Videogames are growing (Destiny)

by kidtsunami , Atlanta, GA, Monday, September 08, 2014, 02:38 (3824 days ago) @ ShadowOfTheVoid

I believe Destiny wouldn't be Destiny without a critical mass of population playing it.

I'm beginning to think of matchmaking dependent games like this more like events that I've bought a ticket to. I can capture video, take screenshots, and write down stories from playing and that's likely what I'll enjoy about Destiny 20 years from now.

Videogames are becoming bigger and bigger and not all fit within a relatively antiquated definition a lot of us growing up with games have developed. You can't just go to Woodstock again, Freddie Mercury's stage presence is gone, and you can't just rock up to Pamplona any time of the year expecting the bulls to be running in the morning. Some videogames are going to take on the properties of being events which unfortunately will make them temporal as well.

This only truly disappoints me from the point of view of historically chronicling these games for future generations to learn about.