Extremely bored gamer plays past first hour of latest licensed game, discovers disturbing videos

It's no secret that licensed games are completely unplayable pieces of junk. But what you might not have known, is that apparently the developers know that as well, and act accordingly. Well, at least we always assumed that... until now. Now, we have proof.

Yesterday morning an article was submitted to N4G, and in a matter of minutes had begun gaining popularity. It was a horribly written article, but what it contained had taken the gaming community by storm. In a half hour's time Joystiq had picked it up and was reporting on it. In only a few hours, seemingly the entire Internet.

The original article, found here, was written by one Hunter Anderson -- a deeply disturbed, or stupid, or, maybe really drunk individual; We're not entirely sure. Either way, he detailed a harrowing journey in which he actually attempted to complete the most recently released licensed game. What he found would confirm what countless snotty gamers have always presupposed.

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An EXCLUSIVE Interview With Someone I Met on Xbox Live

A near-universal complaint people seem to have with playing random games online with people around this god-forsaken world is that they don't seem to be very nice. They're yelling stupid inane shit over the speakers all the time, referencing tired-ass internet memes constantly, using extremely derogatory language, and asking complete strangers to performs acts most of us would rather not perform.

But, being the amazing award-winning intrepid journalist general that I am, I decided I was better than most people merely by asking myself if there was perhaps some way to rectify this. Perhaps it wasn't that these people were using anonymity to commit hate crimes that would otherwise land them in jail or prison without consequences. Perhaps we, the people they're so desperately -- ineffectively -- trying to communicate with are the problem. I decided to get to know some of the people that regularly are seen as the vile half-bred step-child of 4Chan and see if there was perhaps something to this. I entered an online shooter match and let the sparks fly, as they say. I don't say it because I'm too creative to do so.

(The following conversation contains some very strong language. So strong it could break your...heart.)

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