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The words “Game Over” are familiar to everyone here. Pixel death is part of player life. But after a fatal look at the calendar, Michael Hengst begins to ponder the real Game Over.
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My grandmother was right. She always said, “Boy, the only certainty in life is death.” As scary as that sounds, it’s true. Grandma knew how things worked – just not that the grandson would play professionally one day. But she sure would think that was cool.
Ever since the first touch of the joypad, I’ve been on first-name terms with digital death. I’ve “died” countless times. Whether I jump man fallen from ladders Zaxxon smashed against walls, in Horizon – Forbidden West landed in a scavenger’s mouth or in The Legend of Zelda felt with a Bokblin spear. When not with me Call of Duty got a bullet or I from a colleague doom was asked. I’m not even going to start with how many times you died recently Elden ring emblazoned large on the screen.
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| Countless RPG groups have been buried in dark dungeons by me. |
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There was almost always death in games. Not to mention collective death. I have buried countless role-playing groups in dark dungeons or given them permadeath in the case of failed revivals. game over And it wasn’t just my own avatar that bit the dust: I wiped out entire civilizations in various 4X games, murdered aliens, sent large numbers of foreign flora and fauna to nirvana. There is probably so much digital blood on my hands that it is enough to fill Lake Constance many times.
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Published on 03/20/2022: Faced with the real world situation, Michael Hengst took refuge in the open worlds of Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring. But resentment and madness are also catching up with him in the gaming forums.
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