If so, you probably also suffer from carpel tunnel syndrome.
I’m not sure, but I think there are several sexual innuendos in the title. All I can say is, boy was I trying to make as many as possible. I suggest you try not to think about it too much, like I obviously did. Anyway, for those wondering what “mapathy” is, here’s a little video that explains it better than I can:
What the video doesn’t show is the millions of people who play the game and aren’t paid actors/models.
Do you know why “mapathy” exists in the first place? Because of the sad sacks of loneliness who spend every available moment playing Modern Warfare 2. What results is a level of intimacy with every map that exceeds the intimacy shared by husband and wife. Or in prison terms, the intimacy shared by anal rapists and their bitches. Yet people are surprised when maps become boring for the “elite gamers” (read: assholes who think their worth as people is higher because they can dominate in a video game) and frustrating for more casual gamers (read: assholes who think their worth as people is higher because they don’t spend all their time playing one video game).
If this picture seems strange and unfamiliar, you have a problem.
The solution? GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE. But that wouldn’t make very much money, would it? Instead, in what turned out to be a brilliant business move, Activision and Infinity Ward released several additional maps. Microsoft confirmed yesterday that the Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package was downloaded over 1 million times worldwide within the first 24 hours. It reached 2.5 million downloads within a week. It seems MW2 was destined to break video game records.
They haven’t even released the map-pack for PS3 or PC yet.
Those numbers are pretty incredible on their own, but some sobering statistics from Microsoft make me feel bad for having, collectively with my 2 roommates, accumulated slightly more than 3 entire days playing the game. Microsoft says that Xbox Live gamers have invested over 1.75 billion hours of online play since the game was released in November. This astonishing number amounts to 200,000 years of time.
Keep in mind this is only Xbox Live play and does not include single player time or multiplayer time on PC or PS3.
Now, I consider myself an avid gamer, and if asked I would admit to playing video games frequently, but what the fuck? Xbox Live online play for one single game has eaten up more time than some people believe the Earth has existed.
Every drug dealer knows: get them addicted young and they will be customers for life.
Think about what could be accomplished if everyone who contributed to those statistics spent even 1% of their time playing MW2 doing something productive.
Today, I feel convicted. Not to mention a bit ashamed of the human race.
Video games are one of the greatest forms of entertainment, in my opinion. However, I’m reminded of a famous quote I’m about to make up: “There’s an important difference between video games being a leisure activity and them being the sole reason a person wakes up in the morning.” It’s clear to me that we currently live in a era where video games (and leisure in general, but this is a video game blog so I have to make it applicable) have been elevated to an unhealthy level.
Because really, how long will it be before people are “mapathetic” over the new maps?
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Wow. I’ve never laughed so hard while feeling so incredibly ashamed of my hobby.