As much as I like games, I am seeing this as Blue Pillish

[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

I am now focused on trying to get my life together, work on my own identity and function more independently. I like games, tabletop games, videogames and so on.  I saw E3 and was generally happy.

But, I am seeing stuff like this:

https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-petition-for-cancelation-of-metroid-prime-federation-force

A group of irate videogamers design to have a petition to cancel a project Nintendo is working on, that is a spin off of Metroid Prime universe into a squad based shooter.  No one played the game yet, but their sensibilities were so offended, they decide they are going to throw a tantrum over it, and demand that the “sacredness” of a corporate brand be respected more.  That is what really grinds their gears.

People can do whatever they want, but now my sensibilities make me feel that is Blue Pill in a general sense, and what people still embedded in the matrix of the world complain about.  Rather than a hobby ending up bring fun, it ends up a source of whining.

Ok, I have the words for it, “First world problem”.

But people can do what they want.  I just question this and really wonder about my interest in games to see stuff like this.

 

"I am my own thang. Any questions?" - Davis S Pumpkins.

[Lord VatsParticipant 379]

Video gamers are very nit-picky when it comes to a franchise they like. For e.g. Skyrim was a lot better than Oblivion in all respects, yet Gamers couldn’t stop bitching about it not being as good as Oblivion.
It’s called the Nostalgic effect, it happens when you like something only because it has made a special place in your brain from a long time ago. Just try to remember the cartoons you watched as a kid; I’m sure you’d remember them as awesome. It wouldn’t be because they were actually awesome, it’s because your brain remembers it as a special part of your childhood. Don’t believe me? Just go ahead and pick any cartoon episode from your childhood and watch it without puking. You’d be literally asking yourself, “Did I really like this when I was a kid?”
The answer is no, your kid brain liked it which you’ve now outgrown.

[IGMOW (I Go My Own Way)Participant 2572]

Lord Vats wrote:

Video gamers are very nit-picky when it comes to a franchise they like. For e.g. Skyrim was a lot better than Oblivion in all respects, yet Gamers couldn’t stop bitching about it not being as good as Oblivion. It’s called the Nostalgic effect, it happens when you like something only because it has made a special place in your brain from a long time ago. Just try to remember the cartoons you watched as a kid; I’m sure you’d remember them as awesome. It wouldn’t be because they were actually awesome, it’s because your brain remembers it as a special part of your childhood. Don’t believe me? Just go ahead and pick any cartoon episode from your childhood and watch it without puking. You’d be literally asking yourself, “Did I really like this when I was a kid?” The answer is no, your kid brain liked it which you’ve now outgrown.

And that likely explains the clustermuck of Gamergate.  You had whiny feminists/SJWs go after an area that is full of nitpicky fans of videogames, and it led to one hissyfit contest of whining and complaining.  Do either actually do anything?  Feminists won’t make games, just complain to the corporate overlords to change content to fit their whims that no one will really buy.

It is an area I came out of actually, before I am doing MGTOW stuff, and I see a difference here, although I am aware of game stuff.  Way too much dependency on corporate masters to spoonfeed.

It is possible Minecraft got popular because it makes players do things, show autonomy and build a world.  It isn’t spoonfed entertainment at all, and there is likely a longing for it.

"I am my own thang. Any questions?" - Davis S Pumpkins.

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