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Happy Thanksgiving! What Are You Thankful for in the World of Games??
Published on November 26, 2015 12:25 PM
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Happy Turkey Day everyone!  I hope everyone is able to relax, enjoy some football, and pig out later today. It's morning here, and I just brewed some Starbucks coffee (we have starbucks on holidays), and I'm looking forward to the rest of the day. I am sort of dreading the Eagles game though!  

Anyway, I was thinking about it, and we all have things to be thankful for, but since this is a gaming site, I was wondering what you all are thankful for when it comes to video games.  

For my part, I am thankful for indie games, and the wide variety of titles we have these days on Steam and other avenues. There's no doubt some great AAA games these days, but it's the smaller, riskier games that I enjoy. I'm thankful that we're at a point where we have true auteurs when it comes to game design, both in the AAA space, and in the indie space, and in between, and that people with vision can finally create the games they desire.  

There's a lot of complaints we can aim at the current state of gaming, but personally, I find we're living in a golden age that benefits all of our tastes -- there's something for everyone these days, and niche titles can thrive as well as blockbusters.  I love it.  

Anyway, that's about it.  What are you thankful for???

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Posted on November 26, 2015 12:33 PM

I'm thankful for Pixlbit and for all my gaming friends. I'm also thankful I have a working PS3.

Posted on November 26, 2015 12:42 PM

My PS3 disc drive doesn't work. Well, at least I can play digital games.  I'm thankful for Pixlbit too.  Laughing

Posted on November 26, 2015 12:54 PM

Currently I'm thankful for Nintendo, as they seem to be one of the only game makers doing anything that interests me right now.  If it weren't for them, I'd be a sad gamer today. 

I'm also thankful I can review games on a web site.  It may not be very big and glamorous, and I'm not famous like all those YouTube upstarts, but at least I still have my foot in the door and have been doing this since most of those YouTube goobs were in diapers!

And I'm thankful that Pixlbit filled in the void that 1up left.  It makes me very happy and appreciative when you folks read my blogs and reviews.  You just don't realize how much that means to me.

Posted on November 26, 2015 1:16 PM

I never read your blogs and reviews or reply to your posts. Oops. I also never tell lies.

I'd be thankful for Nintendo too if I had a Wii U. It would be the first thing I'd buy if I ever had money I didn't already owe.

Happy Thanksgiving Cary.

Posted on November 26, 2015 3:06 PM

we're thankful for you too, Cary!

Posted on November 26, 2015 2:42 PM

I'm thankful for all the cool shit on my PS4 in general. Happy THanksgiving everyone!

Posted on November 26, 2015 3:06 PM

PS4 is pretty badass.  

Posted on November 26, 2015 6:31 PM

So is the Lions offense right now. Sealed

It's ok though, I'm pretty nervous about Cowboys v. Carolina.

Posted on November 27, 2015 4:18 AM

Don't get too excited. They played the Eagles today. Just remember that. The Eagles. Yuk. 

Posted on November 27, 2015 6:41 AM

I feel the same about Cowboys. NFC East suuuuuuuuucks.

Posted on November 27, 2015 7:03 AM

I think we're going to be both sad as we watch the Giants go into the playoffs.  Frown

Posted on November 28, 2015 7:46 AM

They are 5-5 and leading the division. Whaaa?

Posted on November 26, 2015 2:46 PM

The Vita, which ties in with your thankfulness of indies.

in a surprising twist Black Ops III as well.

Posted on November 26, 2015 3:06 PM

yeah you know, I'm curious about that game after not giving one flying fuck about years of COD.  How is it?

Posted on November 28, 2015 6:26 PM

The past three years I have been very disinterested in COD until the day it releases and then have picked them up.  The multi-player definitely feels better than the past couple of years to me.

Posted on November 27, 2015 4:22 AM

I'm thankful another video game crash didn't happen this generation. With phones and tablets stealling a lot of the mainstream away, I thought maybe big AAA games were going to disappear along with the consoles. Thankfully, 2016 looks very strong for gamers. And Fallout 4 was advertised prominently during football games today. Things are not crashing. 

Posted on November 27, 2015 5:16 AM

no, they're not. I don't think that's going to ever happen again in our lifetime.  Video games are going pretty strong.

Posted on November 28, 2015 7:44 AM

yea, as the biggest entertainment industry in the history of the world, I think your right. 

Posted on November 27, 2015 11:52 AM
Like Cary, I'm thankful for Nintendo. It's thanks to them that I got into video games and why I still love them. But I'm also thankful for the other game experiences I got to try outside Nintendo. I'm also thankful for Pixlbit because you're all awesome.
Posted on November 28, 2015 12:44 PM

you're awesome too, Captain N!!!

Posted on December 1, 2015 6:09 PM

I'm thankful that there are so many different options when it comes to video games. Being able to play games on a console, PC/Mac, Tablet, and in web browsers gives folks who share this fun hobby so many choices. 

Posted on December 1, 2015 9:16 PM

yeah we do have more choices than ever.  It's not bad!  Laughing