How many quarters would it take me to get to 37 million in Q*Bert?

So, after 30 years, the Q*Bert World Record was broken last week.  George Leutz scored over 37,000,000 points during an 84 hour marathon session on one quarter.  This astounded me, mostly because I suck at Q*Bert.  So I wondered how many quarters it would take me to get to 37,000,000.  Now, I'm obviously not going to play that many games.  So I will see how many it will take me to add up to 37,000 and multiply that by 1,000.

So my first game went bad because I can never remember which way Q*Bert jumps with which direction.  I lost my last 2 live consecutively this way, and ended up with 625.

My second game went much better, but I'm still not very good at this.  I managed to get to the third round and score 4,900.  Total so far: 5,525.

Now I'm getting somewhere!  I managed to make the snake kill itself twice and made it to Round 4.  I even managed an extra life...which I then wasted due to hitting up instead of left.  8,250 for a grand total of 13,775.  Over a third of the way there on ONLY 3 quarters.

On my 4th quarter, I came up just short of my high score and got 7,750.  Four quarters in, and I'm over halfway there, 21,525!

On the 5th, I reverted to form and scored 550.  I really am really bad at this game.

Got my mojo back for my 6th game, 10,320, AND I reached level 2.  PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF:

Of course, level 2 SUCKS because you have to hit every platform twice.  I didn't even get out of the first round.  As a matter of fact, I only got about seven platforms before losing my last life.  32,395.

FINALLY, on my 7th quarter, I broke 37,000.  I lost my first 2 lives quickly, but recovered for a score of 5,150...giving me a grand total of 37,545.  So you give me 7,000 quarters and I will crush that dudes record.

Toki Tori: How good can a 49 cent game be?

I would be willing to bet that everyone who doesn't have Steam would have no idea what the hell Toki Tori was.  Heck, I have Steam and I had no idea what it was.  All I knew is that it kept popping up in my suggested games to buy during the last few Steam Sales.  After the 20th time seeing this, I decided to finally click on it to see what it was.

It turns out it was a puzzle platformer, and most importantly, it was 49 CENTS!  I immediately bought it, along with Heavy Weapon which was suggested with it (and also 49 cents!)  Then it sat, untouched for over a month (come to think of it, I haven't played Heavy Weapon, either). Today, I shall try to play it. 

When I first turned it on:

FUCKING LOUD!

The screen was loud and the music was decidedly louder than just about anything I've ever heard.  I turned the volume down to 30% just to get it to a normal volume.  After the ringing in my ears stopped, I started the game.

As I said, Toki Tori is a puzzle platformer.  You play a chick (the animal, not a woman) that is collecting eggs and you cannot jump or fly.  However, you do get items such as bridges, or teleportation pads to help you overcome this handicap.  It looks very nice, both in the background, and the foreground.  As the game goes on the puzzles get harder and harder, and once you beat all of the easy puzzles in a land, you move on to the next environment.

Overall, 49 cents was an amazing price for this game.  I played over 40 minutes, I was never bored, and the time flew by.  One the main menu page, there was an advertisement for Toki Tori 2.  If I'm done with Toki Tori, and the sequel is any less than, say, five bucks, I'll definitely be buying.  So next Steam Sale, check it out!

So, Euro Truck Simulator 2...

Nice, addictive, relaxing fun.

I put 8 hours into it this weekend, alone.

My only problem with it is a "me" problem in that I preferred the early few hours of the game when I was driving for other trucking companies, making money, but having no pressure. Now I own 2 trucks and have a driver working for me, and i have a €400,000 loan I have to pay off, so there more pressure on me to make the daily payments which takes away some of the relaxation.

Still, once that settles down, I can see me adding this to my list of games I play when I just want to wind down and listen to a podcast or two.