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My Bonehead Moment in GGaming.

  • Bonehead moment in ggaming – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

    Another proof that I am a border-line idiot:)

    The Wind Waker is a slightly different Legend of Zelda game. The world is basically flooded and only has islands. You have to sail through big ocean to reach the next island.

    When I got the boat first time, I did not read the explanation of how to control boat carefully. I started sailing and noticed how slow it was. It almost feels like drifting/floating on a wooden plate. It took roughly 20 minutes to arrive on the next island. After playing more and reading the manual, I realized the boat has a mast and with that you can actually sail really quickly. I believe the 20-min island was more of a couple of minute sailing.

    Yup. I am stupid… and patient … enough to endure the 20-min-floating.

    The very beginning of the video shows the ‘sailing’ explanation that I didn’t bother to read carefully.

  • Bonehead moment in ggaming – Bushido Blade

    As a simple-minded person (or border-line idiot), I tend to play games in a very thickheaded way. So many memories, but, this one captures the essence of ggamdori.

    About 10 years ago, 1998, there was a game called Bushido Blade for PS1. A sword fighting game without a health bar. You have to kill the opponent with a critical blow. Without a CB, the battle can drag on and on.

    Anyhow, there was an extra stage (kinda practice stage), where you have to kill 100 enemies without dying. I tried to beat that many times but whenever I reached about 80-90 kills, my focus was low, hands were shaking… basically nervous breakdown was imminent then I got killed. So I was talking with a friend one day, who does not play a video game BTW.

    me: Man, I cannot beat this stage. I got so nervous when I reach about 80-90 kills, hands got tired and I always screw up.

    friend: Hmm. Why not pause the game and take a break?

    me: …

    friend: …

    That night, I beat that stage.

    Youtube of someone else beating that stage.