Confessions of a gamer

So far I haven't heard a lot of people that are actually happy with these games, because Dead Island definitive edition exists out of two full games and an arcade game. Probably because the games aren't that old and most people that played the Dead Island games don't feel the need to go back to these games on their new console. I'm not saying the Dead Island games are bad, but I can't say that the games left a lasting impression on me. They're fun to play with friends but alone it gets boring and repetitive real fast. Three games for the price of one? Well it's even cheaper than the price of one full game. I think that's going to be the best selling point, three games for the price of one. Maybe people who haven't played the games are interested but I can imagine that most people that already played these games on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 aren't interested in buying this definitive edition. But for those that are interested and want to ...

I see a lot of people in Overwatch that are often playing like idiots, mostly because they try to do a solo act when the enemy team is giving a teamwork performance and will utterly crush anyone that's dumb enough to stick to the lone wolf tactics. Of course you can have a good flanking move as a Reaper, annoy the defenders as Tracer, block the entrance or hold the point as Mei and waste enemies from a distance as Hanzo or Widowmaker. But you're still a part of a team and if there is no communication or teamwork then it becomes a lot harder to win, especially if you face a team that is communicating and working together! How do I become better Overwatch player? The easy answer is practice, but practice alone won't save you. You can practice all you want with certain characters but some are just easier to handle than others and you have to be honest to yourself and accept that some characters are just not your thing. For example I know I'm a terrible sniper and even ...

I think we all had a moment online that we really dislike someone else, wether it's something they said or did, and sometimes this takes some drastic forms. For example moments were you're shouting, sometimes you type and other times in games with your headphones on, and maybe even making threats. Is this normal? Do you really mean what you say or is it just something you say in the heat of the moment? Let's take a closer look... What happens online isn't real? Some people actually believe that or consider that as an excuse to say what they want to say. But in truth what you say and do online is still real. Ok shooting someone in a game isn't real, but discriminating or threatening other people is real and it's wrong! I can understand frustration, but then taking it a step further where you deliberately want to hurt others with your insults is just taking it one step too far. I know that a lot of people feel they can get away with this type of shit but I rea...

I bet you don't play the campaign anymore but there are still quite a lot of people active in GTA V Online, at least as far as I've seen. Most of these people just roam around in free mode killing random players for no good reason other than just annoying people but there's still activity. But I did notice the amount of frustration and decline in popularity when it comes to GTA V Online, because whenever Rockstar posts an update on Xboxlive there's hundreds of messages that reflect the feelings of a lot of players. People want something new, but do they get something new? Actually yes, on June the 7th there's the Finance and Felony dlc (for free) where you can run your own criminal organization. What is the Finance and Felony dlc?  In this dlc you can create your own criminal organization and you can compete against others with your criminal organization. How this exactly works is unclear to me, because if that means you actually have NPCs working for you or if ...

There a lot of different videos on youtube and that's a good thing, but sometimes there are videos on youtube that get a lot of viewers and those videos are absolutely shit. I'm not talking about a bad recording or videos that just don't load, no I'm talking about people that record themselves doing something completely random and talk about it. Yes I'm talking about... Vlogs. I personally dislike vlogs, mostly because I don't give a shit about the life of someone else like that. Ok if something has happened and they want to talk about it then that makes sense. But there are people that make a vlog of them eating something and they talk about that. What really surprises me that there are thousands, sometimes even millions, of people that watch this crap. Does that mean that there are a lot of idiots viewing videos on youtube or am I just missing out on an easy way to get views? The truth is that not everyone that makes a vlog gets views, so before you star...

Just looking at my own behaviour I have noticed that I'm getting angrier, but it's not just me because a lot of times I see and hear people getting angry over nothing. For example someone is trying to get an achievement but fails and that can sometimes lead to a lot of anger. But also getting killed twenty times by a camper in online multiplayer is usually something that can make you angry. Of course now talking about it doesn't really show how frustrating gaming sometimes can be, but I think most of us who have played games know that games can be frustrating. The increased amount of frustration brings more anger, which then leads to some angry gamers. Gamers have changed? In all honesty I can't say that I changed that much, I was always an asshole that got angry very quickly so I can't say that this counts for me. But I think that maybe some people have experienced some more negativity from gaming and perhaps have gotten more negative with that experience thems...

That would be a lot of praise for a game that just came out, but the hype around this game and of course the pure fun you can experience when playing this game really makes you believe that sometimes. But it's not just fun, there is also frustration (in certain teams that don't work together and/or don't play for the objective) and anger when things aren't working out. As much as you might want to see this as a valid point I do think it's just an opinion, because one moment you enjoy the victory and the other moment you have to suffer a defeat. It's all part of the game! What makes Overwatch so amazing? It's pretty much the fun way of playing, because there's no brutal executions as you probably know from Doom multiplayer or too many sad campers as you would see in CoD multiplayer. It's just people playing as different characters and having a good time. Ok sometimes there are people that are lame, for example people playing as Bastion are really ...