
Let’s face it, when we’re alone most of us play video games like complete tools. Why not? Nobody’s watching, you don’t have to impress anybody. Well, all that’s about to change — Sony’s upcoming Playstation 4 has a “share” button, which lets you broadcast you gaming session to the world with one quick push.
It may sound like a cool feature, but you may want to think twice about using it. There are things about the way most of us play games when we’re by ourselves that really ought to be kept private. Such as…
Need…more…cabbages.
Your Crippling OCD
Gaming has a way of bringing out the obsessive compulsive in all of us (assuming, of course, that your OCD isn’t right out there to begin with). Grass cutting, room scanning, body looting — we’ve all got our things we just HAVE TO DO EVERY TIME. But hey, if you want to look crazy and bore people to death at the same time, feel free to hit that share button.
The Ol’ “FAQ Pause”
So, people are watching you play a game. You’re having quite a bit of trouble — dying over and over, not sure where to go. Suddenly you pause the game. The game stays paused for around 20 minutes, and when you finally unpause it, you suddenly know exactly where to go and what to do! It’s a miracle! Must have just needed to give your thumbs and eyes a 20-minute gaming rest.




If it’s first-person, I’m not sure I want people witnessing how inept I am at climbing/descending a ladder.
Same for me, except replace “climbing ladders” with “everything”.
In all honesty, I expect, if anything, the “share” button will be used primarily FOR the purposes of sharing tits, ass, and crotch shots of female characters.
I don’t think I want people seeing what a spaz I become when it comes to game sections that involve swimming under water.
I don’t want people to watch me mindlessly forge weapons just so I have every weapon in my stock that I will never use. No one wants to see that. No one wants to be the first person to see me haphazardly leap off of tall things and mistime my grapple as I fall towards my death.
When I actively choose to stay home and play video games it’s because I don’t want to deal with other people. No way I’m using a share button.
I think it’s a pretty nice tool for people who post walkthroughs on YouTube. All you need is the controller and you’ve got the video recording capability along with the built-in mic so they can provide commentary and upload it to YouTube or Facebook or whatever pretty simply.
But, yeah, I probably won’t be using it either. People don’t want to see me use the “save state” feature 1,000 times just so I can go through Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Sonic, etc. and get the trophy for finishing the game without dying.
King of Dragons on SNES, best side-scrolling beat em up ever.
I just don’t give a shit about watching other people play games.
Saint’s Row 3 has some fascinating breast physics. For science!
Because nothing says fun like watching someone else play a video game.
more than anything else, I’m just sick of the overwhelmingly negative attitude when it comes to “the press” and the internet. the media. the websites that supposedly are geared towards the nerds, the gamers and the geeks.. and yet whenever something is announced or released, every single “journalist”, columnist and writer cannot WAIT to take pot shots and be overwhelmingly negative no matter what.
now I’m all for honesty, and I’m all for telling it how it is. but why do we have to choose sides and be negative? why can’t we just all be fucking EXCITED about the future of gaming and what’s coming down the road in the next year? forgive me, but the fucking PLAYSTATION 4 HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED… and the games look AWESOME. the games in the next couple of YEARS are going to be awesome. is it bad that I’m absolutely fucking ecstatic? should I be making web videos about how the press event was too long and boring, does that make me cool? does that make feel better as a person to knock everything, and give me “cred” a columnist to not fall in love with what’s in front of me? it’s immature, to be honest. I’m not specifically knocking Nathan Birch or anyone in particular, this is just a general backlash to the last few days after the PS4 event. Forgive me but when I first had a controller in my hand, it was the original Nintendo system and the graphics were 8bit and terrible, to say the least. we’re living in such an exciting time now. the fact that the new DualShock controller has movement detection integration, a fucking touchpad, and the ability to “share” your game (and even pass it off to other people!) via the internet is MIND-BLOWING.
to me, all these complaints about the PS4 thus far are akin to spoiled little boys bitching because mommy didn’t buy them 3 games instead of 2. are you kidding me? get over yourselves and wake up. it’s like that Louis C.K. bit about how someone on a plane flight was bitching because the WiFi or the television on the plane went out and wouldn’t work for the flight. and Louie was like “you’re on a giant piece of steel hurtling through the air at hundreds of miler per hour, getting you to someplace extremely far away in an amount of time once completely unfathomable and impossible – and you’re complaining because the WiFi won’t work. wow.”
just my 2 cents, sorry for the rant.
Jesus, that’s the shittiest rant I’ve ever read!
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I can’t tell if you’re joking or not with the “wink” thrown in, lol. so if you don’t like it, GFY? and if you do, okay.
Shaddup
Insufferable.
oh I’m sorry Wonderbread, are you not a fan of my observation? I’m absolutely crushed. no, honestly.
A. Learn to type correctly.
B. The games, in my opinion, do not look “awesome”, they looks about like what the better PS3 games look like now.
C. I am sorry that someone’s opinion on the internet offended you, maybe you should go live in a hut for the rest of your life.
D. You’re not knocking the author of this post by posting something on his piece that essentially calls him a piece of shit and an idiot who has a hive mind with all other journalists? Are you a tard?
A. haha!
B. then you’re an idiot.
C. perhaps you’re not a fan of reading and/or comprehension? no one’s opinion offended me. apparently though, I offended someone else.
D. do you even read what you write after you write it? where did I call him a piece of shit? someone take this idiot’s keyboard away from him.
TL;DR
@RockFlagNEagle – see that’s a criticism that at least makes sense. understandable.
I’m glad you’re looking forward to Sony’s revolutionary new play-centric Playstation 4! Before the PS4 was announced I was hoping I’d be excited for it as you are, but sadly that didn’t happen, and I made the unfortunate decision to express my actual opinions instead of “falling in love with what was in front of me.” Apologies.
No joke idiot, you should learn how to type before trying to be condescending to everyone. You are making yourself look even dumber than your original post made you look. Nobody’s opinion bothered you? That must be why you wrote a huge post about someone’s opinion. Piss off you fucking tard.
@Nate- all sarcasm aside, if my comments offended or upset you, I apologize. I stated a couple of times in the comment that it wasn’t directed specifically towards you or your article. like I stated, it was more of a general backlash against what I see as most of the feedback from Sony’s press event: childish, overly negative, and overly critical. after coming off of a few days of *just* seeing people bitch about the event, about the PS4 they *haven’t even seen or tried yet*, I proceeded to rant. in no way am I personally “falling in love with what was in front of me” either, but take a look at all of the articles from the Sony event and you’ll see what I mean. for the most part every columnist has been so ridiculously critical about something that was *just* announced. it’s just tiresome, and it’s EASY to be negative. for once I’d like to see someone take the high road. again – not an attack on you, just a general observation about the industry, gamers, and the media in general. capiche?
@Shovelfacewins – if I need to learn how to “type” then you need some simple reading comprehension classes because you apparently can’t grasp basic concepts. and I’m the one making myself look dumb? hilarious. next time you comment on someone’s rant, you should actually READ it and understand what they are saying, lest you come off like a complete imbecile. for the sixth time now, it wasn’t specifically what Nathan said in his article that set me off – so no, his opinion didn’t bother me. if you could actually digest information in front of you correctly you’d have understood that. you’ll notice that I didn’t even comment on the “Share” button aside from just listing it as one of the many new features… and that’s essentially what Nate’s entire article was ABOUT. I will admit it was a poorly placed and a bit over the top rant, but this is the internet so fuck it. since you’re apparently 14 yrs old because you call people “tard” (what’s next, “poopyhead?”) you might want to pay attention in class more instead of worrying about what I’m writing on a website. GFY.
Yes, poopyhead shall come next. I did read what you wrote, and some of it I actually agree with. Not most of it, as you were using someone else’s hard work and research as a platform to bitch about bloggers/new reports. Did you ever once stop mid-rant to think that someone was giving an opinion? No you didn’t, although you tried to say after the fact you weren’t griping about the original poster. So on a person’s blog, which is here so he can give his opinion on news released, you thought it would be fun to bitch about all of them and how shitty they are. Yeah but that totally wasn’t intended at the poster. Just every other one right? You sir, are a tard, and a poopyhead.
@Shovelfacewins – are you autistic? just curious.
because usually like, when you explain a simple concept to someone, 99% of people will understand that information, and digest it.
let me explain THE INTERNET to you. The Internet (in its most basic form) is a source of all sorts of information from various sources, both factual and opinionated. many times said information will also come with various opinions, made by readers/visitors of the sites where they are held. there is absolutely nothing wrong – ZERO – with someone laying out their opinion, and then someone else commenting on that with their opinion. that’s the lay of the land, idiot. I wasn’t insulting Nathan at all, I was barely even referencing his actual post and subject matter. saying something like “you were using someone else’s hard work and research as a platform to bitch!” is about as inane as saying “pornography is accessible to anyone through the internet!” …yeah, no fucking shit. obviously Nathan was giving his opinion. what’s your point? you have none. Nathan giving his opinion means about as much as me giving mine. the fucking comment section is there for a reason, and this might be an epiphany for you, but get this: it doesn’t matter what someone’s comment is about because it’s all acceptable: agreeing with the author, disagreeing with the author, commenting FOR the subject matter, commenting AGAINST the subject matter… even commenting about people commenting on the subject matter (me). you clearly have a lot of trouble understanding this concept. and a lot of learning to do.
like I said before, my rant might have been a bit overzealous and emotional, but you’re making way too big of a deal about it. I stand by every single word I said. mindless sheeple have a tendency to backlash against something/anything that first gets announced because it makes them feel better about themselves and it makes you look “cooler” to be negative and not let something affect you (ie, get excited about it). I was simply backlashing against the mainstream’s backlash, because I hate that shit. no matter WHAT was announced that day, I could have predicted people were going to bitch about it. “oh what, the PS4 was announced? let me guess, 90% of the internet complained that the games didn’t look good enough and that the press event was boring.” its fucking tiresome. I respect people’s opinions and if that’s how they want to feel that’s fine and everything, but I just don’t expect what people are expecting by these things.
TL;DR grow up kid. seriously, the world NEEDS you to.
Hey there poopyhead, you should probably calm down and take a xanax or something before you give yourself a coronary. My point was, and still is, you are a fucking tard who has yet to learn how to type. Honestly, I am impressed with your continuing inability to actually type coherent thoughts without smashing down your shift key for emphasis. The internet is a place where fucking jackasses, such as yourself, and other assortments of idiots can share their dumbass ideas and semi-coherent thoughts. You are proving this point beyond any reasonable expectation my friend. All of my points still stand, you tried to debase the article because he didn’t like something you did like. Mighty childish if you ask me. When people responded, you again lashed out at them, again like a spoiled little child. I do find it funny that you keep calling me a child though, it gives me no small amount of mirth. FYI, I have a mentally challenged 16 year old cousin who can type better than you can. I ain’t even lying. Mavis Beacon for the win.
hilarious. two weeks later and you’re still acting the fool.
you obviously have a severe learning disability and you cannot understand simple concepts. and you continue to prove my point, again and again. comment again! you’ll only be making yourself look like even more of an idiot.
Who doesn’t like to see good, honest butt texturing work properly appreciated?
I agree with “dirtynouveau” but still I don’t want people to see how my fallout character stares at nothing for 2 hours while I read the quest walkthough.
Bebop, thank you for an actual intelligent comment. you know what, I definitely agree with you (and some of Nathan’s comments) about how there’s a time and a place for how the “share” option should be used. now, NONE of us really know for sure yet exactly how it’s going to work, above and beyond the Sony presentation – and not much in terms of detail or specifics were given there (which was predictable). so who knows? maybe we won’t even have to worry about the situations that this article presented. the simple fact of the matter is that we just don’t know.
common sense tells us that Sony is going to add features that people WANT. so I’m going to go ahead and assume that it will be pretty cool, and we won’t have to worry too much about having to “share” things that we don’t want “shared.” all of us just have to wait and see.
I actually think the share button will be pretty cool in certain situations. I will not be pressing it all the time, obviously, my bitchass has to take too many breaks to go make sure the interwebs still has porn on it. I am slightly excited about the horribly cheesy tactics part though, I love me some cheese no matter what the game is, or how hard. I look forward to giggling my face off as I use every glitch and bullshit move to my advantage.
Oh, and obviously if you aren’t sharing butt and breast texturing you are doing it wrong.
This article reminded me of how many games I’ve gotten stuck in just because my brain refuses to see the obvious, e.g. my first time through Final Fantasy VII, I was stuck in the Temple of the Ancients for like a week because I couldn’t figure out how you walk around/through a doorway in one part. On the upside, I was a beast by the time I left that place. But yeah, I don’t really want to broadcast such brainfart moments.
Yeah, I always come up with these elaborate puzzle solutions in my head and become enraged when they don’t work, when usually the solution is something blindingly simple. The curse of being so damn smart I guess.
I won’t even start a game until I’m jacked to the max with cheat codes. I know I’m going to be fighting demons/zombies/soldiers, why would I show up with a rifle, a pistol, and 50 bullets when I can show up with a BFG 9000?
For me, cheating takes away the feeling of accomplishing something significant, in as much as any video game accomplishment can be considered significant. Beating Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts 1 or winning the race against the Chocobo Trainer in Final Fantasy X are two moments I was extremely proud of. I don’t think you can actually cheat at either of those things, though, but whatever.
You can’t cheat at either one of them, unfortunately. That would have saved me so much time, I think I went through like 3 controllers trying to beat that chocobo race.
You should try Dark Souls. It’s wicked easy, you’d really like it.
I can’t wait to have people watch me watch Netflix.
One thing I will look forward to is my “friends” who claim to be “the best” at video games and make those wild claims about going 50-1 K/D on CoD. Now they can prove it or shut up.
While I understand dirtynouveau’s frustration with the lack of good vibes, he may be forgetting that Sony didn’t actually announce anything. Has anyone even seen an actual picture of the damn thing? Sony’s “announcement” was just a bunch of marketing buzzword bullshit with some trailers and tech demos. We didn’t even get friggin specs. So like a lot if others, my reaction was a tingle in my pitchfork hand. The negative response by the press in general is far more indicative of where AAA gaming is at in general. And that is a lot of people feel like this hobby that we’ve come of age with is under siege and gamers are tired of having this social social social everything must have social bullshit that is being force fed to gamers as if our wallets make foie gras.
I don’t know about you but I just wanna de-stress from my day with some games and not have some awful company like EA tracking my every move so they can figure out how to mindfuck me out of every spare dollar. Because, and let’s be honest, that’s all this “everything must have social” crap is really about. The relentless monetization of the basic things we enjoy about gaming.
So umm Boooo! Boo I say! Boo this man Sony for their crass cynical manipulation of our interests! You know, or whatever.