{"id":62,"date":"2011-03-27T07:22:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T07:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.subtleallusion.com\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2011-03-27T07:22:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T07:22:43","slug":"how-to-win-me-over-and-make-me-buy-a-console-just-for-your-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.subtleallusion.com\/blog\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"How to win me over and make me buy a console just for your game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Super<\/p>\n

In contrast to my last post, I’d like to highlight two games and their methods of making me buy (and nearly buy) a console just so I could play that one game.<\/em><\/p>\n

First up, Pok\u00c3\u00a9mon, I bought a DSi XL just so I could revive my Pok\u00c3\u00a9mon fantasies of yesteryear. I’ll admit when the game was first splashed all over the media back when the Japanese version went on sale I was unimpressed and not in any mood to rejoin the Pok\u00c3\u00a9mon train. But when it came to the UK release something primeval took hold of me, a deep unquenchable desire to relive the hundreds upon hundreds of hours of my childhood playing Pok\u00c3\u00a9mon Blue. This urge prompted me to go straight to the nearest place that would sell it the day after release and buy a \u00c2\u00a3150 console for a \u00c2\u00a330 game that I might not even enjoy.<\/p>\n

Only after I’d forked over the cash (or rather waved my magical plastic card thing) did I start to rationalise the purchase to myself, “\u00c2\u00a3180 means 180 hours of playing at \u00c2\u00a31 an hour, I just need to play more than that and it’s been worth it”. Which actually is a philosophy I use for many things and serves me pretty well. I’m certainly approaching that goal with Pok\u00c3\u00a9mon.<\/p>\n

The next game to cause a deep perturbation in the pit of my essence was Sword & Sworcery EP. After watching one hell of an amazing trailer<\/a> and following the\u00c2\u00a0associated\u00c2\u00a0twitter accounts I became\u00c2\u00a0uncontrollably\u00c2\u00a0hyped for this incredible game, nay! incredible work of art. However, owning no touchtronic device (iPad and at a later date iPhone) suitable to experience such an audiovisual feast I remain among the unenlightened.<\/p>\n

I am deeply saddened by the knowledge that I will only be able to experience this masterpiece by buying a vastly overpriced fruit. One day I will find a way though, one celestial fluke of a day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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