18 Stupidly Tiny Things Only Gamers Will Appreciate

4. Relishing The Challenge Of Devoting Weeks To Beat A Boss

Did you watch Dragon Ball Z? Of course you did. Remember that scene where Vegeta keeps increasing the gravitational pull around him, all so that by the time he comes up against an enemy, he'll wipe the floor with them? Every time you've ever been bested by a brick wall of a boss - in an RPG especially - it's exactly that feeling of entering a gym-like mindset to thwart them later down the line. Moving away from what's affronting you and really putting the time in to surmount such an obstacle is a generalised way of describing something (or some one) you've probably already narrowed down in your head. Everyone has their own digital Everest, so let us know in the comments. Personally it was Dark Souls' Ornstein and Smough - those two spawns of Satan took a whole week to grind and defeat - but man was the feeling afterwards worth it.