I couldn’t help chuckling when I listened to Extralife’s podcast #141, listening to Scott Johnson tackle a potentially silly issue like game addiction. I mean, come on, game addiction: something a non-WoW player will never understand, I suppose – though I did have this period way back when, spending almost two years trying to solve Ultima V. No joke, I was such a dumbass.
What made me laugh was a clip they played featuring a WoW player proudly declaring he could come off of WoW if he really wanted to, and his mum in the background lamenting the state of her son – who quit school just so he could stay up 12 hours a day playing nothing but WoW. Then there was this story of a kid who quit everything – had prepared a break-up letter, a resignation letter, everything – in preparation of Doom 3’s release.
I don’t get it. I don’t get this obsession. It’s not an obsession anymore for these people. It’s an obsession bordering on mania, that’s what it is – at what point does obsession devolve into mania? I’m not sure, and I wonder sometimes why my obsessions don’t degenerate into manias. Some days I find myself envious of crazed fans queuing up hour upon hour before the release of this album, or that book, or that game console – maybe, I think to myself on those days, I’m cold-blooded.
Another thing that “got to me”: these people love their “disabilities”.. It’s as if they embrace their “short-comings” with glee, as these qualities define them. No, they aren’t beautiful, unique snowflakes. They’re shit-ugly, unique snowflakes - but they are unique, I suppose. Anything to tell place oneself apart from the crowd, it seems.
Whatever.
Maybe all of this was playing in the back of my mind as I shuffled through foundationkl.org looking for dNb stuff to listen to while I work – because it wasn’t long before logged on to youtube, scouring for stuff by the Prodigy. I miss them, I really do, and I’ve not heard anything like them that comes even close. And look what I found:
A frickin’ classic remixed by Pendulum.
And another awesome classic, from their Everything, Everything tour. Born Slippy? Try Cowgirl.
Heck, try Pearl’s Girl.
And if this doesn’t stir anything in you, you aren’t alive. Really.
I know that I’ve been mad in love before
And how it could be with you
Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby
How can you have a day without a night
You’re the book that I have opened
And now I’ve got to know much more
The curiousness of your potential kiss
Has got my mind and body aching
Really hurt me baby, really cut me baby
How can you have a day without a night
You’re the book that I have opened
And now I’ve got to know much more
Like a soul without a mind
In a body without a heart
I’m missing every part
Just great, unforgettable music.
Comments (5)
:) sometimes i get pretty bad DotA addiction, it’s terrible!…………. :P :)
ps- thanks for putting up the poster! :)
no need to thank for the poster lah. it shd be every blogger’s duty. :)
I just never got into DotA, mostly because I was never quite that into the whole Starcraft/Warcraft deal (btw… a follow up to Starcraft is coming out!!).
Well I dont think mine’s a mania yet (I hope). Funny you mentioned
Ultima V cos I thought it was one of the games that got me started on computer games. Nothing wrong with trying to be a better person by solving the quest of the avatar! ^_^
Elder (older) gamers are still a pretty rare breed here in this part of our world. When do we start to grow older and ?wiser? and lose the thrill and joy in playing pc games? Or maybe selfish joy is too much a luxury in our busy lives?
Anywho, I think everyone’s waiting for Starcraft II! Have you seen the latest picture of the Terra structures and Units? (okok, I’m such a gamerholic I put them in my blog T_T)
http://malaysianinsg.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/starcraft-ii-terrans/
I can’t wait to Terran rush pwnz my best friend’s ass (i probably need to brush up my l33t speak lol).
Oh ya, glad you are out and about, Nat!
@calvin: dude, Ultima V was the single most frustrating game ever! I spent nearly two years (in real life) wandering around the underworld looking for a way into the 8th dungeon (the Abyss, I think?) finally resorting to that teleportation spell, aiming for a particular stretch of green just in front of the dungeon’s entrance. It was… ARGH!!!
Talking about old games, I still go back to Fallout 2 and Master of Magic - these two classics never leave my hard-drive. Guilty pleasures, I suppose, and a bit of nostalgia - they don’t make games like these anymore.
Pretty cool pics of terran units! I’ve not kept up with the releases Blizzard have been putting out ever since they released that teaser trailer for Starcraft 2 (frickin’ AWESOME!!) Can’t wait to get my hands on it!!
Thanks for the link - you have good taste in music :)