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Since I don’t have any girlfriends who play video games that could suggest something I’d like, I consulted Metacritic to see the highest rated games in the last 90 days, the last year, and of all time. Just like movies, there are games created for children, adults and general audiences. Popular categories include: adventure, first-person and third-person shooters, puzzles, role-playing, sports, strategy and fantasy. There are tons of different genres out there. Talk to me about video game consoles.įirst, video games aren’t a monolith. But after a solid six months of playing video games and loving it, I wanted to write a guide for people who don’t think they like video games, but are a little curious as to whether they might. The experience didn’t convert me into a diehard gamer who attends Comic-Cons and breezes through the Final Fantasy series.

I ended up playing it twice in a row just so I could marvel at the set pieces. It has a charming lead in Nathan Drake, pulse-pounding action, a compelling storyline and gorgeous animation. It made me wonder what else about video games I didn’t know. And after a few minutes, I figured out it’s possible to change the intensity of the game from balls-to-the-wall “survival” mode to the more chillax, less combat-heavy “explorer” mode and anywhere in-between. To my surprise, the game walked me through how to use the controller on-screen. I expected to fumble through a few awkward minutes of gameplay then throw my controller down in exasperation.

I’d never even held a PlayStation controller before. The shadowy figure on the cover of the game gave me little idea as to what it was about. I didn’t know anything about the Uncharted series. Suffice it to say, I was not looking to invest in a gaming system.īut one day, out of boredom, I popped a game that came bundled with our PS4, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, into the machine. Plus, the horrors of Gamergate - a scary event in 2014 where a wave of gamer guys harassed prominent women in the gaming industry - had turned me off video game culture, hard. on my dusty Nintendo system in 6th grade and Candy Crush Soda Saga on my iPhone, I’d never had an interest in playing video games. I didn’t think any mainstream games would appeal to me whatsoever. Aside from playing Mario Bros. When my husband, Mike, bought a PlayStation 4 last fall, I was skeptical.

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