I Have a Liebster Award! (ↀДↀ)✧

In all my… ten years of being on Blogger, I don't remember being given this award. When I was a lot more networked, when I was far more active than I am now, I gave and received a couple, but never more than that. So this is my third award in all my years here. I think that makes it more precious.

I was nominated for this award by mchi. over at MCHIouji. mchi spoils me a lot, haha, so I can't say that I'm entirely surprised by this. (Even though I'm absolutely bowled over by having gotten one anyway.)

Check that out, ain't that pretty? Now, mchi has been kind enough to leave some questions for me to fill out. If you're interested in that and my nominations, join me under the cut!

Gamers, Let's Have... The Talk

[!] UPDATE 06.01.2015 [!] Sorry this post disappeared for my Blogspot readers. (I got one email about it being inaccessible from the RSS feed, so kudos on you, my one RSS reader, for even seeing that.) For those of you who came from the PS Insider site, welcome! I'm the writer that was featured there, and this is the original post. For everyone else, please enjoy this revival with some new additions/commentary from the PSI forums.

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There's something that's been on my mind for a while. I get reminded of it every so often when I pick up a magazine or when I watch a video. What brought this topic to my mind this time around was something I saw on YouTube. It brings up a great and very basic question: why do/ gamers hate easy modes?

Before I get into deep thought, let me first apologise for however long this post ends up being. Whenever I think about this, I usually feel that's my only chance to yell into a void. I'm usually, quite literally, muttering out loud to myself, but thankfully, now I have a platform where I can talk out loud with a few more ears nearby. So, let me use this time to reflect on this mode and where I stand reflect. I'm sure you can already guess, but allow me a chance to explain regardless.