The Importance of Persistence

After rummaging through my room I found a copy of Jade Empire. Then I realized how badly I messed up. I bought this game for 5$ and still have not devoted any good amount of play time to it. After thinking about it for a while I figured out why, lack of persistence. I have the feeling that playing that game is a waste of time. I don't feel like I'm getting anything out of it. Unlike say a Call of Duty 4 where you are constantly leveling up and getting new weapons and perks. When I get a sweet sword in Jade Empire, no one else will see it. It makes the whole experience feel kind of hollow.

Perhaps one day I won't care whether or not anyone else will see my progress or not and just play through it. Sadly I doubt it. Even single player games on the 360 have the persistence factor. The addition of achievements really saves alot of games for me. I might not have played it for fun but I'll dedicate time to get some achievements. This was the case with Assassins Creed, that game was not very fun but I trudged through it to get those damn points. And now everyone can see that I put the time in.

Its hard to believe that absolutely none of this mattered a few years ago, but now its the most important thing to me. The online component of gaming is truly the most evolutionary thing to gaming since 3-D.  Honestly I don't know where I'm going with this. I think its just a way to justify my guilt for not playing Jade Empire.

On a side note, I'm thinking of getting the Xbox Live Vision Camera. It seems like a cheap and fairly effective way to get into video blogging. Perhaps one day you'll see my true identity.