by gSathe
Seen yesterday on Salon, this article is the sort of thing which goes to show just how much good games bring into this world. Salon, my favourite non-game related place on the internet, has always had interesting articles on entertainment and technology as well, and with this piece here, they’ve found something that shows us the redeeming power of videogames, and the good they bring into the world.
In the article, Rachel Shukert talks about how she and her husband had all but lost touch because of his obsessive gaming (yes, sometimes that happens too…) and how all this changed recently, when the couple brought home a copy of Rock Band, and made music all night long.
It rekindled their marriage and made them closer than before, which is fantastic, congratulations you guys, and it also brings me back to my routine gripe against most games these days - the whole joy of consoles was that we could actually sit with our friends in the same room and play with each other.
It’s great the Xbox Live and PSN let me game with anyone anywhere in the world, but really, honestly, while it’s cool and all that, it’s a lot more fun sometimes to play with the person you’re sharing the couch with. And it’s not just about going head to head like say CoD offers.
We want more local multiplayer, we want more split-screen, we want more co-op games, without having to buy two gaming set ups to place in the same bloody room just so you can sell two copies of the same bloody game, one for each of us!
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