GamingLives' Deputy Editor explores his personal hatred for repetition in games and repeating the same game time and again, yet finding excuses to do so.
"I’ve never been one for 'repetitive' games, where you’re charged with doing roughly the same task over and over again until the credits roll, and you feel a bit better about the amount of moolah depleted from your Scrooge McDuckian money bin, but I don’t think my track record would support my case. I’ve played and finished titles like Red Alert, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and the first three Monkey Island games enough times that they’re approaching the point of losing all meaning – or they would be if I could ever imagine getting sick of the adventures of Threepwood et al."
It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.
Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.
A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
