Suxor Reason #3 – The X-Box Controller

The first console we ever owned was the X-box!  Yup no Sega, Nintendo, or Playstations. My second oldest son somehow worked out a magical deal with my wife and arranged for the ban on consoles to be lifted. She said yes and minutes later we were buying the X-box and a copy of halo. After racing home and booting up the game I realized I was in trouble. I had this controller thing in my hand. No mouse or keyboard. I had to look at the stupid buttons!!!! In fact I had to look at the stupid buttons for over a year. I was still glancing when halo2 came out.

In my opinion, nothing beats a mouse keyboard for playing a FPS. Bungie has done a great job working with the controller but I’m afraid it still isn’t as good as a mouse keyboard combo.  So when you have to look at your hands all the time – you die a lot and you just decide to go back to the PC and don’t practice with the controller. This is a viscous little cycle of suckiness.  Only now, after all this time, am I able to not have to think what button I’m pushing.  I just react. That’s a long learning curve –maybe this part of my overall suckitude isn’t intentional.

Suxor Reason #4  New Game Addiction