategic challenges of buying and selling players, trying to cover the positions in your squad for the inevitable injuries, playing around with different tactics and formations for the matches. It might have been an old favourite of mine too if I wasn't so hopelessly bad at it.