The Gamer's Bucket List

Well, I came across this artical that I got in an email from Game Informer, its a list containing everything you should do before you get married or have kids or die...well everything game related anyways. It's a great thing since I actually was making one of these lists of my own, but, well, wasn't this detailed. I'll just add or subtract a few things too. But here it is anyways.

Once you reach a certain point in your life, it’s hard not to start thinking about the things
you’d like to do before you croak. See the pyramids! Set foot on each of the continents!
Take a Tex-Mex cooking class! As gamers, we often have similar thoughts, though
they’re not necessarily on such a morbid timeline. Marriage and parenthood can also take
a chunk out of prime gaming time, depending upon your choice of spouse or the amount
of attention you plan on giving your tiny terror. Even if you don’t plan on spawning or
dying in the immediate future, there are still tons of things that you should plan on doing
while you have the time.

Here’s a list of 150 things that every self-respecting gamer should do or experience
before they die, get married or have kids. Some, like “Consult a game FAQ in secret and
lie about it,” or “Use a video-game tune for your ringer” are probably as good as checked
off for most gamers. Others, like “Play a game from start to finish in one sitting” or “Yell
voice commands at your DS while on public transportation” require a bit more dedication
(or bravery).

o Go online with a shooter and get your ass handed to you
o Practice until you see that shooter every time you close your eyes
o Vindicate yourself. Gloat
o Sell your old gaming gear, thinking you’ll never want to play old games anymore
o Buy it back, years later
o Use a class project as a platform to talk to a captive audience about video games
o Save a hapless parent from making a tragic video-gaming error at a store
o Get good enough at an arcade game to attract a crowd of people
o Play for an hour on a single quarter
o Beat the music game of your choice on the highest difficulty setting
o Fall in love with a game that nobody else seems to appreciate. Defend it to your grave
o Do well enough in an online game that the host boots you
o Play a Fatal Frame game in the dark, alone
o Zerg rush
o Buy a game during a midnight-launch event
o Buy a game on impulse, without knowing anything about it beforehand
o Read a strategy guide, and feel sorry for those poor saps who have to write them
o Play The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time back to back and appreciate how
games made the leap into 3D worlds
o Find a great gaming deal at a yard sale
o Play a game you loved as a kid now that you’re older (and presumably wiser)
o Try to get an original cartridge game to work on original hardware
o Have a friend save over one of your files
o Misplace the CD key on an old PC game
o Play a game in a genre you don’t ordinarily enjoy
o Breed a Gold Chocobo in Final Fantasy VII
o Play the original Tomb Raider – breast physics don’t necessarily make a better game
o Beat Yazmat in Final Fantasy XII
o Make a “Your Mom” joke on XBL
o Cry during a cutscene
o Scream during a cutscene
o Curse during a cutscene
o Ignore your bladder during a cutscene
o Ignore your stomach during a cutscene
o Ignore a phone call during a cutscene
o Get into a fight with your significant other about ignoring your phone during a cutscene
o Work out to a fitness game
o Memorize a pop song from an OST in a foreign language
o Regret purchasing a game
o Defend purchasing a game
o Say “I lol’ed” in a conversation
o Spend over $150 on a rare game
o Spend over $100 on a special-edition game
o Pwn a game retailer with your extensive game knowledge
o Watch someone get hurt in real life and say “Pwned” out loud
o Try the Konami code first hand
o Watch Samus’ great unveiling
o Write a letter to the editor
o Google search
o Call in sick the day after a huge game launch
o Put in a work week of gaming while on vacation
o Play over 100 hours in a single game
o Yell voice commands at your DS while on public transportation
o Get 100% completion on a game
o Play a game from start to finish in one sitting
o Carry a talentless friend through co-op for the sake of friendship
o Use a video-game tune for your ringer
o Host a successful LAN party
o Dress up as a video-game character for Halloween
o Force your kids to wear video-game costumes
o Name a pet (or all of them) after a video-game character
o Incorporate some video-game element into your wedding
o Own more than one of the same console
o Borrow a game from someone and never return it
o Lend a game to someone never expecting to see it again
o Consult a game FAQ in secret and lie about it
o Drink a twelve pack (of what is up to you) in one sitting while playing a game
o Yell at someone for standing in front of your screen, then blame them for dying
o Fall asleep while playing a game
o Play GoldenEye 007 with only slappers, throwing knives or as Oddjob!
o Dedicate a good month of your life to playing Call of Duty 4. Start with single player, then kiss the rest
of the month goodbye in multiplayer.
o Play Crackdown co-op.
o Break a million points in Geometry Wars Evolved.
o Play tennis in Wii Sports
o Play Final Fantasy VII up to the point where Aerith dies. Of course, once you see that, you’ll finish the
game.
o Go outside for a little while. In real life
o Play Pong. Seriously. It has to be done.
o Battle Psycho Mantis in Metal Gear Solid
o Screw a friend out of a Mario Kart victory by nailing him or her with a red shell at the finish line. Any
Mario Kart applies. It’s equally as painful in each version
o Experience the joys of the sticky grenade and energy sword in either Halo 2 or 3 multiplayer
o Rob someone blind in the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
o Perform a fatality in a Mortal Kombat game (excluding Armageddon)
o Ascend a tower and leap into the hay in Assassin’s Creed
o Play four-player co-op through Marvel Ultimate Alliance
o Fill the streets with debris in Crash mode in Burnout Revenge
o Play and complete Grand Theft Auto Vice City or Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
o Use the shotgun in Doom
o Play and finish God of War
o Deke the goalie and score pretty in NHL 08
o Complete the clothing-store level in Condemned. You won’t look at mannequins the same way again.
o Converse with Para-Medic in Metal Gear Solid 3 about eating random stuff
o Play and complete Super Mario Bros.
o Play and complete Super Mario Galaxy
o Soak up the atmosphere of Rapture, meet Andrew Ryan, and save the little sisters. The bad ending sucks
o Have your eyes glaze over while playing Tetris
o Meet HK-47 in KOTOR
o Play Rock Band with four friends
o Play and finish Super Metroid
o Launch a nuke in StarCraft
o Conquer mankind in Civilization
o Master the art of grappling hook swinging in Bionic Commando for NES
o Hit a population of 100,000 in any SimCity game
o String together a million point combo in Tony Hawk 3
o Hit a hole in one in either Hot Shots Golf Fore! Or Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
o Play and complete Mega Man 2
o Become a Pokemon collector in any of the Pokemon titles
o Master the art of fighting in Street Fighter II Turbo
o Play and complete Final Fantasy X and tell your friends that you didn’t cry during the ending
o Complete Final Fantasy III on SNES
o Play Psychonauts (seriously, do it)
o Learn how to properly execute a rocket jump in Quake or Team Fortress
o Beat Thrasher: Skate and Destroy on PS1 on the hard setting
o Beat Duke Nukem 3D; don’t forget to use the boot.
o Create a Command and Conquer base using wall made totally of Mammoth Tanks
o Try Virtual Boy (Nintendo's dark secret)
o Try Peggle and gain new respect for casual gaming
o Go your entire gaming life without ever using a Gamertag that involves the words “Desert Eagle,”
“Born Killa,” “69,” “420” or “xX Xx”
o Use "That’s what she said" three times in one online match
o Use 1337 speak in a normal conversation
o Girls: Shop in the little boys department for video-game shirts
o Guys: Use your girlfriend to try to get discounts
o Jam out to a video game OST while working out
o Play through all of the Metal Gear Solid titles back to back
o Play and complete Resident Evil 4
o Play Terrorist Hunt in Rainbow Six Vegas 2
o Form a party in an MMO, preferably with friends, and in World of Warcraft
o Be responsible for a wipe in WoW
o Buy a video-game related soft-drink
o Team kill once to see what it feels like. Is it out of your system? Good
o Get into a heated online discussion about something ridiculous
o Create your own team in a sports game
o Try to make a character who looks like you
o Create a character by moving all of the sliders to the extreme left or right
o Apply for at least one job in the gaming industry
o Experience at least 10 blinking-screen moments with the NES
o Complete the first level of Pac-Man using only one life
o Join a clan
o As an adult, buy a game-based toy
o Find an Easter egg on your own
o Read the novelization of a game
o Cringe when you see models in a game ad holding a controller incorrectly
o Try to turn sharper by turning your controller in a racing game. Wii games don’t count
o Knock your opponent off the stage in a Smash Bros. game using Mr. Saturn
o Make up a lie about a game, citing a make-believe relative who “works at Nintendo”
o Import a game from Japan
o Build your own gaming PC
o Convert your significant other into a gamer
o Start seeing Tony Hawk Pro Skater lines in real life
o Play E.T. on the Atari 2600 and judge it for yourself
o Play a game with your family
o Don’t believe everything you read on the back of the box