{"id":10227,"date":"2023-05-31T12:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/pushing-buttons-why-i-dont-worry-about-completing-games\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T12:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:38:12","slug":"pushing-buttons-why-i-dont-worry-about-completing-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/pushing-buttons-why-i-dont-worry-about-completing-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: Why I don\u2019t worry about \u2018completing\u2019 games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Exploring maps and finishing side quests isn\u2019t wasting time \u2013 it\u2019s making memories<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the reviews for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom went online earlier this month, I started to panic. Almost every critical reaction seemed to contain the same sentence: \u201cI\u2019ve been playing for 60 hours yet I\u2019ve barely scratched the surface\u201d. Like Breath of the Wild before it, the latest title in Nintendo\u2019s role-playing adventure seriesis a vast odyssey with an intricate narrative constructed from dozens of quests, supported by a fully functioning world. Like many other gamers my age, I thought to myself, that would have been great when I was 25, but I\u2019ll get an hour a day on this thing at most. Is it all too much?<\/p>\n<p>About 10 hours into the main campaign \u2013 which, as ever, revolves around a quest to track down the eponymous royal but somehow also manages to be mind-numbingly complex, like Middlemarch with monsters \u2013 something important happened: I let go. Without a deadline to finish it (thanks Keza, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/may\/11\/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-review-pure-magic\">for taking on the review<\/a>), I could just enjoy it in my own way. For several years, I\u2019ve been writing about how experiences such as Fortnite and Minecraft are no longer games to play but places to be (hang out with friends, build some stuff, whatever), and I was finally able to apply this sense of freedom to a big role-playing game. I decided I was never going to finish Tears of the Kingdom, and that was such an immense relief. Now I could have fun.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/may\/31\/pushing-buttons-tears-of-the-kingdom-hyrule-map\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ea5f1b2e997e617eccb5965d46bbe4adc3fc2e67\/120_0_1800_1080\/master\/1800.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=689c0d24b02439c2d61b8457221fa82b\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: Why I don\u2019t worry about \u2018completing\u2019 games\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Exploring maps and finishing side quests isn\u2019t wasting time \u2013 it\u2019s making memories<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nWhen the reviews for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom went online earlier this month, I started to panic. Almost every critical reaction seemed to contain the same sentence: \u201cI\u2019ve been playing for 60 hours yet I\u2019ve barely scratched the surface\u201d. Like Breath of the Wild before it, the latest title in Nintendo\u2019s role-playing adventure seriesis a vast odyssey with an intricate narrative constructed from dozens of quests, supported by a fully functioning world. Like many other gamers my age, I thought to myself, that would have been great when I was 25, but I\u2019ll get an hour a day on this thing at most. Is it all too much?<br \/>\nAbout 10 hours into the main campaign \u2013 which, as ever, revolves around a quest to track down the eponymous royal but somehow also manages to be mind-numbingly complex, like Middlemarch with monsters \u2013 something important happened: I let go. Without a deadline to finish it (thanks Keza, for taking on the review), I could just enjoy it in my own way. For several years, I\u2019ve been writing about how experiences such as Fortnite and Minecraft are no longer games to play but places to be (hang out with friends, build some stuff, whatever), and I was finally able to apply this sense of freedom to a big role-playing game. I decided I was never going to finish Tears of the Kingdom, and that was such an immense relief. Now I could have fun. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: Exploring maps and finishing side quests isn\u2019t wasting time \u2013 it\u2019s making memories Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When the reviews for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom went online earlier this month, I started to panic. 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