There’s more to video games than angry fanboys and high scores.
“700 Hours of Yelling” is the story of how one reluctant gamer turned to escapism as a way to cope with his depression, only to find himself dealing with stereotypes, misconceptions, questions of self-identity, new friends and a plastic disc that made him feel real emotion, all while in the middle of a digital ...
There’s more to video games than angry fanboys and high scores.
“700 Hours of Yelling” is the story of how one reluctant gamer turned to escapism as a way to cope with his depression, only to find himself dealing with stereotypes, misconceptions, questions of self-identity, new friends and a plastic disc that made him feel real emotion, all while in the middle of a digital war zone populated by 3.8 million combatants.
Writer and geek media analyst Joey Heflich presents a work of creative non-fiction about a bunch of ones and zeros that forced his heart to pound in his throat while he sat alone in his living room, laughing and screaming with a rambunctious squad of guys that he had never met in person. His poignant look at the various aspects of video game culture expounds upon the generation-defining medium and its addictive existence.
From spawn-camping to ace pins, the series explores online combat and electronic redemption with an approach that is nothing short of unique and intense; a thoughtful tale for anyone that has ever coaxed a controller into producing a genuine human emotion.
Joey Heflich is an independent writer from New Jersey. He is a contributing editor to Guerrilla Geek, co-host of the Internet Boyfriends podcast and a freelance geek media consultant. You can visit his website at joeyheflich.com, or follow him via Twitter, where he exists as @joeyheflich.
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“700 Hours of Yelling” is the story of how one reluctant gamer turned to escapism as a way to cope with his depression, only to find himself dealing with stereotypes, misconceptions, questions of self-identity, new friends and a plastic disc that made him feel real emotion, all while in the middle of a digital ...