I am here to save us all time by determining which of our most-played videogames would be more efficiently completed if you had a gun
A PC Gamer opinion piece explores a humorous hypothetical: what if video game protagonists were equipped with actual firearms to make notoriously long games faster to complete? The article opens by commenting on the modern attention span crisis and the growing length of contemporary video games, using Baldur’s Gate 3 as a reference point. The author proposes that providing characters with functional handguns rather than period-accurate weapons could theoretically reduce completion times. The piece adopts a satirical tone to critique both gaming industry trends toward lengthier titles and contemporary information consumption patterns characterized by constant stimulus seeking. While presented as tongue-in-cheek commentary, the article addresses a real concern among players about game length and time commitment in an era of limited leisure time.