I don’t care for Achievements (or Trophies or whatever else they’re called) for the same reasons others don’t: they are nothing more than certificates given to everyone who participated. I don’t care about others seeing what games and achievements I have. You want to compare gamerscores? Go right ahead. I’d rather stroke myself to a pornstar giving head.
I recently began Dawn of War 2, and to my surprise and dislike, I had to sign in with my Live account. Now, I can live without Live. It does nothing for me – because I hardly play online, because I hardly ever venture to the Marketplace even for free shit.
And recently I noticed that DoW2, a game exclusively for my PC monitor, carries over to Xbox Live on my television. I find this odd and a bit disconcerting because even though they are both using a Microsoft service, I’d much rather keep my console and PC experiences separate. But this isn’t my main concern.
When I noticed DoW2 through my Xbox I also noticed a stat Live tracks: the last time I played a particular game. I’m really not sure why this bugs me. I don’t care if people look through my library. I don’t care if people know what I’m playing at the moment. But the last time I played a particular game? Why would anyone need to know? What is the value in this?
“So I see you haven’t played GTA IV in a while.”
“Go fuck yourself.”
