What's Your Story - Laertes
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My home country is… Spain
My age is… 40
The first adventure game I played was… I am not sure but it must have been Monkey Island I. I played the Spanish translation, and I only understood the "red herring" puzzle much, much later, in fact a few years ago.
My favourite adventure game is… Difficult to choose one but probably Monkey Island II with Day of the Tentacle as a close second.
When I’m not playing games I like to… I seldom play games anymore. Only some oldies in ScummVM, Dosbox or emulators or some Roguelikes from time to time. My main leisure activities are reading and playing guitar. Rather trying to play guitar more than actual playing.
I like my games in (a box, digital format)… Probably in a box.
The thing I miss about old games is… I don't miss them, they are still with us in all their pixelated glory!
The best thing about modern games is… I don't play modern games, only some roguelikes as I said above, if we can consider them modern. When I see friends or relatives playing new games they really don't appeal to me. Too much eyecandy and little game. I am only attracted to flight simulators but I don't want to spend the time required to really enjoy them. The last games I bought probably were simulators like Falcon 4.0 and Flanker 2.0, but that was many years ago.
The one TV show I never miss is… I prefer to read over watching TV, but I'd say here The Big Bang theory.
If I could see any band live it would be… Of the active ones maybe Rush. Of the gone ones plenty: Queen, Led Zeppelin, Triana, Paco de Lucía (not a band, I know)...
My favourite movie is… An old Spanish film called "¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!". (Welcome Mr. Marshall!)
One interesting thing about me is… Well, I don't know if I can be of interest to anybody.
Introduction and Captions by TBD
My googling has suggested that Laertes is both one of the Argonauts and a character in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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| Is Laertes named after one of these guys? |
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| From my limited knowledge of Spaniards, I assume Laertes is an expert right-handed swordsman on the hunt for a six-fingered man. |
My age is… 40
The first adventure game I played was… I am not sure but it must have been Monkey Island I. I played the Spanish translation, and I only understood the "red herring" puzzle much, much later, in fact a few years ago.
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| Language specific expressions must be very hard to translate effectively |
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| Day of the Tentacle is likely the first fully-voiced adventure game many people played |
When I’m not playing games I like to… I seldom play games anymore. Only some oldies in ScummVM, Dosbox or emulators or some Roguelikes from time to time. My main leisure activities are reading and playing guitar. Rather trying to play guitar more than actual playing.
I like my games in (a box, digital format)… Probably in a box.
The thing I miss about old games is… I don't miss them, they are still with us in all their pixelated glory!
The best thing about modern games is… I don't play modern games, only some roguelikes as I said above, if we can consider them modern. When I see friends or relatives playing new games they really don't appeal to me. Too much eyecandy and little game. I am only attracted to flight simulators but I don't want to spend the time required to really enjoy them. The last games I bought probably were simulators like Falcon 4.0 and Flanker 2.0, but that was many years ago.
The one TV show I never miss is… I prefer to read over watching TV, but I'd say here The Big Bang theory.
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| I assume the TV series is based off the science textbook |
If I could see any band live it would be… Of the active ones maybe Rush. Of the gone ones plenty: Queen, Led Zeppelin, Triana, Paco de Lucía (not a band, I know)...
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| Paco de Lucía - flamenco guitarist |
My favourite movie is… An old Spanish film called "¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!". (Welcome Mr. Marshall!)
One interesting thing about me is… Well, I don't know if I can be of interest to anybody.
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