While fighting games are a staple of drunken gaming binges, Virtua Fighter is a series that is best left to the sober. While Tekken and Soul Calibur are conducive to the random button-mashings of a drunkard, Virtua Fighter is a game that require skill, grace, and finesse which all seem to disappear once you've had a few.
While the pick up and play action of Geometry Wars may make it attractive to your alcohol-fueled shortened attention span, a word of warning. You will suck. Hard. Getting a halfway decent score in Geometry Wars requires nerves of steel and the ability to outfox hundreds of enemies, with no break in the action. Plus, all those crazy colors and constant movement is likely to trigger a bad case of motion sickness.
Guitar Hero is a rare game that can lay claim to be one of the best AND worst games to play while drunk. Nothing else in gaming captures the fun of drunken escapades quite like rocking out, but playing Guitar Hero while crapfaced can lead to severe embarrassment. After tanking "I Love Rock and Roll" on easy because you were, you might think twice before picking up the plastic guitar after a bottle of Jim Beam.
It's a pretty good rule of thumb that if there's any stealth involved in a videogame, then playing it drunk is a bad, bad idea. The concept of staying still and being quiet is quite foreign when you're loaded, unless you've passed out. Working your way through Metal Gear's myriad plot twists is an even trickier proposition after a nightcap. So while the pretty graphics might tempt you, don't indulge in Solid after liquid.
Sure, you may be a better conversationalist when you've had a few, but do not confuse that for a boost of intelligence. Not only will your blood-alcohol level increase with every drink, but your Brain Age will shoot through the roof. So next time you decide to play DS on the subway after a late night out, make sure to keep Brain Age out of the portable--you have no idea how obnoxious you'll sound shouting "BLUE! BLUE!" into the speaker.
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