By Kate Gray
Back in the 90s, I used to visit this (to my young eyes) very cool shop in my very uncool hometown. It was cool because it sold vinyls, endless Heavy Metal CDs, pin badges and large, embroidered patches bearing the name of bands you wanted everyone to know you liked. Every time I visited the shop it was a test of my coolness – and one which, now I think about it, I definitely failed.
As it turns out, picking up a copy of H.I.M. and giving the guy at the till a knowing, “we’re both real metal fans, aren’t we?” look does not make you cool. Especially not to a man twice your age who could probably tip out the contents of your pencil case and disembowel you in increasingly creative ways with every utensil inside.
But my point is this: even though I definitely wasn’t cool, I really loved owning those patches. I would deliberately rip holes in my denim jacket so I could get my mum to sew on a Nirvana badge.
I feel sort of similarly about video games, if only because the word “patch” reminds me of being that (very cool) teenager. Sometimes it feels like glitches …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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