A New Obsession

On 07/02/2014 at 12:10 PM by transmet2033

I think that I may have fallen back in love with videogames.

Every once in a while I seem to go through these periods where I am not quite sure why I am playing videogames. As if I am just going through the motions. Not really enjoying myself, and playing the games just because videogames is what I do.

The end of last year was pretty solid with games like Tearaway, A Link Between Worlds and Killzone Mercenary. Those games along with some indies that Sony had put on sale kept me going through the beginning of this year. The only issue was that once I was done with those I hit a point of not being sure what to play. I bounced around a lot with games like Alundra, Strider, Ghost of Sparta and a bunch of other indies. I also had little to say in the world of videogames. I commented less, read less, and wrote less than I normally would have.

This all changed with the release of Wolfenstein. Over the past month I have spent a lot of time with two games, Wolfenstein and Shovel Knight, and I have had difficulty putting them both down. I would think about the next time I would be able to play them and could not wait until I could. I find myself in the same exact situation with inFamous Second Son. I have booted it up at every opportunity and I cannot wait until I can play it again.

As far as inFamous is concerned... I am not the biggest fan of open world games like GTA and Assassin's Creed and the like. I am having a blast with inFamous though. I think that there is something far more appealing about being a superhero than any of the GTA characters, an assassin, a cowboy, or even a hacker. I have said it once, and I will say it again. I play games to escape... I can drive across highways in real life. I could ride horseback in real life, but I don't really want to... I can get stuck in Chicago traffic any other day of the year. What I cannot do in real life is scale the side of the Space Needle and then dive off it to do a power move and destroy everybody in the vicinity.

To sum up... Thanks to the old-school game design present in both Shovel Knight and Wolfenstein I have been reminded of why I fell in love with videogames in the first place. Once I get that reminder it is so very easy to start obsessing about games again.

Alex-C25

07/02/2014 at 02:53 PM

I too get periods where I don't play much video games, but it has more to do with lazyness and not knowing what to play, continue, finish and/or start.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

07/02/2014 at 03:25 PM

i get in the doldrums too sometimes with games, but I have been into them lately. I really want to play Wolfenstein now, I've heard nothing but good things. Maybe I will pick it up soon, Shovel Knight too. I charged my 3DS last night after not using it for months. I want to get back into that as well.

transmet2033

07/03/2014 at 09:47 AM

As I may have said once before. I cannot remember the last game that I played 3 times back to back to back.... that is a lie, I played Metroid Fusion 3 times in a row in an attempt to get my time down under 80 minutes. Either way, Wolfenstein did that and I rarely ever do that.

KnightDriver

07/02/2014 at 04:25 PM

I often think that I should play less or not at all, but it is my sole hobby at the moment.

07/03/2014 at 06:30 AM

I think that I should read more and actually finish the last 100 pages of The Lies of Locke Lamora. Or maybe start all of the comic books and trades that I have lying about the house. I don't, I seem to just play videogames.

07/03/2014 at 03:26 PM

I still read a lot, and I mean a lot. I probably read four books and about 15 comics a month. That's my weekdays. Weekends it's all gaming as long as my friend Mark is around.

Cary Woodham

07/02/2014 at 05:05 PM

I've never been disinterested in video games. I've enjoyed them ever since I first played Pac-Man when I was five.

Super Step Contributing Writer

07/03/2014 at 12:08 AM

I was out of the loop on new games for four or five years after having them be my go-to Christmas present request all throughout childhood, so I know what you mean.

I'm only starting to get back into the swing of things via Steam and revisiting my old consoles.

07/03/2014 at 09:49 AM

I recently got all of my old consoles back and am actually a little interested in hooking up the original Xbox or PS2 to play some of my favourite games from that era. It was such a good time for videogames. Been tempted to get F-Zero GX since I have a gamecube lying about.

07/03/2014 at 11:09 AM

I have F-Zero GX and have always loved it, but I do miss the soundtrack from F-Zero X.

xDarthKiLLx

07/03/2014 at 12:12 AM

That's right.

jgusw

07/03/2014 at 03:37 PM

I don't own InFamous. I'll have to check it out.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

07/04/2014 at 09:15 AM

We all go through phases like this. Glad you found something to break it :)

NSonic79

07/10/2014 at 12:43 PM

I feel you. Kinda was like that last year before the big release of the PS4/ Xbox One. it took awhile but the right amount of certain games helped me to rekindle the lurve. Wolfenstein did help along with some oddly choices of gaming enjoys: Console Free 2 Play titles!

I'm with you about "playing games to escape". I can run around in the world or drive on a ride anytime. Give me a mech or starfighter and let me explore the galaxy!

and then destroy them....

PixlBit

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