Two of my favourite XO games at the moment, GTA IV and Burnout Paradise, are something they call "free roaming" games. So I supposedly should enjoy all kinds of random tomfoolery without having the pressure of earning points or completing any kinds of goals.
Yes, supposedly.
So how is it that I've spent the last three days in activities such as walking around Liberty city with a pigeon map in the one hand and a 30 hour timer in the other? I know I'd strongly prefer to blow up hot dog stands, drive drunk with a motorcycle or shoot civilians with a police helicopter. Wearing a suit, of course. All these would be etertaining activities, like we all know. But immediately when I realize that my gamerscore isn't going up, I quit all the fun activities. I become a performer, I get serious, I stop playing and start WORKING. Wasn't gaming supposed to be against all that? Is this why I bought an XO? To WORK all day and night?
In the end the question is, am I playing these games less for personal pleasure and more for some kind of social pressure? Recently, I've become more and more closer to the last option. It's not really about the points. It's about proving your worth to rise up from the mass of nerds and ascend to the elite of gaming.
I was also playing Fight night round 3 just an hour ago. I have two achievements to get and it might be the only reason I'm still playing it in single player mode. It still is the ultimate white-knuckle, stiff-upper-lip multiplayer beatdown ever, but because I'm still not over nine thousand (hardy fuckin' har) in my general GS, I need to keep on shaving off achievements from games like this. I'm screwed.
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