Confessions of a gamer

I have to admit that I first thought that 2013 would be a bad year for me, I mean just the 13 alone scared the shit out of me! But I guess this year wasn´t so bad so far, it´s not over yet! Unfortunately a lot of bad things happened in the world, as much as you want a year full of happiness and peace somehow you´ll never get it. But that doesn´t mean that we have to give up for 2014, life goes on and so must you. Just because you don´t have a white X-mas it doesn´t mean that you should stop believing in X-mas miracles, I think it´s the same with hoping for a better world. It might never come and yet you can always hope for the best. I might be a pessimist, but I don´t want to give up on hope. Was 2013 a good year for games? I think it was, especially when I compare it to the first half of 2012 because that was absolutely terrible in my opinion. I think I bought so many bad games in the first half of 2012 that I was actually thinking that 2013 would be the same for me. But 20...

I really like playing games and picking a favourite isn´t always easy, but then again there are also years that there were just a lot of bad games and then it becomes easier. I think 2013 was a good year for games, at least I played a lot of them and enjoyed a lot of those games. I must admit that there were some that disappointed or they´re just not what I expected. Still I don´t think that there was one game that I played that I considered as a total waste of time. Of course that´s a bit harsh to say anyway, but sometimes there are games that are just not that much fun and I can´t help but see that as a waste of money. But without further delay let´s see what 2013 brought us! Only popular games are good? I guess when you have a giant as GTA V in the year then you might think that other games don´t stand a chance, but actually I think that this really depends on what you like. Besides when I look in a random lobby in GTA Online then I can´t say that I´m really impressed with the typ...

I guess after sidekicks you move on to the main characters from a game, the heroes (or villains) you control. This is perhaps one of the most important parts of a game, because personally if I don´t like the main character then there is a good chance that I won´t play the game. I like to have a connection with the main character, he or she should have something in common with me and of course with male characters it´s nice if he also looks a bit like me. But of course that´s not something that I need, it´s something that I like. Maybe I´m just a weird guy, I don´t know if that counts for everyone but I like to recognize something of myself in a character. Even if it´s just a small thing, for example a part of his personality. The main character makes or brakes a game? In my opinion that´s a big fat yes! Just as it is with the lead actor in a movie, if he or she sucks then the movie isn´t something I want to watch. Because that means I constantly have to watch someone I don´t...

In some games you have someone that tags along with you, in most of these games this character is usually not the smartest and half of the time even annoying. Do I have to bring up Sheva from Resident Evil 5? I don´t hate the character Sheva, but I hate how she would always stand in the way of when I was shooting at enemies. The worst thing that could happen that just when I shot a rocket at an enemy that she would just walk past my line of fire and got me killed. That´s what I call a bad sidekick! But this isn´t about a bad sidekick, this is about the best sidekick from 2013! What makes a good sidekick? I´d say not being a bother to the player is a big plus for any sidekick, you don´t want a sidekick to walk in the way or blocking your path, of course you also don´t want the sidekick to kill all enemies when you need that to level up or get items. A sidekick has a place in the fights, it´s nice when a sidekick can tank but you don´t want to feel useless in a fight. That´s why I pref...

I don´t think anyone knows you as well as you. Maybe a psychologist might say that he or she knows you better, but I think you only get to know someone as well as he or she lets you. Still it´s not like you know always everything about yourself, maybe sometimes you´re even amazed of what you can or can´t do. Whenever I play games I discover some of these hidden traits of mine, for example being an asshole against other sims in the Sims games. But in other games I enjoy being the social hero, something I probably picked up during my roleplaying games when I played a paladin. In some of those games you had to have a high charisma to be a paladin, which would often greatly reduce my other skills. But when I look at my Mass Effect and Dragon Age characters then I still like to be the social guy that can bend people to my will. I know that about 15 years ago I would´ve always picked strength and endurance to be my main skills I wanted to boost, because as a warrior that comes in handy. I gu...

So we´re on the second day of X-mas, instead of talking about violent games or some other disturbing stuff I thought to stay close to the spirit of X-mas. I might be wrong but I think I remember something about being happy with what you have and don´t pretend you´re more than you really are. This kind of points towards modesty, right? Guess what I hardly ever see when I read the profiles of other gamers, hear the loud noises of other players in lobbies or when you pick your average youtube gaming video? A lot of people seem to be full of themselves, of course not everyone is that serious about it but when a stranger talks big then you assume that he or she is probably serious about it. At least there is no way of being certain about it, but sometimes it´s easier to assume that someone is as he or she says he or she is. If you question everything it´s probably better to dig a hole and jump in...argh I did make it disturbing! You´re good at playing games, why are you boasting about it?...

Do you know that song, all I want for X-mas is you? Well I can´t imagine that you don´t, because they play it on the radio and tv every day! It´s really the time to have some of your own music ready to play instead of listening to some random music on the radio or tv, because the X-mas bug has infected half the population of the world! But it´s not a bad thing really, because X-mas can mean a lot of things. You can spend it with your boyfriend/girlfriend, family, friends or in some cases also alone. I don´t know if you´re into the whole giving presents with X-mas thing but I wonder how many people asked for games? You might think it´s an expensive gift but there are plenty of games for sale, especially in this time of the year. But that shouldn´t stop you to ask for an expensive one, who knows maybe Santa will be kind enough to give you something special this year! Spending X-mas with family or play games? This isn´t just the trouble for kids you know, a lot of adults have this probl...