nick_md wrote:I spent time watching thicc Lady D mods after being intrigued by her in Resi8.
EvilRedEye wrote:Is it bad that I read the thread title and then went completely blank on anything gaming related that I did this year?
Webbins wrote:Playing Quest VR for the first time and specifically Pistol Whip... a new dimension in gaming.
Diluted Dante wrote:EvilRedEye wrote:Is it bad that I read the thread title and then went completely blank on anything gaming related that I did this year?
Checking the eShop for 3DS updates.
Frosty wrote:very boring but I hit Diamond in 2s and 3s in Rocket League. I imagine probably as high as I'll get as I don't have the time to practice all the mad skills you need to get up to Champion.
tin_robot wrote:There was a point earlier this year when I was feeling utterly exhausted and defeated. The one bright point was that I'd started playing Returnal, and had found that it was serving as a useful escape - I would regularly disappear into the zone, with my worries giving way to neon waves of bullets, and giant squid monsters. It felt like games did when I was a kid. Except, of course, Returnal isn't always the most forgiving of experiences. There were several points where I found myself declaring that I clearly wasn't up to this particular challenge, and all those real world worries would suddenly crowd in, savouring yet more evidence that I, once again, wasn't quite as good as I needed to be. I'm a terrible loser (which is why you rarely see me playing online), one of those frustrating people for whom "winning" has no value, and "losing" is the absolute end of the world. So, in most games, having repeatedly hit a brick wall, I would have thrown in the towel. But something odd (for me) happened with Returnal - I realised that, win or lose, I was enjoying simply being in the game. It was helped, I think, by the game's own narrative reflecting that sense of battling on regardless (and the gentle encouragement of those of you in the Returnal thread). That sense of enjoying where you are and what you're doing irrespective of whether it's going to plan started to seep out into my approach to other stuff. Everything in the real world remained impossible, but I was able to see that it was, none the less, a frequently enjoyable place to be. What's more, once I started to sit back and simply enjoy myself, the game seemed suddenly not so impossible at all. Whole biomes fell with seemingly little resistance and I found myself reaching the end - and then the second ending - without breaking much of a sweat. So yes, my most memorable gaming experience this year was playing Returnal - not so much for the achievement of triumphing over the game itself, but rather for teaching me how to accept living with a little bit of failure.
FranticPea wrote:Discovering Rimworld and realising its the most 'me' game ever made.
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