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Sell Old Games That You Have
If you have been gaming for some time now, it is likely that you have collected lots of games over the years for different consoles. It is likely that you have also not reached for some of the games for a while or you have already completed the story mode a million times. We all say we are going to play it again but it never feels the same the second time around and so you will get more out of it if you just choose to sell the game and add it to your PSVR fund.Invest Your Money Into Stocks
If you have money put aside, but you do not quite have enough to meet your $600 goal, you could take a risk and invest the money for more. There are many ways that you can invest, but the most popular investment opportunity is stocks. Now, stocks can be a dangerous game and so if you are going to get involved in it, you should employ the help of a stock advisor. I would suggest Motley fool for stock advice, but you may wonder is motley fool really worth it? You can find plenty of reviews of the company online and decide for yourself.Pick up Some Side Work
As you likely know, we are going through a pretty difficult economic time right now and so it is likely that any penny that you make from work is being reinvested right back into your bills and utility costs. If you are really set on getting the PSVR, something that you should consider is getting some extra work on the side. In particular, I would suggest looking into freelancing, as this will work perfectly around the schedule that you have.Sell Unwanted Belongings
If you are not willing to part with any of the games that you have collected over the years, then something else that you could do is look through your other belongings and see if you have anything else that you could potentially sell. For example, you could have an old phone hidden away in a cabinet somewhere which you have no use for, so you could take that to a second hand store and see how much money you will get for it. You likely have a long list of other items that you don’t need, so why not put it to use.Go Halves With a Gamer
If you live with a roommate or a sibling, it is likely that they are just as eager as you are to play the PSVR. If you can’t afford it and they can’t afford it, why not put the money you have together and try and save up for it together? This means that you only need to save up $300 and this much more manageable than having to save up $600. If you don’t have anyone that you can ask to do it with you, maybe reach out online and find someone to help you.Stream Your Games
If you have been gaming for quite a while, it is likely that you have become quite skilled with gaming and you do quite well when you play. If you feel as though you have a witty personality that people will enjoy and you can keep up good chat and keep people entertained, something that you should consider is streaming your gameplay. If you play on a platform such as Twitch, you can actually make a considerable amount of money and if you have a dedicated fanbase, they will give you donations and help you achieve your goal of buying a PSVR.Cut Down on Luxuries
We are all quite guilty of having our own little luxuries that we love and can’t live without. However, if you are really serious about getting the PSVR, it’s time that you cut down on these little luxuries. For example, I love to get takeout and I hate to cook, but when I was saving up for the PSVR, I knew that I needed to cut back and cook my own food, which in the end saved me almost $200 for one month alone and it really made a world of difference to my PSVR savings account.Don’t Buy Any New Games For a While
As a gamer, it can be very easy to be tempted to buy any game that comes out and there have been a lot of games released this year alone. Games are pretty expensive these days and if you have a PS5, then games can cost around 60 dollars and this is a lot of money. Instead of spending a bunch on the games that are out right now, you should instead wait until the PSVR comes out, as you are only going to be spending money on games for the PSVR and so you might as well wait for then so you can enjoy as many VR games as possible.Is The World Around us Inspiring Post Apocalyptic Games?
As a lot of people grow increasingly nihilistic about the state of the world, we see a lot of this nihilism appear in our favorite media, made it be films or even cartoons like Rick and Morty. Although these media are affected by the state of our world, one such example that’s not so discreet is the prevalence of post-apocalyptic-themed video games that have been coming out and making waves in the video game industry over the past decade or so. So, let’s see how our world has been affected by these video game universes and the devastation of worlds they often show.
When we talk about post-apocalyptic games it’s hard to avoid discussing the post-apocalyptic franchise that trumps all others, we of course are talking about Fallout. Fallout is a great example of how our world inspires post-apocalyptic games. Inspired by the red scare fueled McCarthy America of the 1950s and fueled by the American’s obsession with nuclear power, Fallout shows an alternate world where the conflict between the US and China over fuel reserves leads to a nuclear apocalypse following a ground conflict in Anchorage Alaska. This franchise is all about the political games and corporations who even with an impending atomic end of the world aim to profit from all the death and destruction by selling people nuclear shelters or poisoning people through crazy experiments.
These games are commenting on the uncaring nature of greedy governments and the evil of corporations aiming to profit from people’s suffering and even push to create problems to solve. In Fallout 76 with the Responders, we can see a character in the game resembles a Sammamish wa firefighter, some of them are more reminiscent of the 1950s astronauts with Sofia Daguerre and course the Enclave and Brotherhood of Steel is back.
Horizon Zero Dawn is another great example of social commentary on our current state of the world through a post-apocalyptic world. Horizon takes place a long time after our time in which the human race almost was extinct by their hand. As humans started to destroy their world with pollution they started working on automation and robots that could help clear the planet of pollution. But like everything man, has ever created, greed took over. The leader of Faro Automated Solutions, Ted Faro started to use these creations to sell as weapons to the army. As he got greedier and greedier, he proposed self-replication and self-reliance for these newly designed killing machines.
In their hubris, Faro Automated Solutions unleashed an army of self-replicating robots that fed on biofuel, by absorbing biological material to create their fuel. They reached a point where they lost control of the machines and they started consuming everything, trees, animals, and of course humans. So, they had to end up hiding in a bunker working to prepare a future generation of humans to recover the earth after the machines stopped.
As you can imagine this is profoundly inspired by the current issues with our fights for survival with the environmental issues and climate and the role companies play in both worsening it and minimizing efforts to fight against them. The greed of the rich leading plenty of people to despair as we see things get bleaker and bleaker as plants and animals disappear at the ends of our current machines. While not as fantastical as the issues in Horizon Zero Dawn, we are having to fight against our greedy elites and companies to protect our world and the future that’s still to come with all these changes in our environment.
As you can see the state of our world and the past and present prescient issues inform creation even in video games. Video games being a very lucrative and more and more respected form of art sees a lot of game developers translate a lot of our human experiences into their medium even in sci-fi and fantasy settings. Obviously, as we see more and more social conscience about environmental issues and social issues arise in society and especially amongst gamers and game developers, we will see more and more engaging video games that take a stand on issues inspired by real life.
Hopefully, we will see video games being used to parallel our life more in the future years and see gamers take interest in these parallels to our real-life issues in their favorite hobby. Do not let post-apocalyptic games bum you out though and take them as a good reason to take heart and love the world as it is and work to make it better.