# If your life was a videogame, which would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216 "2007-03-09T04:08:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/1 "2007-03-09T04:08:50Z")
Yo, A simple question but a not-so-simple answer, if your life was a videogame, which would it be? I would be the original NES _Battletoads_: classic and cool, but sometimes frustratingly difficult. Let the good times roll, Auto ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/2 "2007-03-09T04:25:54Z")
Hello! and… goodbye! _Earthbound_. I’ve got about three really good, close friends, I travelled far from home, my mom thinks I’m pretty cool, my dad gives me money every time I call him, I have a healthy hatred for New Age Retro Hippies, Abstract Art, and Cranky Old Ladies, I know a Struttin’ Evil Mushroom when I see one, and on top of all that, I have PSI Rockin. Also, bizarre things happen to me every day for no damn reason. When I get into a fight with someone, my world goes all trippy and weird music starts playing. Spankety, spankety, spankety. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/3 "2007-03-09T04:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] Hello! and… goodbye! _Earthbound_. I’ve got about three really good, close friends, I travelled far from home, my mom thinks I’m pretty cool, my dad gives me money every time I call him, I have a healthy hatred for New Age Retro Hippies, Abstract Art, and Cranky Old Ladies, I know a Struttin’ Evil Mushroom when I see one, and on top of all that, I have PSI Rockin. Also, bizarre things happen to me every day for no damn reason. When I get into a fight with someone, my world goes all trippy and weird music starts playing. Spankety, spankety, spankety. [/QUOTE] Ah, love that game. You know, there’s a rather active underground Earthbound fanatic group? I found it while clicking on the fun “Stumble!” button in Firefox. To answer the question… Um..fuck. I dunno. What about “Snake, Rattle, ‘n’ Roll”? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/4 "2007-03-09T05:11:00Z")
I love Earthbound as well. Still got the linky for that group? ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/5 "2007-03-09T05:27:50Z")
Curveball. Cause just when I think I have my things figured out, the next level is exceedingly difficult and I have to start all over again. ok not really, my life is pretty bland and predictable… I just love that game. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/6 "2007-03-09T05:33:40Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I love Earthbound as well. Still got the linky for that group? [/QUOTE] [Here](http://classic.starmen.net/links/) ye be. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/7 "2007-03-09T05:34:26Z")
Realistically? MS Flight Simulator. What would I like it to be? Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/8 "2007-03-09T15:38:55Z")
Me? I’m minesweeper. Takes a bit to get used to, repetitive, some depth but not enough to last the ages. Also; mostly liked by geeks. I’m working to upgrade to FFXII, though. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/9 "2007-03-09T15:58:50Z")
Instead of Duck Hunt, it would be Danny Hunt. Some days I feel like it must be a game to f with me haha. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/10 "2007-03-09T16:04:39Z")
Hmmmm… Is there a game where you wander around for about a year trying to figure out what to do next? ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/11 "2007-03-09T16:07:34Z")
It wouldn’t be a video game. It would be good old pinball, with yrs truly as the ball - going this place and that and smacking into walls at every turn 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/12 "2007-03-09T16:26:52Z")
[QUOTE=Regallag\_The\_Axe] Hmmmm… Is there a game where you wander around for about a year trying to figure out what to do next? [/QUOTE] This sounds like the first time I played Final Fantasy for the old Nintendo. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/13 "2007-03-09T18:14:36Z")
On a bad day, Frogger. Bad days are filled with dodging and occasional non-dodging. On a good day, The Secret of Monkey Island. No good day is complete without random silliness. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/14 "2007-03-09T18:27:12Z")
One of the Metroid games. Doesn’t matter which. My life is a giant puzzle, with seemingly very weird things happening that aren’t explained or used until later. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/15 "2007-03-09T18:30:30Z")
Space Invaders. The enemy just keeps coming and coming and coming until you are overwhelmed. All you can do is fight the Good Fight and go down swinging. **Quiddity** , that reminds me of a bumpersticker I saw once: _Life is like a pinball game. You rack up points or you lose your balls._ ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/16 "2007-03-09T18:53:11Z")
My life would be _Pong_, and I’d be that little digital ball. ---
**Author:** ![dmatsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/17 "2007-03-09T19:12:43Z")
The sims. I sleep, eat, work, clean, go to the bathroom, read a book for 10 minutes, _think_ about calling some friends, all before passing out on my floor 1/2 way to the bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/18 "2007-03-09T23:24:37Z")
Maybe _Ico_ (or perhaps _Adventures of Lolo_, with its more er…rounded…protagonist). With occasional interludes of _Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem_. What can I say? It’s an odd life, but it beats the alternative. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/19 "2007-03-09T23:32:11Z")
_Lode Runner_, because I always thought running around and grabbing bags of money while being chased by guys in masks was a good parable for life. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216/20 "2007-03-09T23:41:29Z")
_Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas_ Even though I don’t steal cars and shoot people, that’s pretty much the world I live in (it is based on L.A. after all). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-life-was-a-videogame-which-would-it-be/395216.md?page=2)