Saturday, May 21, 2011

So apparently there was some big rapture scare. Honestly, I completely missed it. Not that I buy into insane mass paranoia (remember Y2K, anyone?), but it's fun to keep track of these things and make snide remarks.

But oh well, I missed it. I guess I need to keep a closer eye on the news?

Anyway, that's not the point of this blog. The point of this blog is to discuss a gaming quirk of mine. I am what I term a "compulsive saver." When I play games, I save them every few minutes, spread across multiple save files. If I play games that don't allow for this feature, for example, Final Fantasy games that only let you save at certain spots or in the open field, it makes me uneasy.

A while ago I thought to myself, "what is at the heart of this compulsive saving behaviour? What is it's root?" I think I've figured it out. One of my deepest gaming fears is that all my progress is going to be lost because something is going to happen before I get a chance to save. Not something in-game, something from the real world. Like my computer crashes. Or, my worst fear... a power outage.

Think about it, you're trying a boss for the 10th time, FINALLY making progress, you think you're going to win this time... and then ZAP. Power outage. All progress lost.

It keeps me up at night.
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 21, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    I mean that's what save states are for, I wouldn't sweat it too much, you sound like a pretty normal gamer. At least when it comes to that.

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  2. William MainMay 21, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    I'm almost exactly the same. I take care to make as many saves as I can when I feel appropriate, such as multiple paths or nearing something important, or indeed when I've accomplished something in the game.

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  3. KanedaMay 21, 2011 at 8:44 PM

    Totally missed this one, many believers lost their faith today I guess :D

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  4. _May 21, 2011 at 8:48 PM

    I'm the same way, I save constantly as well. I wouldn't worry too much though man.

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  5. GMay 22, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    for me it was a great excuse for a party :)

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  6. Genj0May 22, 2011 at 9:07 PM

    ^hahaha good one!

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  7. VavMay 22, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    I save a lot too! Makes me really annoyed to repeat the same steps again even if it's like 2 minutes long :p

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  8. 4ndyMay 23, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    Same here, but it starts to get a little complicated once you play non-linear games like the fallout series, where you sometimes want to go back and try something different. :S

    Don't you just hate it when the game writers can't make an efficient save file and your bunch of saves then take up like a GB of space? I'm looking at you, EA.

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  9. PrototapeMay 23, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    This happened to me the other day, actually. I haven't played since, I think I've given up for a while.

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