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I hate when people say games are supposed to be fun.
Its like saying movies are supposed to have explosions or songs are supposed to have electric guitar solos.
If theres anything games, or any kind of art, is supposed to be, its engaging.
My problem is that I am frequently engaged -deeplyengaged - with games that infuriate me.
Im not talking about crashing out every time I lose a game ofMarvel Rivals.
My anger is totally rational, the irrational part is that I keep playing them.
My two-man tribe decided to build a perimeter around our land using behemoth stone dinosaur gateways.
Every night for a week, all we did was gather stone and bring it back to our base.
A bug due to linking two gates together with another gate instantly deleted all of our work.
You know what we did?
We spent another week gathering stone to build it again.
That should have been the end of the line for me with Ark, but it wasnt even close.
And yet, I kept playing.
I will probably play more.
Right now Im in a different depression spiral with another game that continuously enrages me:Pokemon Unite.
Ark: Survival Evolved sees players attempt to survive and thrive in the world of Ark. It is populated by prehistoric creatures that both prove a threat to the player and can also be tamed.
Nothing will ever change.
The entire time Im playing it Im just getting angrier and angrier.
I finish every Pokemon Unite match upset, even when I win.
Then I queue up for the next one knowing it will just upset me again.
Why do I keep playing games that make me so angry?
We dont have to do this!
Ark: Survival Evolved sees players attempt to survive and thrive in the world of Ark. It is populated by prehistoric creatures that both prove a threat to the player and can also be tamed.
Theres an infinite number of video games out there.
Its so easy to say, but somehow so much harder to do.
It is populated by prehistoric creatures that both prove a threat to the player and can also be tamed.
