Reality vs Adventure

GTA4 and RDR-It's interesting playing this duo back to back

This is exactly the sort of thing that gets me worried about demonizing any type of individual. Because we know it's going to get attention.

If you don't like a game, it could be both. There could be something of bad design that you couldn't quite put your finger on, at the same time subjectively just didn't like the character or story, or some other aspect. Or it could be bad game design that created frustration, so you blame something else that you wouldn't have hated naturally. For me, I probably subjectively hate a game first because I'm ignorant to exactly what bad game design is. I can't recall a really bad design. Except maybe Bloodborne and similar games that are challenging on purpose, which to me takes my interest out of it. So maybe that is only subjective on my part too since it is their intention to make it difficult, so I can't blame design.

I'd go with the GTA world becoming reality. Shootouts galore with billboards and radio openly telling you to support honest lies. Redneck rampage around the corner; stop lights? Who cares, lets drive when and where we want. The extreme gets normalized. Gun shops sell grenades. Planes crashing in your back yard. Fender benders is means to pop some caps. The popo is just another gang on the streets. With all that, everyone still has a nice ride...

Santa is bringing guns and needles. 😂 But he got run over by a drunken reindeer so now Mrs. Clause has to deliver

The only thing keeping me online is the Assassin's Creed games where I can earn credit to get gear. If it weren't for that I would have turned the network off a long time ago. Updates are leverage developers use in order to half ass games knowing they can always update it. I would half ass my job too if I can update any mistake without consequence.

They probably don't want to see their reputation abused by getting tea bagged or beat up a million times. If there were more of them in games, it would probably boost the gaming industry. But then again, it would take away from customizing your own characters which is far better. I doubt they would pay a celebrity just to have their character as an option. And we sure don't need to be forced to play someone we don't want. But we can dream of some funny as hell scenarios like Jim Carrey playing Trevor in GTA5. 🤣

At this point the whole gaming industry is the great exodus-at least in the big developers. While they lose talent, the independent will get bigger. Out with the old, in with the new. That's how the world turns.

Haven't played, but it seems What Remains of Edith Finch will fall into that category or Shadow of Destiny where you investigate your own murder

I can see how writing a review may be a kind of journal because you have to recall what you felt and observed. A journal can even help to write a review for later. I wish I kept a journal over the 2 year period playing AC Odyssey, and I'm still playing it. Because I know if I try to put in context what I felt back then, it probably won't be as emotional and descriptive today. But, it would always be fun to write about my favorite games anytime.

A game is anything that has a challenge, strategy, or interactive story

Observer and Sinking City are two I'm interested in, but they have a horror twist. In fact, both are on sale at Playstation Store till 12/23/21 Sinking City Necronomicon Edition $14.99 ps4 https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4008-CUSA13337_00-NECROEDITION0000 Observer System Redux $19.49 ps4/ps5 https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4176-PPSA02118_00-8840415776217330

That seems like it could be types of simulation games. Just set things in motion and see how it goes. Maybe tweak something here and there.

I think that will make a damn good ethical decision based game. Then again, the ethics would be in the hands of the creators. Would not be good if it took a Tropico based dictator stance.

What I don't get is that you have to play 600 hours in Ghost Recon Breakpoint to unlock NFT's in that game. That is ridiculous. This is a case of CEO's thinking they know what's best for the people.

So far everything seems fine. The memory storage is now at 95gb instead of 125gb so it reduced storage space.

I always drink hot tea when I game, although lately I've been drinking more straight black coffee. It just smells so good and tastes so good. The tea's flavor seems to have weakened to me. Maybe I contracted Covid or something that threw my taste buds out. Who knows. My sister got Covid two weeks ago. But she was vaccinated and only had loss of smell and taste.

AC Valhalla has a drunken state; you can have drinking contests whenever you want. The effect was more intense than Black Flag. Witcher 3 has bottles of booze you can drink to replenish health and it makes everything blurry. You can go to the brothel, drink your booze, and buy a firecracker.

Those MF's at GTA threw in a new update on this free multiplayer weekend and it's gonna take me a couple days to download. Says I need the update before doing the online mode. There goes that chance to try it. Whatever.

Keep one; sell one to get games; give away three to the lollipop guild, and one to a leprechaun, if you can find one. He might trade it for a coin.

This weekend the multiplayer is free 12/18-12/19 2021. I've been wanting to check out the GTA5 online mode so I'll definitely do that this weekend as well as Call of Duty Vanguard. If all goes well I may pay for a membership. Who knows. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps-plus/online-multiplayer/

Jumping into water with your clothes on

Actually that's true; when a big corporation that's anti union like Amazon gets into the fray of the gaming world, they will use their resources to promote anti unionism. They have already shown that with a recent fake vote they had deciding whether or not to be unionized. During that vote they used intimidation of employees and bribed them with pay increases. So in every way, Amazon is a poison to the gaming industry.