Keep your enemies closer.
Gaming in the modern era is an increasingly lonely affair. That might seem like an odd thing to say when you consider that online play has made it easier than ever to find other human beings to play with, but while this global connectivity means you’re never at a loose end when it comes to finding someone to beat in a game of FIFA (sorry, EA FC), I think we’ve lost a massive, massive part of gaming: local play.
I’m 46 this year, which means I was well into my 20s by the time the great online revolution took place. Prior to that, competitive play meant being within punching distance of your opponent, for better or worse. Achieving this involved visiting the local amusement arcade (or cinema, pub, fish & chip shop, leisure centre—delete as appropriate) to face off against someone on Street Fighter II or getting a friend round to your house for a match of Super Tennis, Speedball II or—later in the decade—GoldenEye 007.
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Keep your enemies closer.
Gaming in the modern era is an increasingly lonely affair. That might seem like an odd thing to say when you consider that online play has made it easier than ever to find other human beings to play with, but while this global connectivity means you’re never at a loose end when it comes to finding someone to beat in a game of FIFA (sorry, EA FC), I think we’ve lost a massive, massive part of gaming: local play.
I’m 46 this year, which means I was well into my 20s by the time the great online revolution took place. Prior to that, competitive play meant being within punching distance of your opponent, for better or worse. Achieving this involved visiting the local amusement arcade (or cinema, pub, fish & chip shop, leisure centre—delete as appropriate) to face off against someone on Street Fighter II or getting a friend round to your house for a match of Super Tennis, Speedball II or—later in the decade—GoldenEye 007.
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