Talking to Myself Ep 3-Why do we play video games?

I know, you've heard or read about this.  Maybe because after another fun weekend of playing FFXIV: ARR Beta Phase 3, I'm already getting gaming withdrawal and I feel like talking about it.

So why do we play video games? Video games have so many genres.  RPG, JRPG, Beat-'em-ups, hack and slash, RTS, FPS, MOBA, MMORPG, and a bunch more.

Maybe it's a hobby--you play at your own leisure and enjoy it. Or maybe you make money from playing video games. Yeah.  Some of this stuff's competitive. Or maybe you are one of the completionists who revel in their wall of achievements and trophies.

For me (and maybe some of you), I play for the immersion.  At first, it was somewhat of a hobby for me.  But after meeting my bf, and being introduced to JRPG's and MMORPG's, I fell in love with games--and how you could get so easily lost in some of the good ones.

Playing for the immersion is fun, but you gotta keep that in check.  

Easier said than done...

On another note:

from what I've been hearing FFXIV:ARR is "what you would get if FFXI had a baby with awesome".  I never played FFXI, but hearing that, I can see why the hardcore followers of FFXI (and FFXI itself) has lived on for this long. Keep going Square, that game has promise.

Take this with a grain of salt! Hiyah!

Picture was found on Google image search. Controller ornaments  :).

Gaming! Episode 2--E3 2013 Press Conferences

Yeah.  Console wars.  All I can say is: "Jerry! Jerry!".

***I'm not a professional critic.  I am entitled to my opinion and so are you.  Feel free to take it with a grain of salt.  I don't want to nitpick every little thing, so I'll just make my point; make it as general as possible, and be done with it.  Minor Spoilers for those who didn't watch the events up until now. 

Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony, and Nintendo have finished their Press Conferences and have announced their upcoming titles.

Games revealed include (but not limited to) Watch Dogs, Tom Clancy's: The Division, Destiny, Deep Down, Forza Motorsport, Gran Turismo 6, Mirror's Edge, FFXV (Previously titled FF versus XIII), KH3, and many, many more in a loooong list that I plan to buy/watch...or who knows, eventually live stream :D.

Props for Nintendo for trying to hang on for as long as they can.  I know they said that they didn't have anything new to reveal.  They played a pre-recorded video.  Yeah.  The announcement for the new Super Smash Bros. (3DS and WiiU) and a few other titles... That's it.

Putting that aside, now for the main event: Microsoft VS Sony. The juicy stuff that will be talked about for a few months.

Holy Cow.  Sony has some major cojones to pull off what they did.  Hit after hit, they just refused to stop going after Microsoft.  But you know what? I applaud them for it.  They know who their true followers are; their core audience, and what those people want.  

Now, don't get me wrong (and me being the nice/optimistic person that I am...), Microsoft can still get it right.  But they need to get their s*** straight before I even reconsider my (and many others') decision on not purchasing their product(s).

Anyways, that's my blah blah blah's on that.  Remember!  It's just my opinion.  Take it with a grain of salt!

Oh!  I forgot to mention.  If you didn't read my tweet yesterday, It's true. I screamed and jumped up and down like a kid on a sugar high when they announced KH3.  First time I did that in a while.  Square Enix knows what they're doing.