Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Tastes Like Turkey

Via GameSpy
This Thanksgiving blog post almost turned into a #FirstWorldProblems-themed thing, but nuts to that.  Instead, here's some things from the gaming world that I am truly thankful for:

- I'm thankful for games that autosave when you walk through a door or enter a new area, giving me just enough of a safety net for the times I'm having too much fun to think about saving my game.

- I'm thankful for companies that listen to their players and actually respond to their half-cocked, MONSTER-and-Cheetos-induced verbal sludge that are most video game forums.  It leads to amazing, "I never thought they'd do that" moments.

- I'm thankful for a gamer wife who still is practical enough to hit me over the head when I'm neglecting important things, like cleaning the litter box or personal hygiene.  Love you, babe.

- I'm thankful for the ability to change difficulty on the fly, because sometimes you feel like a challenge, and sometimes you feel like you just... need... to clear... this level...

- I'm thankful that even while video gaming looks like it's being swallowed up by massive corporations, independent developers still prove a good idea like Minecraft is worth its weight in diamonds.

- I'm thankful that I have fresh, reliable batteries waiting at home for my Xbox controller, because playing Skyrim ran the ones I had DRY.

Happy Thanksgiving, and happy holidays ahead!