People's favourite Games
We are all about the games this quarter so for this issue, we thought it would be fun for the big team to share what their current or all-time favourite games are. From Candy Crush to Pasang, here are our favourite games.
Wan’s favourite game Candy Crush
Reminiscent of Tetris (with better graphics and sounds of course), I find Candy Crush to be kind of nostalgic in a way. It’s a good stress reliever and best of all, can be played as either a short or long game, however you want it to be. It’s great because it keeps me occupied when I’m waiting. A word of caution though: it can be highly addictive when you’re on a winning or losing streak! But it’s just a game, after all, and it keeps my mind active.
Novri’s favourite game The Last of Us
I’m a big fan of Playstation 4 games but my current favourite is The Last of Us. This is an action-adventure survival video game about Joel, a smuggler who needs to bring the teenaged Ellie across a postapocalyptic landscape safe from lots of bad people and cannibalistic creatures. The storyline is great; it’s thrilling and there’s a lot of stealth involved (I love games with stealth involved), and personally I can’t wait for the sequel to come out.
Intan’s favourite game Scrabble
My sisters and I used to play all kinds of games, but the fondest memories I have are of our bloodthirsty bouts of Scrabble. My sisters are all walking thesauruses, hypercompetitive and sore losers, and despite being a Scrabble champion I’ve never beaten them at the game. But it’s been a long time since we’ve played, and I think it’s time to dust off ye olde Scrabble board, polish those swords and arrange a rematch with the sisters. Hopefully we’ll survive it.
Aqilah’s favourite game the card game 'Hantu'
My family introduced me to many games but Hantu (Ghost), a game my uncle taught my sisters and I when we were little, is my all-time favourite card game. Cards are distributed to each player and then all same number pairs are removed, and you try to pair up the rest by taking a random card from another player’s hand. Whoever manages to pair their entire hand first wins the game. Anyone who holds the ‘Ghost’ (an Ace of Clubs) automatically loses, and chases everyone until they tag someone else!
Sheyenne’s favourite game Rusty Lake
As a bookish child, I wasn’t great at games and as an adult with increasingly limited eye-hand co-ordination, I’ll only get worse at them here on out. But I do enjoy the non-committal nature of mobile games as a quick boredom fix and as someone who prioritizes aesthetic visuals, Rusty Lake’s award-winning games are a consistent must-play on my short list. A point-and-click approach being the indie game studio’s forte, their allure lies not only in their captivating challenges but also in the stunning execution of it all. Chilling to the bone yet mystifyingly beautiful, their games aren’t for the fainthearted --nor the underaged. But if you’re dipping your toes into the eerie and surreal Rusty Lake universe, start with their Cube Escape episodes before branching out to their more elaborate and premium adventures.
Zoul’s favourite game Pasang
I was first introduced to the local board game ‘Pasang’ when my sister interned at the Brunei Museum. She ordered her set from a local craftsman and with much persistence, forced the game on us. We encountered difficulties learning the game by referring to a faded manual she photocopied from a colleague, but the game was made more enjoyable by the unique (and hilarious) names used such as ‘Peria Buruk Hatinya’ (translated to bitter gourd with a bad heart). Nowadays, we still hang out once in a while for a ‘Pasang’ night with the family, and it’s great keeping this tradition alive.