It’s important in life to be truthful, both to yourself and to others. And so, as part of a new therapy course I’m going through, I’ve decided to be honest with myself and create a list of the top 10 lies I’ve used to justify purchasing a new game.
10) My friends will play it with me
My friends, who now live all across the country in different timezones and have families, demanding jobs, and maybe cooler friends than me, will certainly play this game with me for hours on end just like our old Halo LAN parties.
9) It balances out my current rotation
Because I’m currently just bouncing back and forth between Manor Lords and Deep Rock Galactic Survivors, I need a game like this in a different genre to scratch that certain itch. I don’t have anything like it in my backlog.
8) I deserve it
I have worked hard and I deserve to blow off some steam with a new game.
7) I deserve anything
I have often told myself internally that I have some amount of value. That was a lie and I am sorry for it.
6) I bet it’s ready to play on launch day
No one launches a completely unfinished, unplayable product to the public. I would never fall for something like that.
5) New content is what my Twitch needs to finally pop off
After a few years of keeping a steady schedule on twitch with no audience growth I’ve realized what I really needed was just to be first to a new game like this one and to go all out with it. I’ll roleplay every stream, full costume, ton of animations… This is different than the other times, I can do this.
4) My computer will run it flawlessly
I haven’t upgraded my gaming rig in 5 years besides the monitor, where I went with an ultrawide. This new game should run fine on ultimate settings.
3) I put time into the last game I bought
And after a massive social media campaign I didn’t even need to connect my PSN account!
2) If I don’t pick up this deal Wario64 will stop posting
It’s my personal belief that if I do not buy each deal from Wario64, he will simply stop posting them. I have a moral obligation to buy.
1) I don’t have any other games to play
For each of the 328 games in my backlog I have a very specific and reasonable excuse as to why I have not played them. As such they should not be considered while I debate this new purchase. I’d list them out there but I think you can just trust me on this one.
