Pocky Central

Many of the people that know me know that I love video games of all kinds. Puzzle games, role-playing games, adventure games, whatever.

These same people know that I don’t currently play first-person shooters (from here on referred to as FPS), because they give me massive headaches.

This started around the time the original Quake came out. I’m not entirely sure if it was the game that caused the initial reaction, or if it was something about me that caused it, but the first time I tried to play Quake, I had a massive, near-migraine headache within a few minutes.

I took some heacache medicine, and after lying down for an hour, I tried playing it again. Same reaction.

Not knowing exactly what was causing me the pain, I thought that I might have better luck with a different game. A while later, another FPS came out with a similar control scheme. I bought it, installed it, and tried to play it.

Once again, I was down with a headache within minutes.

So I pretty much came to the conclusion that I would never be able to play and FPS games again.

Then Halo came out.

I loved the look, the story, and the style of the game. Thinking, “Hey, it’s been a few years. Maybe I can play it,” I bought a copy for my XBox and gave it a try.

Two minutes later, I was on the couch, medicine in hand.

At this point, it looks like I will not be able to play a good chunk of the newer games coming out, and an even larger chunk of the games that are already out (Half Life 2, FarCry, etc.). I’ve actually found that some third person games, like Gears of War, give me a problem, too.

I hope that the current trend of ‘FPS games and nothing but’ eventually ebbs, so I can look forward to some games that I will actually be able to play. (In particular, I’m hoping for more good turn based strategy and role-playing games)

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