So many people use candy crush as the first social game. they’ve probably never heard of Doom, where you link up your consoles and battle it out with friends via a LAN, Local area network (Martončik 2015).
Or the cultural phenomenon that is(/was) Second Life, I went so far as to play it. I found it incredibly boring, probably because I had a previous knowledge of the community, it’s strange y’all. There’s everything in Second Life that one can find IRL, there are lecture theatres and universities, property moguls, doctors offices (Berger, et al 2016). Then there’s the seedier side, I think I ended up in a sex dungeon, but totally didn’t want to explore it that much, mostly because of how bored I got.
The idea that people will run around virtual worlds forming relationships with other players confuses me deeply. I much prefer to play games that have a narrative.
Most recently I have almost finished Far Cry 5. The main story doesn’t allow for multiplayer online play. YES! No having to deal with some tween attempting to insult other people (I’m looking at you Overwatch). There are online functions of Far Cry 5, because that’s what everyone wants apparently. The online Arcade allows users to team up with friends, other users or even playing solo (Ubisoft 2018).
Berger, M, Jucker, AH & Locher, MA 2016, 'Interaction and space in the virtual world of Second Life', Journal of Pragmatics, vol. 101, 2016/08/01/, pp. 83-100.
Martončik, M 2015, 'e-Sports: Playing just for fun or playing to satisfy life goals?', Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 48, 2015/07/01/, pp. 208-211.
Ubisoft 2018, ‘Welcome to the Far Cry Arcade’, Far Cry 5, viewed 2018/05/25, <https://far-cry.ubisoft.com/game/en-au/far-cry-arcade/>
