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MTV Multiplayer: If "Puzzle Quest" Is Hardcore Gaming Gone Pop, Should I Tune It Out?

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This entry was posted on 5/25/2007 4:01 PM and is filed under MTV News Multiplayer,DS matters,PSP Issues.


Is there a place in the hardcore gamer's life for games that make us feel like our mothers?

So I wondered in yesterday's MTV Multiplayer item on "Puzzle Quest". Here's the quandary a "Bejeweled"-"Final Fantasy" poses me, as presented in my article:

Isn't "Bejeweled" a game for people with simple gaming tastes? Isn't it a game for moms? Shouldn't I be playing more complex stuff? 

What I sense I'm experiencing is a conflict between my perceived refined gamer self and the reality of a pop-friendly style of game I had previously avoided. It's kind of like being a music snob and then having a favorite band cover a catchy pop song. Should I resist or accept?

I'm known to over-think a thing or two. I may be doing that again. Maybe I'm not.

How's that for a sophisticated conclusion?

 
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    • 5/25/2007 9:55 PM jeffk wrote:
      It's funny, I've never really thought about games that way. I've always been kind of an elitist prick about music (that's what four years in college radio will get ya), but for me a game of Tetris or Bejeweled or Lumines or whatever is like a little palate-cleanser, something to pick up when you don't feel like level grinding or getting into anything too intense.

      Puzzle Quest had me hooked something fierce for about three or four weeks - it was a round-the-clock fixation, and I definitely had the bizarre urge to line up real-world objects. That was a weird side effect, but like you say in the article, that happens with quite a few games, and I'm usually able to shake it off after a half hour or so.

      As far as the game itself goes, I was kind of shocked that the Bejeweled format worked so well as a form of turn-based combat. There's a healthy amount of strategy involved, and while it may not be displacing Disgaea any time soon, it's definitely one of my favorite DS titles so far.
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