22. The Need To Attend Midnight Launches

21. Doing Crazy Things To Fix Your Hardware/Games

Amazing isn't it? There are actually people out there, existing in the real world, that don't know what MMORPG means. They also haven't heard of Master Chief, don't instantly know the weapons cheats for GTA 3 through San Andreas, and haven't got the foggiest idea why people spend most of their existence holed up in rooms staring at their TVs playing games. These people are the ones missing out; the world of games, with all its crazy nuances, terminology and crazy happenings is one of the most rewarding, entertaining and all-out awesome places on the planet. It's not as evil as many non-gaming folk make it out to be, but if there's one thing for sure, it's that the awesome side of gaming is often balanced by many little problems. The problems only gamers will understand. If you're not a gamer and you're reading this, you're likely to be confused by what lies within. If so, immediately travel down to your local place of purchasing, buy a console, and jump straight in, then come back and feel enlightened. If you are a gamer and you're reading this, you're bound to find more than a few things that'll strike a chord with you within. You are the people who truly understand just how these problems affect us all on a daily basis and, for that, we salute you. Without further ado, let's delve into the 22 problems only you will understand.niketalk.comWinter is coming (or more than likely probably here already, as that's when most games come out) and you, armed only with a pathetic coat, silly hat and your own resolve, have braved the elements to stand in line for the very latest smash hit game to hit the shelves. You've been waiting months, obsessively checking every single gaming site out there for the merest morsel of information as your hype level grows, hits a peak... and then grows some more. This is the moment. The time when you've been waiting for, coming in just a few minutes at the stroke of midnight. Flanked by your other gaming brethren, you storm into the store (albeit slowly, as there is a queue), reach the top of the line, purchase your new game, head home, pop it in your console, play it for two minutes, then collapse exhausted and fall asleep anyway.equestriaforever.comRather than do the sensible things when our console/game refuses to work correctly and take it back to somewhere certified to make repairs, we instantly turn to the net to solve our problems. Whether it's draping the Xbox 360 in towels to apparently stop it Red Ring of Death'ing, blowing on GameBoy cartridges in the vain hope that they'll work or something else entirely ludicrous, we'll try them all in our quest to not be parted with our stuff for any longer than is necessary. Who else ended up boiling their final disc of Lost Odyssey to get it to work due to the factory printing gunk on the disk? We certainly did.