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Love & Respect for Aug 5th Podcast

🕑 Added 2022-08-02 19:53:30 +0000 UTC

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Happy Gaming

Hey there Allies, When I was younger, getting a new game was a pretty rare occurrence. In order to get something new, you’d have to wait for a possible birthday or Christmas present, or go over to a friend’s house that had those games or that system that you didn’t. But outside that, you were more or less limited to frequently playing a slimmer library, which was probably only handful of titles you had access to. And you know what? I sort of miss it. Kids growing up on modern game systems today who have access to GamePass and Playstation Plus Premium definitely have it good, no doubt! But it also makes me remember how much I appreciated the limited options I had compared to my backlog of today. Sitting in school and daydreaming about getting a little further in that one game I had, or excitedly talking about them on the playground was a magical time. I’d love to hear your memories, Allies! What were some of your favorite games from your childhood libraries that you’d be playing and thinking about for months and months because it was just what you had? What were your least favorites? What are some memories that you had from this era when a new, exciting set of games or even a new game system you didn’t own meant going down the street to a buddies’ house? Love and Respect, Brian from Happy Gaming

Eric Bruns

Hi Allies, There are a number of abilities/actions in video games that would be quite reality breaking if we ever stopped to think about them. I understand why the games are designed this way, (they’re just more fun this way) but because of this, I think we’ve all come to accept them as “that’s what video game real life looks like.” What is your favorite, prevalent, unrealistic video game activity? I’ll list a few to get you started: *Double Jumping (My personal favorite) *Instantly healing by picking up or consuming meat/herbs *Healing by standing still for 3 seconds *Getting shot by a bullet without it impacting your ability to run in any way whatsoever *Seeing NPC’s who stand in the same spot ALWAYS *Crafting 5 arrows (or whatever) while in the middle of a fire-fight in a matter of 1.5 seconds As a side note: I consider God of War to be more “realistic” than games like Uncharted or Tomb Raider. Why? Kratos is a god. It makes sense that he can scale a cliff face using his chain blades. Nathan and Lara are regular old humans who have the ability to climb walls and leap from ledge to ledge using just their fingertips. Not buying it. What do you think? Hope this sparks a fun little conversation. Love and Respect, Eric