I'm sure some people thought it was romantic, but he knew I was a giant queer and he was never interested in me, so what our friendship boiled down to in the end was what a lot of close adolescent friendships boiled down to: survival. For years after, we spent every waking moment together. Aaron and I met the end of 7th grade, he was new in town and to the school, and we loved all the same crap. It was also a game that my best friend in school, Aaron, played on his Gamecube. Turok Evolution, a game that really nobody seemed to enjoy and for understandable reasons, was a game that I played on the Gamecube. Those are fond memories, even if our friendship - like most of my friendships - ended in a blaze of abandonment.īut no game probably has more fond memories when it comes to playing it with someone else than Turok Evolution. As a little girl in elementary school I can remember going to my friend Cordon's house and playing Sonic Adventure 2 on the Gamecube for literally hours. I prefer to watch things alone (unless I'm in a theater, but even then I am only there to see the film, not to see it with people), I read a ton and I listen to my music on my headphones because partaking in media, no matter what the medium, has always been a personal thing. In fact, most media is in general, but especially to me. Games, to me anyway, have always been a rather solitary experience. I prefer to watch things alone (unless I'm in a theater, but even then I am only there to see the film, not to see it with people), I read a ton and I listen to my music on my headphones because partaking in media, no matter what the medium, has always been a … Moreīut even before all of that, I was just never a big multiplayer or co-op kind of gamer.

I can name a handful of games that had multiplayer that didn't need it, but Singularity is one of the first that comes to mind off the top of my head.īut even before all of that, I was just never a big multiplayer or co-op kind of gamer. Sometimes it was decent enough to enjoy, Bioshock 2 was a surprising example of this, and other times it was so shoehorned in that it felt completely out of place, like literally almost any FPS from that time period with it.

Every single game that came out, whether it was warranted or even worked or not, had multiplayer attached to it. It's one of the few things that's really kind of created a rift between myself and my gamer peers, especially back between 2010-2013 when that was all the rage and all anyone wanted. I've never been a big fan of multiplayer or co-op gaming. Part 1/ Part 2/ Part 3/ Part 4/ Part 5/ Part 6/ Part 7 This is the eighth part of a series I'll be doing on games played during my childhood.

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