It`s time people woke up and realized...
Being an avid gamer for so many years, a lot of my life is based around gaming, that being how I hang out with my friends or what I do during a week so if I talk to someone who doesn`t play games about games they brush it off like I played with dolls... But if I was to say I`m captain of the football team, they would think I`m the best thing since toast!
Well modern society needs to wake up and realize gaming is a big part of peoples lives, it`s not just a hobby, for some people it`s their job, comforter and social activity.
Just yesterday I was out with a girl for a while and the conversation was dead but none of us wanted to leave, so I told her I bought an unopened, factory sealed Dreamcast, (Oh yes all for Sonic Adventure 2, now the nerd in you is screaming!) she looked at my blank and said "thats nice!" That`s nice? THAT F**KING NICE? I almost started crying! I know that if I said I bought Messi`s boots she would be excited and would want to see them!
(Point to note: She doesn`t have an interest in football)
Why does society hate gaming so much? Surely TV is worse, as you have no interaction with the TV, unlike gaming where a person actually controlling what`s happening. Gaming is blamed for failing exams even do surely the person playing the game is to blame for not using their time well.
Now more then ever I want gamers to try and bring gaming into their community with LAN events and other ideas. Even charity instead of a 24hour basketball match, try a 24hour gaming event! People across all ages can play games, not everyone can play basketball!
Gaming is not just a hobby anymore it is a valued part of peoples lives.
Gilmore
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
The FPS genre *yawn*
What happened to Mayhem...
Ever since the success of Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare, the FPS genre has been very stale. By this I mean a lot of FPS games have changed to a loadout system, even Halo : Reach did this in a way, you can still pick up weapons but not like its prequels. With bringing in a loadout system you take a lot of mayhem from the game. What happened to the days when people spawn holding down the forward button rushing for the "Power" weapons?
Hopefully in this generation of consoles we will see the return of Time Splitters(which we will) or even a James Bond: Nightfire remake! Those games had everything, they`re middle name was mayhem. (and what a cool middle name that is!)
Time Splitters: Future Perfect had possibly the funniest FPS multiplayer ever, nothing beat a bricks only game! I bought a multi-tap(years before Time Splitters) (My best purchase ever for the PS2.) so I could have friends down and not have to take turns against the AI, this only made it better, the screaming coming from my room as the final minute of the game drew to a close, with everyone`s scores so close, I`m surprised the neighbors never complained!
On the other hand James Bond: Nightfire had the same effect, except instead of screaming it was silence, until the very end when the game finished when there was a huge breath by everyone to make up for the lack of breathing during the game. The silence doesn`t mean there wasn`t mayhem do. The game was the definition of the word! The rush at start for the crossbow, was immense the lengths people would go to, even smacking controllers out of other players hands!
What happened to those days? The days where FPS made you hold your breath to steady the controller to get your aim right on spot?
I WANT a return of NightFire, the best FPS on the PS2!
Gilmore
Ever since the success of Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare, the FPS genre has been very stale. By this I mean a lot of FPS games have changed to a loadout system, even Halo : Reach did this in a way, you can still pick up weapons but not like its prequels. With bringing in a loadout system you take a lot of mayhem from the game. What happened to the days when people spawn holding down the forward button rushing for the "Power" weapons?
Hopefully in this generation of consoles we will see the return of Time Splitters(which we will) or even a James Bond: Nightfire remake! Those games had everything, they`re middle name was mayhem. (and what a cool middle name that is!)
Time Splitters: Future Perfect had possibly the funniest FPS multiplayer ever, nothing beat a bricks only game! I bought a multi-tap(years before Time Splitters) (My best purchase ever for the PS2.) so I could have friends down and not have to take turns against the AI, this only made it better, the screaming coming from my room as the final minute of the game drew to a close, with everyone`s scores so close, I`m surprised the neighbors never complained!
On the other hand James Bond: Nightfire had the same effect, except instead of screaming it was silence, until the very end when the game finished when there was a huge breath by everyone to make up for the lack of breathing during the game. The silence doesn`t mean there wasn`t mayhem do. The game was the definition of the word! The rush at start for the crossbow, was immense the lengths people would go to, even smacking controllers out of other players hands!
What happened to those days? The days where FPS made you hold your breath to steady the controller to get your aim right on spot?
I WANT a return of NightFire, the best FPS on the PS2!
Gilmore
Send me to E3
Gaming is my passion...
It all started Christmas Day, I was four and instead of getting me a remote control car like I asked for,"Santa" got me a PS1 with Tekken. I started crying when I saw there was no remote control car but now I wonder how I was stupid!
Since then I`ve played thousands and thousands of hours of games across almost every console released since then. You name a game I`ve played it, or its prequel.
Gaming also helped me beat cancer, in 2009 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, I wasn`t sure what to do at all when I had it. I didn`t want to leave my home as it was so embarrassing to have a hat on all the time. So I stayed inside playing games and reviewing them. (not the most social thing I could have done but meh..) Even to this day I say that if it wasn`t for gaming I wouldn`t have went through my treatment as easy as I did!
If I am sent to E3, I would love to preview every game I could! I love all games.(except Assassins Creed games, something just doesn`t appeal to me)
My favorite games are platform games I <3 platform games, Sonic Adventure 2 for the Dreamcast is my favorite game ever. I actually recently bought them both again after foolishly selling them on.
Sonic Adventure 2 had everything a platform game needed a story that no-one cared about, great levels, good multiplayer and action from the point go.
Hopefully if you send me to E3, you will fulfill my dream and add another stroke to my list of gaming achievements!
As regards this, I`m 100% going to continue to blog!
Talk to you later,
Gilmore
It all started Christmas Day, I was four and instead of getting me a remote control car like I asked for,"Santa" got me a PS1 with Tekken. I started crying when I saw there was no remote control car but now I wonder how I was stupid!
Since then I`ve played thousands and thousands of hours of games across almost every console released since then. You name a game I`ve played it, or its prequel.
Gaming also helped me beat cancer, in 2009 I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, I wasn`t sure what to do at all when I had it. I didn`t want to leave my home as it was so embarrassing to have a hat on all the time. So I stayed inside playing games and reviewing them. (not the most social thing I could have done but meh..) Even to this day I say that if it wasn`t for gaming I wouldn`t have went through my treatment as easy as I did!
If I am sent to E3, I would love to preview every game I could! I love all games.(except Assassins Creed games, something just doesn`t appeal to me)
My favorite games are platform games I <3 platform games, Sonic Adventure 2 for the Dreamcast is my favorite game ever. I actually recently bought them both again after foolishly selling them on.
Sonic Adventure 2 had everything a platform game needed a story that no-one cared about, great levels, good multiplayer and action from the point go.
Hopefully if you send me to E3, you will fulfill my dream and add another stroke to my list of gaming achievements!
As regards this, I`m 100% going to continue to blog!
Talk to you later,
Gilmore
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