Hand cramps so bad you have to see a doctor? I have a lot of experience with marathon gaming sessions, both personally and from friends. I witnessed my college roommate beat Oblivion twice in 3 weeks, playing from 10am to 2am most days, his save read 150 hours after 12 days, no hand cramps.
My advice to Matthew Perry? Don’t grip the controller so tight dumbass, you only need to apply enough grip to keep the controller from slipping out of your hands. Besides, expending unnecessary effort only detracts from your ability to stay conscious and immersed in an alternate reality.
Speaking of gaming dystopias, how about a new Fallout game? New Vegas was just announced at Bethesda’s press event in London. OMG so excited. You can never have too much Fallout.
Bethesda Vice-President of PR and Marketing Pete Hines stressed, “This is not a sequel to Fallout 3, and this won’t impact whatever Todd Howard and his group over at Bethesda Softworks are working on. This is just another Fallout title.” He further elaborated that New Vegas is still an RPG, and will impart the same feel and experience as Fallout 3; “it won’t be a different type of game like Fallout Tactics or Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel were,” Hines commented.
Idunno what it is, but I love a good game set against a dark, dystopic atmosphere. Here is IGN’s list of the top ten gaming dystopias. Many of my favorite games are on the list, FFVII, Mirror’s Edge, BioShock, and of course, Fallout 3.
Final Fantasy VI – Balance/Ruin
Syndicate – Unnamed corporate nightmare
Jak 3 – Wasteland
Final Fantasy VII – Midgar
Mirror’s Edge – Unnamed metropolis
Deus Ex – Futuristic cyberpunk Earth
Beyond Good & Evil – Hillys
Fallout 3 – Capital Wasteland
BioShock – Rapture
Half-Life 2 – City 17
Ahhh City 17, such a gloriously depressing atmosphere for the greatest FPS of all time.
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