We here at Fuse are having a serious problem. A real, genuine problem which is only being exacerbated as Christmas creeps ever closer.
There just aren’t enough hours in the day.
Putting aside such trivial matters as assignments and spending time with loved ones, the quite absurd amount of fantastic recent gaming releases has led to us wanting nothing more than to batten down the hatches, lock the door and play until our thumbs bleed.
And even then, if we spent every waking hour button mashing away, it wouldn’t be enough. Not with games like Skyrim where you can happily spend three hours just reading books from a shelf, or firing arrows at frolicking bunny rabbits, or a whole day in one city not even moving the main plot along.
And then there is Batman: Arkham City, whose dark, suspenseful and utterly immersive atmosphere must have led to a significant increase in students lurking in the unlit depths of Crookes before jumping on passersby yelling “I AM THE NIGHT!” With an entire city to run around in, taking out muggers and feeling smug as you work out how to get to a particularly tricky Riddler trophy, day time is beginning to seem more and more overrated.
After all this sitting in the dark twitching, we then like to be sociable, so commit ourselves to a marathon of online multiplayers on any one of many very solid shooters released recently, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 probably holding the edge. At least this way we get to interact with human beings, even if it is just through having them swear at us and insult our mothers every time we miss a shot.
Then there’s the hours of fun (and potential headaches) to be had from Mario Kart on 3DS, and all the buildings just waiting to be scaled in Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, not to mention all of the other very solid games from the last few weeks all stacked up and ready to be played.
Our advice? Stick it out these next few weeks until the end of the term, then have a gaming binge until your eyes have gone square and your hands worn down to the bone.
After all, isn’t that the true meaning of Christmas?
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