Having dumped my PS4 in another country, I must admit to getting some pretty chronic withdrawals symptoms. Side issue, I found an interesting scientific paper about WhatsApp vulnerabilities.
PS4 Withdrawal Timeline
24-72 hours
Experiencing mild anxiety and feelings of falling behind of my game progress. Jumped into Twitch.TV to view associate gamers but getting irritated by not being able to join the battles.
Week 2
Anticipating acute simulation hunger.
Week 3
Planning to visit the gym more often to offset my body being chemically off-balanced with the lack of Dopamine. Hitting the books and kicking off my study plan for the year including CCSP and CCNA SECOPS 210-255.
Week 4
Heading back to London to pick up my PS4 and ignore the taunts about being an addict.
Yes, I am a PS4 addict. Headphones on, kill everything.
Despite the massive wave of complaints about Star Wars Battlefront 2 Hero costs, 60% of the steamers I follow are actually having fun with the game and not being too Salty ( a slang term meaning “upset” or “bitter).
As a viewer, I just keep Twitch running in the background with occasional interaction with the broadcaster. I’m not a subscriber right now but will probably commit to my favourite channels in 2018.
Yesterday was a perfect mirror match of real-world raw power and wealthy testing. Unleashing a vehicle with no speed limit or cops on a runway track with a professional co-driver is brilliant.
Need for Speed™ Rivals
It took a while to actually ignore the rules of the road which are just ingrained into my driving habits. It has been a few years since I experienced the raw Porsche power off road and I found myself quickly becoming super comfortable in the seat of the awesome Ferrari.
Vienna, renowned for Opera and Fine Arts, hosted the 11thVienna Games Conference in the Vienna City Hall which is more accustomed to Banquets and Balls than Game tech.
I was actually hopeful, especially in the backdrop of just finishing the StarWars Battlefront II Open Beta. Sadly, this was probably the worst hybrid attempt at bringing Gaming Academia and Players together I have ever had the misfortune to spend time on.
I actually whizzed through the entire venue on a Sunday morning in under 90 mins. Considering PS4 and Xbox were heavily represented, the actual gaming content lacked anything new.
Titles that are already available for pre-order were presented to visitors to test drive and I had a great 10 mins on FarCry 5. The only other title I hadn’t seen before was Quantum Break (released April 2016) for Xbox and PC but this stands to reason as PS4 Player.
19th century meets Gaming
There were plenty of refreshing upsides to the event.
Reason to be cheerful
A brilliant absence of mandatory visitor data collection.
A Beautiful Neo-Gothic palace-like structure built from 1872.
Wonderful noise control (conversation level)
No overcrowding and marketing hassle
Excellent compliance to the
Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system,
basically all 16-18+ had to prove it.
Downside
Very limited new gaming news
No Star Wars Battlefront II presence or demos
Small demo screen, most players today enjoy
37+ inch screens at home while we had to endure tired
small screen old PS4 demos.
Heavily restricted eSports access.
My verdict
Vienna should stick to Opera and stay out of the Entertainment Software Industry. Shame on you Microsoft and Sony for allowing this travesty to actually happen in the Global Gaming arena.
I’ve jumped back into the bizarre apocalyptic world of FallOut 4. Every time I start this game I get crazy real-world distractions but this time I’m into it.
There must be over 100 hours of gameplay here.
I fought and struggled to get to a sanctuary City but at only level 7 I can’t do much enemy damage plus I’m super low on in-game cash. I’m thinking this game, excluding the DLCs, will take me 12-15 months to complete. A nice slow grind pace with a focus on quality and detail, exploration and creativity.
My Fallout 4 persona
Haven’t been to the gym this month
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