Why Should I Keep Playing?

Nice monologue, actually pretty inspiring in a way.
Getting turned on by seeing the credits role? Never heard anyone else say that about games in my life.
Haha, that's what makes David, David.

I'll make sure to add David Liao to the list of my childhood heroes.

Right on, brother. Lead the revolution and I'm right behind ya! >:]

"Why do I keep playing games? Because I make games my bitch."
*Epic pic*

my hero<3

Damn straight. The Gaming Lion, Liao, making games his bitches. You rock.

That is some epic fan-art to go with some dedicated speech-making. Everyone's entitled to his/her preferences, but it's nice to know where those preferences are coming from.

Cold Blooded.......

But I've also noticed that people ignore or avoid any criticism if that negativity is aimed at a game everyone typically loves, I've gone on rants to my friends about how Bioshock's story isn't anything special and that the atmosphere is what makes the game, they'll look at me with blank stares.

That's what I call dedication. I love games... but man, I can only get like what 2-4 games a year, so all of these games that you all get to play I SO wish could play. It's the main reason I watch you guys a lot, so I can at least see the games I can probably never get. I gotta be smart and pick games that aren't only good, but can last me quite a while. I'm starting to look at Gamefly so I can play a lot more games, but we'll see.

Wonderful post, David. And here's to plenty more games played~

SWERY, director of Deadly Premonition, made a GDC presentation with this theme.
http://www.accessgames.co.jp/news/nws_gdc2011ss1_e.html
Kinda interesting, good post.

Damn dude. That's a pretty heavy monologue, on games no less. But I love that mindset of yours. The playing for victory route is one I see eye-to-eye with. Mine is similar, times two brothers. And I lose a lot, to both them, and just the game itself. But when I beat both brothers, and the game, its glorious.

Best article this year so far.

Bravo David! BRAVO!

Pretty great actually. I personally am blessed with vidya gaems skills so I don't get this much but I get it still. But yeah I still like to hear your opinions on a popular game even if you dislike the genre or whatever it be. Not exactly playing devils advocate but your just not sucking on the games nuts.

You are my BIGGEST HERO, David!

Just remember to maintain some kind of balance. If you focus too much of your time playing games that just annoy or frustrate you then you'll go crazy. Sometimes you have to look to the past, at games you may have missed the opportunity to play, to find something that actually makes being a gamer worthwhile.

Cheevos. *Cough*

So when I began reading this post, I thought you were about to quit gaming or something. But then as I read on, I was like, "oh, he's just being cool like alwa-....*cue inspiration*"

Greatest post yet, you go David...

David Liao hero of the UK!

Dude, you were my hero even before you posted this article of awesome!
Btw, there's a new DDR game coming out Tuesday <3

Great post, David. I too have played many games that I absolutely hated, and when you see those credits roll, it feels like sweet, sweet victory. You are my hero :D

I really don't know what to think of this. On one hand I think maybe you're playing games for the wrong reason. If you're not having fun and are just playing to show off or prove that you can, that is not the right reason. On the other I understand the satisfaction of overcoming a challenge that you or others think you cannot. I also understand playing through something for the sake of what you do, sharing your opinion to others etc.

In all honesty though if you came up to me and said "Hey, I beat all these crappy games I didn't want to play and didn't think I could beat but did." I would say that's great you were able to do that but then I would ask "Did you have fun doing it?" and then you replied "No." I would say well whats the point then? and would careless. So I will end with, if the journey is meaningless whats the point in getting to the end of it?

Great post, David. It made me want to play some of the games I've played but haven't beat for reasons <,<

David is living up to his name to face FULL LIFE CONSEQUENCES

Nice post, David. You always keep yours interesting.

But yeah, I'd think you'd have to look at what PancakeChef said about not only beating a game but enjoying it. I, myself, don't get the same thrill that you do from watching the credits roll on a game that was absolutely hated. Come to think of it, if I wasn't enjoying it, I most likely wouldn't even finish. Watching the end of a game I did not enjoy leaves me thinking why did I even do it.

But you do have a point. People really shouldn't restrict themselves to one or few genres. I never took interest in "realistic" war games, something like Call of Duty or Battlefield or whatever. Never saw the appeal. But last month, I had to babysit over at another house for a few weeks, and they didn't have many games. But they did have COD Modern Warfare. I decided to play it out of curiosity, and I finished it. And then I realized that I actually, genuinely LIKED the game. Needless to say, I'm thinking about getting into more games similar to it.

And making those games my bitch.

Reading this post did get me inspired to finally do something I never thought of doing. I shall lead myself away from the survivor horror, one player stuff, To finally Branch out and try to do my best at winning and being maybe even better than my Cousin at Her First person shooters! I will be good at zombies mode in COD: Black ops.

P.S. Epic speech is epic!, But that last line made me Lol.

David as a role model is not half bad. I have met many people who could use a better role model or one in general. It's tough to be a good role model and it's best when it happens naturally. Do more, and be more, than ever thought possible. Do not defend limits, to defend limits is to truly own them. This, as with anything like this, post goes well beyond games.

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I agree.. I suck at a lot of games, but I still play because it's fun to beat it~ ^___^
watching you guys play games makes me think I'm not the only one that sucks at some games and take forever to beat them.