{"id":771,"date":"2006-11-30T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=771"},"modified":"2008-09-18T07:21:34","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T12:21:34","slug":"games-for-castaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=771","title":{"rendered":"Games for Castaways"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jay Barnson poses the question<\/a>: <\/p>\n

Let’s say you were marooned on a desert island, but you somehow magically became stranded with an awesome computer and plenty of power to run it (maybe you are stranded on the island in the TV Show “Lost” or something). But NO INTERNET CONNECTION. (Suckage!)<\/p>\n

Now, you get to choose THREE GAMES to take with you. These will be your entertainment to keep you sane for the indefinite period of time you are gonna be stranded on the island (we’ll assume about 3 years), so you’ll want games with replayability in spades.<\/p>\n

Pick your games.<\/p><\/div>\n

John Carmack tackled a question like this once in an interview, and he dodged it by suggesting he’d rather have a compiler than a game, because if he has a compiler he can just make whatever game he fancies playing. Good answer, and I suppose I’d give the same one if it didn’t defeat the purpose of asking the question. So what we really<\/em> want to know is what three games have the most replay value. Each game has to provide a year’s worth of replay, so it’s gotta have major<\/em> replay. “Has an alternate ending” isn’t nearly good enough. We need games that are ever-changing.<\/p>\n

Here are my choices, in no particular order:<\/p>\n