Over the weekend, while I still spellbound by my new PS3 and the awesomeness of God Of War 3 in pure HD, a close friend of mine uttered 5 words that I will never ever forget. “Can we play something else?” While I was obviously taken aback, I decided to actually give in this time and try out something else for the night. Somewhere in the wee hours of the morning, Metal Gear Solid was popped into the PS3. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful game, but then again you gotta have a lot of patience to play it. There is about 10 mins of gameplay and then an hour of cut scenes, at some point I admit, I was BORED. Which got me thinking..dating…is it all just a game of hack & slash or just a matter of following the cut scenes with patience in an attempt to achieve the greater good?
Lets face it, in today’s world a lot of people out there would like to cut through all the bullshit and just purely enjoy some hack and slash. It gives you instant pleasure, there is lot less that goes into it in terms of skill and leaves you feeling all happy, even if it is momentary. Met the guy/girl a couple of times ( or even once in some cases ), some texting and wham! Plain and simple. Considering we all lead very heavy lives in which we are bombarded with work and cranky cabbies who do not want to go ANYWHERE, a hack and slash in some ways is a way to better functioning. A smile plastered on your face the next day, work seems better, your crappy boss is suddenly a sweetheart and you seem to like the fact that you have the freedom to get out of this so called whatever relationship that it is whenever you want to. Translate: Hack & Slash= Fuck Buddies. Our generation ( I actually hate using that word coz it makes me sound like such a grandmom!) is full of this. No matter where you go, chances are 6 out of 10 men/women will want a hack and slash. Kill one boss and then move on to the next one.
And then there is Metal Gear Solid. It’s a pretty amazing game no doubt but requires a goddamn load of patience. Patience to actually go through the cut scenes, wait for them to finish and then make sense of it. Very very story oriented. Every man/woman has his/her own story. The question is : do you want to be patient and follow through the cut scenes? There are crazy chicks with issues, there are hot chicks, there are nerds and then there are of course straight up men. Everyone has baggage and we wish the small robot that Sunny and Snake’s brother made in MGS to follow Snake around was there in our little lives too. Why? Because it gave Snake his set of cool weapons and a freaking cool Solid Eye! The people who have the patience of following through the cut scenes generally end up in long term relationships- good or bad. Its got its own charm and a whole lot more than just a couple of booty calls or text messages go into it. Would most of us choose this path? We would want to, but not necessarily that we choose to. Am still trying to figure out the want and the choosing ….more on that later.
In the end to this post, in conclusion…what if you get stuck in the middle? Do you play a game like Unchartered: Drake’s Fortune which somehow gives you the idea that it is the best of both or would you rather listen to Deadmau5’s “Sometimes things get complicated?”
Think about it.
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