Week in Gaming: There’s something truly wonderful about a game that remembers your birthday

By Kate Gray

I. Love. Birthdays. A lot of people see them as silly, frivolous, or uncomfortable occasions where unwilling strangers are forced to listen to that godawful Frankie & Benny’s Birthday Medley Of Hell, but I think they’re great. I mean, I agree with the Frankie & Benny’s thing, but you don’t have to go there.

I also love video games. Video games are a means of escapism, whether that’s the gentle commute-based prod of a good session of Candy Crush or the in-depth strategy/colossal mind-buggery of the new Metal Gear Solid game. But sometimes, there’s this weird crossover into reality, a hand reaching out from the screen to remind us that we’re not suspending dogs and bears from balloons with all the glee of a child burning ants with a magnifying glass – we’re sitting on the floor in our pants, sticky-fingered and wide-eyed. Oh, and also, it’s your birthday.

Not many games do it, because not many games give a toss about your personal statistics – that’s the point of games, to pretend to be someone else with better statistics – but when they do, it’s absolutely charming. There’s something about a bunch of well-crafted pixels wishing you a happy …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming