Here's an interesting article from Wired about how in-game this guy is a douchebag. Well, theres more to it than that. Basically, it starts to break down how in-game you are experiencing life from a different perspective and all that goodness.
Here's the link:
http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/commentary/games/2008/08/gamesfrontiers_0825
It's two pages long, and the second page was definately more interesting. It's definately got some good WoW-job-application-joke-goodness. It also makes me wonder what type of gamer I am...well, I already know and this is where I will tell you.
Firstly, in racing games I am much like him. I don't want realism, if I did I would drive a car (and have a license to do it). I much prefer arcade style crash and slam racing.
What about FPS? I don't want non-realism, but I don't really care about story. I don't like a game where I have to spend the whole time trying to find where to go and where to kill more baddies. That sort of difficulty is not interesting to me. I like difficulty like rooms full of chainsaw wielding dinosaurs from outerspace that will kill you 50 times in a row.
MMOs? Although I definately like a soloable class similar to the writer of said article, I do enjoy adventuring with my friends. I definately find myself more along the explorer stereotype than socializer, fighter or i forget what the fourth one was. I definately am not a douchebag in-game though, I got that out of my system when I was younger and MMO's allowed you to be a douchebag on a grandeur scale (chest stealing and scamming ftw)
Sandbox games like GTA tho, I find myself as pretty much aimlessly wandering. I am not very compelled by missions but I do enjoy just existing in a world with no consequences.
I leave it up to you to decide what all this means about my personality, etc.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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