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Looking for good blogs, sites, or articles about video game playthroughs.
The post about Homeless Sims led me into the world of video game playthrough blogs, and I would like to see more. However I can't seem to find any good ones, or maybe I have the wrong search terms for my google.
I would prefer playthroughs that are well-written, humorous, and accessible to those who don't own the game. Text is very much preferred to video. I especially like ones where an external limit or objective is placed on the gameplay.
Examples from the post:
Living in Oblivion: making it through Oblivion like an NPC
Galactic Civilization Playthrough and Second Galactic Civilization Playthrough
The post about Homeless Sims led me into the world of video game playthrough blogs, and I would like to see more. However I can't seem to find any good ones, or maybe I have the wrong search terms for my google.
I would prefer playthroughs that are well-written, humorous, and accessible to those who don't own the game. Text is very much preferred to video. I especially like ones where an external limit or objective is placed on the gameplay.
Examples from the post:
Living in Oblivion: making it through Oblivion like an NPC
Galactic Civilization Playthrough and Second Galactic Civilization Playthrough
there's the mom/animal crossing comic strip. warning, pretty sad
posted by nadawi at 2:53 PM on June 11, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by nadawi at 2:53 PM on June 11, 2009 [4 favorites]
GameSpot
The content is user provided, so you'll get a good variety of text walkthroughs. I know I've read some funny ones, but I don't remember the game(s) for which they were written.
posted by youngergirl44 at 2:55 PM on June 11, 2009
The content is user provided, so you'll get a good variety of text walkthroughs. I know I've read some funny ones, but I don't remember the game(s) for which they were written.
posted by youngergirl44 at 2:55 PM on June 11, 2009
um - he's not looking for faqs, he's looking for blogs about playing through a game like the homeless sims.
posted by nadawi at 2:57 PM on June 11, 2009
posted by nadawi at 2:57 PM on June 11, 2009
Best answer: Most of the really, truly good playthroughs I've seen are part of the Let's Play effort which seems to have originated with Something Awful.
posted by majick at 3:05 PM on June 11, 2009
posted by majick at 3:05 PM on June 11, 2009
Best answer: I was just going to suggest Let's Play. For instance the Dwaft Fortress playthrough Boatmurdered is excellent (what I've read so far). No all Let's Plays are good though, filter as you go.
posted by bjrn at 3:22 PM on June 11, 2009
posted by bjrn at 3:22 PM on June 11, 2009
Best answer: Oh, I remembered just as I clicked post: Bastard of the Old Republic part 1, part 2, part 3 about playing Knights of the Old Republic as evil as possible.
Also slightly related The Great Scam, one person's account of how he scammed loads and loads of people in EVE.
posted by bjrn at 3:25 PM on June 11, 2009
Also slightly related The Great Scam, one person's account of how he scammed loads and loads of people in EVE.
posted by bjrn at 3:25 PM on June 11, 2009
The saga of Boatmurdered is one of the funniest things I have ever read.
posted by Rock Steady at 3:26 PM on June 11, 2009
posted by Rock Steady at 3:26 PM on June 11, 2009
Sorry! I was thinking of walkthroughs. :(
posted by youngergirl44 at 3:37 PM on June 11, 2009
posted by youngergirl44 at 3:37 PM on June 11, 2009
Response by poster: Yeah, definitely not looking for a walkthrough; perhaps "playthrough" is the wrong term for what I am looking for. Bastard of the Old Republic is great, especially since I played the hell out of KoTOR but couldn't bring myself to be bad.
P.S. I are a girl.
posted by subbes at 4:37 PM on June 11, 2009
P.S. I are a girl.
posted by subbes at 4:37 PM on June 11, 2009
Best answer: The Let's Play Archive is exactly what you're looking for.
I'm partial to video playthroughs myself, but Animal Crossing is a must-read.
Malorie's Alone in the Dark video plays of Alone in the Dark 1 and 2 are great.
Leovinus did a pretty funny Final Fantasy 8 screenshot LP.
Grim Fandango The Movie is just brilliant.
The Resident Evil games are great for giving you a sense of the game and the weird stories in the games. Similarly, I really liked the Silent Hill screenshot LPs, and the video playthrough of Origins. I'm a wuss for horror games.
Also probably worth looking into: I've heard great things about Giant Bomb's playthrough of Persona 4.
posted by graventy at 4:55 PM on June 11, 2009
I'm partial to video playthroughs myself, but Animal Crossing is a must-read.
Malorie's Alone in the Dark video plays of Alone in the Dark 1 and 2 are great.
Leovinus did a pretty funny Final Fantasy 8 screenshot LP.
Grim Fandango The Movie is just brilliant.
The Resident Evil games are great for giving you a sense of the game and the weird stories in the games. Similarly, I really liked the Silent Hill screenshot LPs, and the video playthrough of Origins. I'm a wuss for horror games.
Also probably worth looking into: I've heard great things about Giant Bomb's playthrough of Persona 4.
posted by graventy at 4:55 PM on June 11, 2009
Best answer: I enjoy the playthroughs for Deus Ex, Thief and System Shock at www.it-he.com. There's a lot of funny stuff on that site...
posted by fearthehat at 5:05 PM on June 11, 2009
posted by fearthehat at 5:05 PM on June 11, 2009
I know you said you prefer text to video, but it should be mentioned that if you search YouTube for "let's play" plus a game name, there's a good chance you can find stuff in the same vein, some are quite awesome!
posted by yellowbinder at 6:38 PM on June 11, 2009
posted by yellowbinder at 6:38 PM on June 11, 2009
You probably already know about this, and it doesn't quite fit your parameters, but the Speed Demos Archive is the place to go for videos of time-constrained playthroughs of video games.
Most videos are accompanied a narrative description of the player's techniques. The text isn't usually all that accessible to people who haven't played the game, but might serve as an interesting counterpoint to other descriptions of the game.
posted by aparrish at 5:00 AM on June 12, 2009
Most videos are accompanied a narrative description of the player's techniques. The text isn't usually all that accessible to people who haven't played the game, but might serve as an interesting counterpoint to other descriptions of the game.
posted by aparrish at 5:00 AM on June 12, 2009
Yeah, that Animal crossing story is bugfuck genius.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 10:03 AM on June 12, 2009
posted by robocop is bleeding at 10:03 AM on June 12, 2009
Best answer: The fellows over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun (who did the Bastard of the Old Republic playthrough) have started a new piece, this time a Morrowind playthrough called A Fool in Morrowind. Intro, Intro #2, Day 1: Trousers, Day 2: Granny (they've only just begun).
And Robin Burkinshaw (who did that Homeless Sims thing) also did a piece for RPS about playing through Dwarf Fortress.
posted by bjrn at 1:24 AM on June 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
And Robin Burkinshaw (who did that Homeless Sims thing) also did a piece for RPS about playing through Dwarf Fortress.
posted by bjrn at 1:24 AM on June 25, 2009 [1 favorite]
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posted by AltReality at 2:44 PM on June 11, 2009