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Time for a VIDEOGAME drinking game: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly!

7:56 AM on 02.16.2008, Dr. Boa 38 comments

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Considering all of the different types of drinking games there are, I'm surprised there's not one centered around videogames. Sure, you can create your own -- like every time you hear "Welcome to the circus of values!" in BioShock, or every time someone teabags you in Halo 3. But there's no official drinking game where the focus is on drinking, and not gaming.

That's why I decided to create my own. I call it: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Warning:  For all you kiddies out there, you can substitute Red Bull as your drink of choice. It'll leave you completely blitzed, without the urge to throw up on your cat afterwards.

 

So here's how you play:

1. Assemble a group of gamers who want to drink 'til their livers drown.

2. Find crappy booze, because if you still play drinking games, it's likely the only kind of booze you can afford.

3. One person starts off listing something GOOD about videogames.

4. The next person must then list something BAD about videogames, but it must correlate to what was first mentioned as good.

5. The last person must then come up with the UGLY, which is a specific game that captures the essence of what is BAD.

6. Chances are the person second or last is going to mess up. There is a time limit, so you can't go Google stuff. Loser has to drink up! 

Here are some examples:

THE GOOD: The advent of digital download games
THE BAD: Microtransactions!
THE UGLY:  Lumines for XBLA 

Not quite getting it? Here's another example:

THE GOOD: I love how we now have online multiplayer! 
THE BAD: I hate how there's always a 12 year old in your game that curses like a sailor 
THE UGLY: Halo 3 

Need one more? Here goes!

THE GOOD: I love next gen games!
THE BAD: I hate spending $60 on a game you finish in 5 hours
THE UGLY: Heavenly Sword

Think you got it? Then submit your own ideas in the comments section! Time to break out the Jose Cuervo, and get your drink on!
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Dr. Boa may sound like someone who starred in some porn with Dirk Diggler, but his true passion is interactive entertainment. He's notched +15 years in the gaming industry from QA to launching several big hits, so he's got a healthy perspective on what goes on from the flipside. It's amazing he's not a jaded cynic yet. He's finally glad to see more drug filled parties with playboy bunnies and B level celebs like all other entertainment fields. Yes, gaming has finally made it.


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Knives's Avatar
Knives at 02/16/2008 08:00
Jose Cuervo?

Cazadores FTW!!
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 02/16/2008 08:06
I love how one of the linked stories is about me calling people from Destructoid when I am fucking drunk beyond all comprehension.
3r0t1c n3rd's Avatar
3r0t1c n3rd at 02/16/2008 08:17
Cool

Pro tipp: Clint Eastwood was "The Good", Lee Van Cleef was "The Bad" and Eli Wallace was "The Ugly".
DeusPayne's Avatar
DeusPayne at 02/16/2008 08:19
PBR ftw!

I remember doing WoW raid drinking games. I think they were cut back from pretty much "drink when you deal dmg or take dmg" when our MT passed out tanking rag. Ah... the good old days.

Good) I love MMOs
Bad) I hate how they change everything after an expansion pack or 2
Ugly) Star Wars: Galaxies
Y0j1mb0's Avatar
Y0j1mb0 at 02/16/2008 08:31
Am I the only one that noticed everybody in his pic of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is labeled wrong??

Tuco as the good is funny.
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EternalDeathSlayer at 02/16/2008 08:43
I'm loving the Heavenly Sword reference on that last one. Lots of community members think it's an awesome game and worth the 60 bucks. Glad to see an editor agree that it's a fucking rip off, especially considering it's a badly designed derivative mess and it only lasts 5 or 6 hours. Also, without the admittedly great crossbow sequences, the game would be like 4 hours long. Do Not Want.

Too bad I already have it.

Cool idea for a drinking game though, shame my friends aren't hardcore gamers enough for this.
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Mr Bas at 02/16/2008 08:43
@3r0t1c n3rd

Eli WALLACH please...
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bipolar beers at 02/16/2008 08:51
seems easy. id prefere to play cod4 & drink whenever you hear uav is online
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Tragic Hero at 02/16/2008 09:04
Sounds like a clever game but nothing will beat slap your friend in the face and take a shot. How it works is you slap your friend in the face while you take your shot, thus catching him off guard and causing him to most likely cough up his shot!
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lethaljim at 02/16/2008 09:14
haha this would sound so awesome in public... i do like the sound of the bioshock one. there's also a good pro evo game that i now use for sensible soccer
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DrNutt at 02/16/2008 09:16
@bipolar beers: Play CoD4 on Veteran and drink every time you're killed by a grenade.
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Dale North at 02/16/2008 09:26
I'm so doing this
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SWE3tMadness at 02/16/2008 09:29
Sounds fun. Good thing I'm headed off to college this fall. ;D
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Sam Spectre at 02/16/2008 09:33
Alcohol!
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NightDehumidifier at 02/16/2008 10:15
Good:I want to have a successful job, move out of my parent's home, find the right girl and marry her so we can start a prosperous family and hopefully start a new.
Bad: Take up video games.
Ugly: Be that "video game guy".
3r0t1c n3rd's Avatar
3r0t1c n3rd at 02/16/2008 10:30
@ Mr Bas: Ups typo

@DrNutt:That whould kill a Scotish sailor in 15 minutes!
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bassbeast at 02/16/2008 10:51
Good: Music games are finally a real genre.

Bad: You don't always get the tunes you want.

Ugly: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Botox-Fund Edition
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Orionsaint at 02/16/2008 12:09
Hey that's all mixed up Clint's THE GOOD
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MrFudge at 02/16/2008 12:12
Isn't the best drinking videogame not just playing videogames whilst completely hammered with friends?
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Ritalin Twitch at 02/16/2008 12:38
Good: Teabagging your kill in halo
Bad: Getting teabagged after being killed in halo
Ugly: Realization that gamer culture can be extremely homoerotic.
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Sindicate at 02/16/2008 13:07
@ Ritalin Twitch
Drink three times, slut!!

all three of your points are fail.

<3
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Simmy at 02/16/2008 13:47
Yet another drinking game to help me on my way to acting like a fool and having no money.
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Samit Sarkar at 02/16/2008 13:48
Haha...I like how this kinda relates to the Monthly Musings theme!
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Eschatos at 02/16/2008 14:50
This man needs to reveal his name.
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VTSvsAlucard at 02/16/2008 14:52
We always play short rounds of smash bros, winner drinks. SOrta like a handicap.
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taumpytears at 02/16/2008 16:05
for ages 12 and up lol.
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Dexter345 at 02/16/2008 17:11
Hmm. Some Dtoiders are coming over to my place tonight. This seems perfect.
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etfp at 02/16/2008 20:29
i'm drhnk aklredy.
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tehdopefish at 02/16/2008 21:04
My liver is quaking in fear!
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dprime at 02/16/2008 21:08
- I played a drinking game with my friends where we watched a fifteen-minute Barack Obama speech and drank every time he said "change." We drank 12 times.

- What makes a drinking game official? Where is the office of drinking games and which officers can give you such a status?

- Yes you can throw up on a cat from drinking too much Red Bull. I have first-hand experience.
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Necros at 02/17/2008 01:05
Sounds like a great game, but it's a shame that any friends in my area who would have enough gaming knowledge to do this don't drink. :(
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mistic at 02/17/2008 08:15
I've got the same problem as Necros, however I will be trying this out with bong-hits :-)
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Holyetheline at 02/17/2008 10:27
Hey that's pretty awesome. I'll have to try it some time.
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Fading Star at 02/19/2008 20:30
Neat.
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Triphoppin at 02/21/2008 15:51
red bull & vodka?
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