This could be a topic all its own, but I don't care enough, so I'll just ask here: Um, this turned into a weird random train of thought, so...yeah...here you go:
Ever feel like you need the "right mood" to play a certain game you were once anxious to play? A game you had been waiting for, until it finally comes out, and then you still feel like you gotta wait for something else to happen - the stars to align or whatever - until you can actually play it?
I get like this a lot. I think for me, it's because I wanted to it to be so good before I got it, that I created a certain picture in my head, and I get afraid that the game won't meet that picture...I don't know why that's important, though. I guess it's because I got so used to having bad reactions to disappointment during my turbulent teenage years, that I've become very afraid of simple disappointment. Like, I'm not sure if I've built up the mental skills to handle disappointment, so I simply avoid it...and that usually results in me not playing games I want to play...it's really obnoxious. How the heck do I break this cycle? I mean, I know I just gotta accept that disappointment happens, and not everything is going to meet the perfect pictures I paint in my head, but saying that is not the same as doing that. How do I actually do that? How do I accept something I've been terrified of for so many years?
...or maybe I just need to learn to stop painting pictures and just try to accept the games for what they are. Embrace the unknown and decide through the act of playing if the game is actually worth playing. I used to do that all the time, but the games were usually pirated, so it didn't matter if they disappointed me...nothing was lost...
Mix of both, I guess. I gootta stop worrying so much about the disappointment and simply deal with it as it comes. I mean, does it matter if it disappoints? I think what's important is to see if I can enjoy the game, regardless of what it turns out to be. I guess that's what people mean by going into a game with no expectations. Problem is, it's hard to get excited for a specific game without expectations, at least once you have a large, overwhelming backlog. So I have to build some expectation...unless I just simply decide "I'm going to try such-and-such a game, and see if I can enjoy it" day by day...and just keep doing that as often as I can. Maybe do the same thing with the same game until I'm done with it, then move on to the next...that doesn't seem like a bad plan, actually...maybe I'll give a try. Yeah. I think that could work.
This has been installment #137 of Canis' Self-therapy, brought to you by: Ellipses, adding unnecessary pauses to sentences since 2008.
Don't let the game play you. Let you play the game.
Also, hi CanisWolfred, its ok to be mad, feels good.
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Ever feel like you need the "right mood" to play a certain game you were once anxious to play? A game you had been waiting for, until it finally comes out, and then you still feel like you gotta wait for something else to happen - the stars to align or whatever - until you can actually play it?
Oh, yeah. I feel that a lot. I'm trying to get to G-Rank in Monster Hunter, but every time I pick it up, I have to ask myself if I'm in the "Monster Hunting Mood," or something like that. I guess I have a small attention span or something along those lines.
So, I was ROM corrupting Donkey Kong Country, and everything was going as usual... Funny corruptions, creepy corruptions, boring corruptions, but then... Then I found the most creepypasta ROM corruption I have ever found... Be sure to watch the whole video without skipping around if you do watch it:
Is the cradle plugged in? Also try plugging the cable directly to the gamepad.
Let me try...plugging it in directly didn't work, and the cradle is plugged into an outlet behind a cabinet. I'll check if it's plugged in tomorrow, because I'd have to move the cabinet, and I'm worried that I'll knock something over (like the T.V., or the Wii U), so I'll just deal with that in the morning.
There is nothing here...except for the stuff I just typed...
Okay, I just checked, and it was just unplugged. We got a new TV recently and I guess the charging cradle accidentally got unplugged while the TV was being set up.
There is nothing here...except for the stuff I just typed...
So, I was ROM corrupting Donkey Kong Country, and everything was going as usual... Funny corruptions, creepy corruptions, boring corruptions, but then... Then I found the most creepypasta ROM corruption I have ever found... Be sure to watch the whole video without skipping around if you do watch it:
Anyways, I'm never sleeping again...
COUGHCOUGH
Oh, and thanks for the Game Maker recommendation, @nacho_chicken. I actually already have it, but I've never taken the time to really look into it. Although I'd like to learn a more universal programming language, I guess I could learn Game Maker's and something else at the same time if I wanted.
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