So Dsh has an article on kotaku.

[Blu]

Was that intended to be a double entendre? It must be, because quitting smoking isn't a thing! Neither does My Quit Smoking Coach! I get it!

Alright, I don't even smoke so it's tough to keep up this facade. I really enjoyed your article, and through many of the discussions of the related thread, you've compounded lots of wise advice. I'll echo Crono's comments by using your strategies to move through a lot of my library. I definitely have a smaller collection than a lot of the members here, but there are times where it becomes challenging to figure out what I'd like to play through. The internet trolls do not deserve your attention, so I'm glad you're not allowing them to drag you down. Not like you needed the anon's approval, anyways.

[Sload Soap]

The correct answer surely is when you've stopped smoking it's beaten.

Wouldn't that mean that the game has beaten you?

[Luke]

The correct answer surely is when you've stopped smoking it's beaten.

Wouldn't that mean that the game has beaten you?

When you lose the game, that doesn't mean the game has beaten you. You beat the game by how you fight, why you fight, and in the manner in which you press buttons. Press buttons like hell. When you need to rest, credit feed and let a friend take over the fight for you.

[Key-Glyph]

Really cool, dsh!

What I found most interesting about the reaction issue was that even though your article takes pains to outline your opinion that a game's "beaten" status is subjective to the player -- which therefore negates the idea that you're using this list as any kind of bragging right -- a great deal of the outraged comments came from people incensed at your proclaiming gaming victories in anything but the most challenging/completionist of circumstances.

What all that means, ultimately, is that I very much treat my backlog as a library and my game playing as research into the medium.

I am so, so glad you brought this up in your reaction piece. This is what I thought many of the responders were missing: that games are more than challenges, they're also a medium with a history that people want to explore and understand. It's understandable, though. This doesn't jump to people's minds very often, since even a lot of the appreciation-bent efforts that crop up in the mainstream aren't super-scholarly. (I remember being a bit disappointed by "The Art of Video Games," but to be fair I can't really speak for this since I only read the book and didn't visit the actual exhibit.) I'm really glad that you probably planted this concept in a lot of minds.

[pepharytheworm]

The correct answer surely is when you've stopped smoking it's beaten.

Wouldn't that mean that the game has beaten you?

When you lose the game, that doesn't mean the game has beaten you. You beat the game by how you fight, why you fight, and in the manner in which you press buttons. Press buttons like hell. When you need to rest, credit feed and let a friend take over the fight for you.

Umm......... I figured that was a joke, can't see why a correction is needed Not sure your response could even be used for My Stop Smoking Coach.

[retrosportsgamer]

First, I feel like I should clarify that I am indeed (surprisingly?) a well adjusted adult with a professional full-time job, a loving partner, and a soon-to-be kindergartener at home. I regularly socialize and enjoy other hobbies that are less sedentary, so tackling my video game backlog hasn't been an experience in shunning the sun and avoiding human contact or community engagement for many long hours at a time. Those things only happen occasionally.

Bravo sir.

[noiseredux]

First, I feel like I should clarify that I am indeed (surprisingly?) a well adjusted adult with a professional full-time job, a loving partner, and a soon-to-be kindergartener at home. I regularly socialize and enjoy other hobbies that are less sedentary, so tackling my video game backlog hasn't been an experience in shunning the sun and avoiding human contact or community engagement for many long hours at a time. Those things only happen occasionally.

[Sload Soap]

Umm......... I figured that was a joke, can't see why a correction is needed Not sure your response could even be used for My Stop Smoking Coach.

Who are you talking to?

[Jmustang1968]

You have to remember to never read the comments Dave. Atleast no one threatened to kill you for beating more games than they did.

[mjmjr25]

Dave, your a PHD, and pretty much talk about and write video games for a living.

However, something you may not know about me - I have a lot, I mean, A LOT, of pajama pants. PM me if you want a brutally honest critique of your write-up.