06/15/2012

Arcade shenanigans

June 15, 2012

Abbie, what are you doing? You are going to break that game… Oh wait, it’s already broken, nevermind.

Also, while I’m not a big fan of shooters in general, there’s something undeniably fun about playing the shooting games that you find at any arcade. Maybe it’s the “shoot off the screen to reload” mechanic, that makes me aim off-screen every few seconds so I don’t accidentally run out of bullets, or maybe it’s just that having a brightly-colored, vaguely-gun-shaped piece of plastic in your hands feels more ‘in the game’ than a standard controller, but they’re surprisingly fun. (Even if, like me, you really, really suck at them.)