@parkurtommo My biggest pet peeve is about how studios keep releasing trailers that show NO gameplay. I'm not going to buy a game because it has nice Cinematics. I'm going to buy it because it is fun to play (like Demon's Souls is :) ).

Personally, I don't buy most games at launch because I already have a huge library of games that I want to spend more time with.

Reviews and critics are a great source for me when I'm contemplating my next video game purchase. I love to analyze video games. I don't always agree with reviews, but I love to hear a professional video game journalist's opinion (such as Kevin Vanord).

For me, games like Demon Souls and Dark Souls were still incredible even after I knew what type of experience they provided. I probably would have never played that series if it wasn't for the articles I read online and the video game journalists recommendations.

@Ervaine No Man's Sky for sure... Destiny looks awesome, but I have the impression that it will be very similar to games I have already experienced.

@dominoodle So true, dominoodle. We want to be convinced that a game is worth our money before we buy it. In my experience, it didn't matter how many previews I viewed or how many times I watched a friend play Dark Souls. From Software created an experience that is personal to the player even if the player knew what to expect. There are subtleties to the Dark Souls experience that make every wall and every corner of the world feel important. That is what I'd like to call "Video Game Magic".

@bunchanumbers I definitely disagree with your first statement, bunchanumbers. Media over-saturation has played a huge role in the fact that video games have become much more popular and profitable in the last 2 decades (of course, the over-saturation was in fact, caused by the increasing popularity of video games). The point I'm getting to is that this increasing popularity is the reason why Indie developers have a chance to try new things and take bigger risks in the way they create new styles of Gameplay.

I bought a Nintendo WiiU on the day it was released (first time I could afford to do that :) ) I didn't buy it because I thought that the technology was impressive in any way. I bought it because I have trusted Nintendo since I was young, and they have consistently given me incredibly enjoyable experiences that were exclusive to their console.

You have a good point when you say that knowing how something works removes some of the enchantment that we experience in a game. As an aspiring video game developer, I am even more "enchanted" when I analyse the way that Mario accelerates and decelerates throughout a simple jump due to virtual physics.

There have been many times when I thought a game looked stupid and then looked at some previews or reviews that showed the game mechanics and changed my opinion. Some of those games turned out to be the best surprises in my gaming experience :)

@francisjairam16 Good point. I never got excited about Watch Dogs and didn't quite understand why people were looking forward to it so much. I just figured it was because I prefer video games that are more Fantasy/Science Fiction Based. I experience real life every day. Why would I want to escape reality to play in a virtual reality that's just like the one I escaped?

Great Point, Danny. I remember over-saturating myself with details about Final Fantasy 8 before it came out and then being sorely disappointed. Since then, I've avoided reading too far into the details from previews. Final Fantasy 13 was an experience where I avoided the previews and was disappointed even worse. Maybe the expectations aren't that big of a factor because the subtleties of our video games provide the Fresh and Memorable experience.

@tomservo51 He was using Carl Sagans speculation to demonstrate that our brains are "hardwired" to see faces (even in places where there isn't much of a face at all). That relates to how many of us look for meaning in places where it doesn't really exist. How do you figure that Cam is (wrongly) claiming something as a scientific fact?

Bwahaha! Feces in trees, Seb there will be robots, and a reference to my hero, Carl Sagan. Videos like this are why I love Gamespot. There are clearly some great people working here.

Nice dancing at 2:15 guys. It's Easter eggs like that which show how much you truly care about your Gamespot fans :D

@BrahManDude From behind the back, off the wall, then the floor, straight into the hoop!