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The Drought Is Real

Gaming was my defining hobby from the time I was introduced to them until I was about sixteen. I ended up meeting my fiancee, and then I fell off. I moved in with my then-girlfriend, my now wife-to-be (and mother of my son) and even though I was the technical owner of the PlayStation 3, I felt obligated to split it with my brother. As a result, I stopped really buying games. I dabbled in Steam indies and emulators, but it was so infrequent it was sort of inconsequential.

Pictured: Christmas 2011, and love. Not Pictured: Games.
Pictured: Christmas 2011, and love. Not Pictured: Games.

I started working as a vendor this past year and as a result am in the car a lot. An auto-wash ripped my car antenna off and I was sick of burning CD's, so I bought one of those cassettes with the headphone output and started listening to the Bombcast again. In fact, I'm working my way through ALL OF THEM, whilst still listening to new episodes. I ended up catching the E3 presser after spending quite a bit of time saying "If some games don't come out, these consoles are DOOMED!" but ended up getting really excited over E3 even though it was only an okay year by most accounts. My enthusiasm was re-ignited though, and I ended up getting a PS4 when I had some extra cash.

Reacquainting myself with a hobby I loved so fiercely but denied so readily (and for so long) was pretty exciting, and on the short road to getting my PS4, I looked at the paltry selection of games with extreme zeal.

"Fuck, I'll buy Need for Speed and Knack! Great!"

But, when I brought the big box home, I brought it home with Watch Dogs. It was a little while after release, and I was still interested in it enough to believe. I figured that all of the smack talked about it was more about all the hype that surrounded it rather than the game actually being a piece of shit. I really enjoyed the first sequence, but I think I actually ended up hating it more than most people.

I bought every outfit, and Aiden always looked like a fucking dipshit.
I bought every outfit, and Aiden always looked like a fucking dipshit.

Then I bought Sniper Elite III. I have no real excuse for that, I'm just a fucking idiot. I think I got a little too excited over Jeff and Dan's funny quick look and was remembering how much fun I had with the Sniper Elite V2 demo. Turns out, that game is fun for that exact length of time. I played Wolfenstein: The New Order and I thought it was fun, but I felt like I would've enjoyed it more had I had lower expectations (like press did), but I rode in on that wave of "Hey, this is pretty good!" and walked away lukewarm.

Unlike my friends, who were incinerated.
Unlike my friends, who were incinerated.

Despite a lull at work, my hours are coming back, so games. But it's still kind of a bummer because 3/4 games I'm considering picking up are updates for newer consoles. The Last of Us Remastered, Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition, and to a lesser extent, Tomb Raider Definitive Edition.

Only five games are on the "Popular Forums" tab right now, and only ONE of them came out this year--and its the game with the mega hype machine behind it that has only been out for less than a month.

People tell me about inFamous: Second Son but I just hated the first game so much, I can't bring myself to do it. I really want to snatch Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor but I tend to buy used, so I assume I'll have to wait at least a week or two.

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Obviously now that I have a PS4, my blind excitement has settled and I'm no longer that punch-drunk sort of enthusiastic when I was convinced I wanted to buy everything.

However, games are starting to come out. Driveclub is on the way, Alien: Isolation, Far Cry 4, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Forza Horizon 2, The Evil Within, Sunset Overdrive, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!, and a handful of other games, too. I can't speak to the quality of anything in the upcoming Fall season, but I'm going to guess that at least a couple will really be worth playing! Then 2015 is the much-talked-about year these consoles are supposed to really come into their own.

"Gaaaames!"

For me, Playstation Plus was the thing that saved my life. If it wasn't for the free titles being offered up (as well as the slew of other indies), it would've been a Netflix machine. Honestly it's been so good to me that this month is the only one thats felt really rough because I think Sportsfriends is a piece of shit and I didn't in any way latch onto Velocity 2X. It's alright. Russ Frushtick really liked it.

The drought isn't over, but it's starting to rain. Soon it will be steady, and then it will be steadily pouring down. How did you make it through the drought?

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Congress is stealing our water!

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Congress is stealing our water!

Hahahahaha! I thought about that the whole time I wrote this.

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I thought this was going to be about the drought in California. Now that right there is a huge problem.

Still, I'm happy you're getting into stuff despite how dull this generation has been so far! I'm personally awaiting The Witcher 3 and Bloodborne big time, but there's conflict in me getting a PS4 for the latter or a GTX 970 graphics card for the former - each holding gigantic price tags for just single games.

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How did you make it through the drought?

There are so many games on PC, both old and new, that I have never had time to play everything I'm interested in. If there ever is a time when there are no new games I have to buy, I have a backlog you wouldn't believe thanks to bundles and Steam sales. I am skipping this console generation completely.

I see "droughts" as being a console exclusive problem, especially when those consoles are new. Maybe try diversifying into PC or handhelds so you aren't locked into one ecosystem for games.

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I usually struggle to find ten games in a year I care enough about to buy at/near full price, so I generally go back and play older games. A few months back I played through the original Castlevania for the first time, and that five dollar purchase was a lot more fun than Watch Dogs.

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@mb said:

How did you make it through the drought?

There are so many games on PC, both old and new, that I have never had time to play everything I'm interested in. If there ever is a time when there are no new games I have to buy, I have a backlog you wouldn't believe thanks to bundles and Steam sales. I am skipping this console generation completely.

I see "droughts" as being a console exclusive problem, especially when those consoles are new. Maybe try diversifying platforms into PC or handhelds so you aren't locked into one ecosystem for games.

You're absolutely right. I actually won a 3DS in the Spring but never got too attached to it, and then sold it in the rush of buying my PS4 to basically afford me a game. I want to get a Vita. As far as Steam goes, I have tons of great stuff I haven't played as much as I want to, but my Macbook limits me to 1) Compatible games, and 2) smaller games. Had a lot of fun with Super Meat Boy, Fez, Stanley Parable, and Guacamelee just to name a few. I just have been hesitant to return to it for some reason or another.

I think the PS4 just outweighs it for sheer convenience. It's like how I'll settle for blu-rays, TV or Netflix instead of plugging in my Macbook+External Hard Drive into my TV to watch a movie or show I really wanna watch. I should probably get an Apple TV, or just jerry rig some way to wirelessly stream my Macbook to my television.

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Congress is stealing our water!

do you ever see obamer and the reptile men in the same place at the same time????!!! WAKE UP SHEEPHOLES

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@mb said:

How did you make it through the drought?

There are so many games on PC, both old and new, that I have never had time to play everything I'm interested in. If there ever is a time when there are no new games I have to buy, I have a backlog you wouldn't believe thanks to bundles and Steam sales. I am skipping this console generation completely.

I see "droughts" as being a console exclusive problem, especially when those consoles are new. Maybe try diversifying into PC or handhelds so you aren't locked into one ecosystem for games.

Yeah droughts are a thing of the past I'd say thanks to the digital age. Even on Consoles thanks to PS+ & Games With Gold the droughts just don't see to be what they were.

Welcome to the Great Backlog Flood.