I consider it a point of pride to know as much as I
do about games. I’m no walking
encyclopedia, but I still get around -- though there are still some pretty big
gaps I’ve yet to reconcile. Case in
point: I first heard about the Oculus Rift from an old episode of Game Grumps,
but never felt compelled to do any reading about it. Sure, Facebook ended up going in all guns
blazing with the then-upcoming VR headset, but it seemed to me that the House
of Zuckerburg blew a ton of money on technology we aren’t even sure will last
-- or how to work it, for that matter.
To be clear, I’ve never had anything against
VR. But I never had a vested interest in
it, or unflinching faith in its potential.
I wanted to wait until there were tons of concrete details to go by, and
more importantly, I wanted to see actual
games instead of mere tech demos.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I actually got to try out one of the VR
headsets. And boy was it something.
But I’m going to take the high road and not make references to VR Troopers, because everyone else is
doing that already. I’m sure I’ll find something to compensate with -- and I
promise it’ll be 100% relevant to the post’s context.