10 Controversial Ways Gamers Are Ruining Gaming

9. Ruining The Fun In Getting Excited

Did I miss something or was 2015 the year where getting excited and hyped for games was somehow no longer tolerable? That year's E3 wasn't necessarily medium-defining, but there was a heck of a lot of stuff worth getting excited for. Yet, the enduring attitude that came from it all was a jaded and overwhelmingly cynical voice that felt the need to decry the 'hype machine' and the people that got onboard with it - regressing into childish bewilderment at the prospect of gamers actually getting excited for the medium they adore so much. It's totally fine to approach a title cautiously out of the fear of overhyping it for yourself, but don't feel the need to push it onto others who want to actually enjoy the run-up to something.
 
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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.