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Battlefield 6: Fighting for Nostalgic Survival in an Era of Competitive Youth

I’m old, man. I feel the decrepitude of an aging body in my joints and in the tardiness of my reactions. There’s a perpetual fog that rests over my mind. And yet, I’m a child of an ascendant video game era. Mario captured my imagination. Link made me feel heroic. Master Chief ruled the LAN. I grew up with video games, and they have forever been a fiber of my being. Alas, time does nothing but take. My old man reflexes cannot keep up with younger players whose twitch reactions defy my comprehension of speed and accuracy. While I adopted a world of video games, subsequent generations were born in it, developing skills they so easily take for granted.

All that said, I still love me some first-person shooters. Battlefield 6 is my current pew-pew fixation, and long has the series created fond memories. While Battlefield 6 is not the game I recall from many Christmases ago, playing with my brother until the wee hours of the morning, I still find the game provides an intoxicating mix of sound, action, and intensity, and despite getting out-aimed by overly caffeinated PC players, I can hold my own and have fun. This post is where I will document some of my travails on the digital battleground, be it the good, the bad, and the downright sad. If you play Battlefield 6 or have wistful memories of the series, share your experiences here, so that we may collectively fight the good fight of keeping games fun, no matter our stage in life.

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Checking out BF6 Season 2