Hi there Guys and Gals!
First things first I have to apologise for my long absence as I've recently started a new job. Funnily enough it becomes exceedingly difficult to write a blog about my thoughts and opinions whilst gaming, when I don't have enough time to actually game.
So, As this is a fairly serious topic in the world of gaming I'm not going to joke about, at all....
HA! Had you going for a second there!
So, Have you ever been on the outside of a group looking in? The experience can be daunting cant it? It's a position that as gamers, quite a lot of us struggle with. This is because as we dedicate our lives to games, its very easy to become introverted. Seeing as our computers, consoles, chess boards, paints, dice (which ever takes your fancy, delete as appropriate) naturally reside within the cosy confines of our own homes. Now this doesn't make us bad people, or unsociable, or any other word along those lines including the stigma attached to them, in fact, I have had the pleasure to know some great people whom spend their entire lives confined to there own home due to agoraphobia. It does however supplement that clique nature that naturally forms in the presence of groups of Homo Sapiens. It's something we have to be very careful to avoid.
I've recently had the chance to start a new game. What's this got to do with the rather long winded and preachy paragraph above? Well, for that I have to make a confession. I only played a few minutes of Borderlands, and I HATED it. I know what your going to say, "But Matt! if you didn't play it how can you judge it!" All I have to say to that is some games really don't hit the spot, everyone's got one game they don't like for no reason what so ever and Borderlands is mine. However, I recently started a game of Borderlands 2 on the advice of a good friend and long time gamer, Vralka. And no! don't say another word! I know what your thinking (Psychic blog author powers ACTIVATE). I'm generally quite trusting when someone tells me that I should try a new game or a new book etc. So I followed my friends advice and downloaded it on the Xbox live market place. Review to follow when ever I get the time to actually finish the game.
It's very rare nowadays that a gamer gets the opportunity to actually play a game with no idea of the back story, characters, mechanics... Heck I'm even having to learn the controls! I'm telling you right now its a fantastic new experience and if you ever get the chance to play a sequel to that game that you just hated for no reason, do it! Now I'm running out of time on my now vicious schedule so I'm going to sign off here, all I'm going to say is keep your mind open, take a break and go out with friends you may have met online, you never know you might actually like them! If you ever get the chance, introduce someone into a game, whether they be an old hat at the newest art or if there the greenest blade of grass out there! It doesn't matter! that's the beauty of gaming, we all enjoy it! This is the basis of our society, now Go! Go gamers and share your opinions with the world!
Matt
(Proudly standing on a soap box and gaming till the government remove me!)
P.S. If your a fan of Minecraft (who isn't!) go check out Vralka's YouTube page, because he's awesome. You can find it at http://www.youtube.com/user/vralka or just click his name on this page.
