2004-05-19
I play too much video game hockey. It's been a ten year addiction, introduced by my friends Victor Wong and Dean Barker.
Most of the hockey has been played on the Sega Genesis with EA's NHL series of games. I briefly played with NHL '94, then joined in the competitions hosted by Victor, working our way from NHL '95 to NHL '98. We kept playing the Genesis even when the software companies moved on - Victor does his best to keep the rosters current with a lot of work. Just last weekend was the 5th annual "Challenge for Gold" tourney, and for the 5th time in a row, I took home gold. I don't have quite as much success in the other tournaments.
More recently, my fellow hockey gamer friend Tim Burton introduced me to "NHL 2K2" on the Sega Dreamcast system. Since Tim doesn't live in Thunder Bay anymore, he's been organizing tournaments where we report back on his website, after we play the computer opponent. Not as social as the in-person tourneys, but better than nothing. I just won the second season final 2 game series with a total score of 10 goals to Tim's 9. Sorry Tim!
I've also got some fond memories of playing a complete season of Superstar Ice Hockey on a C-64 emulator while "working" at a previous job (it took several weeks of playing), and playing the "hockey" game on a Pong console I brought with me to Dorion Bible Camp way back when with a whole bunch of people. Fun stuff.
Well, that's my most linked blog yet - plenty of things for you to check out if you're REALLY bored.
Most of the hockey has been played on the Sega Genesis with EA's NHL series of games. I briefly played with NHL '94, then joined in the competitions hosted by Victor, working our way from NHL '95 to NHL '98. We kept playing the Genesis even when the software companies moved on - Victor does his best to keep the rosters current with a lot of work. Just last weekend was the 5th annual "Challenge for Gold" tourney, and for the 5th time in a row, I took home gold. I don't have quite as much success in the other tournaments.
More recently, my fellow hockey gamer friend Tim Burton introduced me to "NHL 2K2" on the Sega Dreamcast system. Since Tim doesn't live in Thunder Bay anymore, he's been organizing tournaments where we report back on his website, after we play the computer opponent. Not as social as the in-person tourneys, but better than nothing. I just won the second season final 2 game series with a total score of 10 goals to Tim's 9. Sorry Tim!
I've also got some fond memories of playing a complete season of Superstar Ice Hockey on a C-64 emulator while "working" at a previous job (it took several weeks of playing), and playing the "hockey" game on a Pong console I brought with me to Dorion Bible Camp way back when with a whole bunch of people. Fun stuff.
Well, that's my most linked blog yet - plenty of things for you to check out if you're REALLY bored.
