Well, that was pretty ridiculous. But perhaps not quite as ridiculous as some of the entries we’ve had to our F.E.A.R. 2 comp. We’ve asked you to come up with a fictional games-related phobia, with the best one each day taking home the prize. Jump to the original post to leave your entry for today’s draw. Meanwhile, let’s find out who scored yesterday…
Brett Cullen! Whose “Canisderideophobia: The intense fear of being ridiculed by a dog. Especially prevelant in hunters” raised a knowing smile on this old gamer’s face.
So, well done Brett, we’ll be in touch shortly to organise delivery of your prize pack. To everyone else: you’ve still got two more chances to win, so get creative!
nanagn
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 11:48 AMnotgonnahappenphobia: The fear of continuously entering a competition for a video game even though you probably won’t win, you just want believe for a minute that you will though.
djrussell
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 12:59 PMKotakuphobia: the fear of not winning competitions
Stefan A
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 1:56 PMprostophobia – The fear of blowing up a small town that worships an atom bomb and never being able to have sexual relations with the bung eyed town prostitute again.
Andrew C
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 2:44 PMSodaphobia: The fear of ordering an orange soda but getting lemon-lime
Poketama
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 5:02 PMFlammavulpessepulchrumphobia – Fear of being hit by a flaming, gravity defying fox.
Psynapse
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 5:27 PMnohentobia: The fear of being caught with your pants down whilst playing Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4.
Joseph Wareham
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 5:39 PMReudhtestudiphobia: The irrational fear of red tortoise shells. Commonplace amongst experienced go-kart racers.
Jason
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 10:21 PMPurch-aphobia – the fear that the game you want is considerably more than what you have to spend and you might actually have to go digging into your recent collection of epic games to be able to fund your next purchase.
Jason
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 10:53 PMNotallowingmetopost-aphobia. The fear that I’ve posted a few times tonight and will be overlooked for my relatively true but funny
Purch-aphobia – the fear that the game you want is considerably more than what you have to spend and you might actually have to go digging into your recent collection of epic games to be able to fund your next purchase.
Jason
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 11:16 PMSingleplayerphobia – The fear that one day you will have no friends left to play against because you’ve called them all “noob” etc. and suddenly the toaster and a warm bath seem like a good idea.
Jason McArthur
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 11:32 PMPurch-aphobia – the fear that the game you want is considerably more than what you have to spend and you might actually have to go digging into your recent collection of epic games to be able to fund your next purchase.
Singleplayer-phobia – the fear of not having anyone to play against because you’ve called them “noob” amongst other things….. Suddenly you turn toward the idea of having a warm bath with a toaster.
Jason
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 11:42 PMWhy aren’t these comments updating? I have posted several times now and nothing…
David Wildgoose
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 8:16 AM@ Jason
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spike3001au
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 1:27 PMmobilephobia – The fear off being annoyed by your cousin to go bowling in the middle of a gun fight.