My gambling addict friend said if I post a review on Team Fortress 2 and it gets 125 likes and 50 Awards that he will buy me a case of beer and some vodka So im just gonna leave this here.

Recently, I've been on a gross, unfulfilling, and rotten Team Fortress 2 binge, to match a dark and introspective moment in life. It's one of those games that you play off and on again for years, until you've finally reached a point in your life where you're mature enough to phase video games out of your life. When you're playing this game you're playing with people who haven't reached that point, and may never will. When you load into a new game whether it be casual or community, you meet at least 20 new people, all from not so different backgrounds. Eventually you realize that everyone has something in common; a profound immaturity. 30 year olds playing with 12 year olds all sharing an identical sense of reddit/twitter brained 'safe' edgy humor, a Petri dish for undesirable outcomes. While people are quoting word for word what they read on twitter and reddit in the chat, you can expect an often slow and boring experience filled more with people wanting to make connections than actually play the game. Occasionally you get notified of a marriage proposal, given a name equally as insufferable as the people who you might imagine propose to a significant other via TF2.
The modern state of Team Fortress 2 is one of mind numbing autism and torturous reminders of modern reality. This game was originally targeted to teenagers and young college students. Advertisements for this game were aired on Adult Swim next to Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Metalocalypse. Displayed in an era lost to time, dragged to the present as the skeleton of a nephilim manipulated by an intricate network of strings pulled only by the most willing. This game has grown into something of a malignant tumor in the heart of Valve. Sustained only because surgical removal would cause just enough undesirable attention and pain to warrant a team of 5 interns to keep the game running. Interns spending time copying and pasting community assets and occasionally fixing bugs. Enough to keep the die hard Redditor satiated.
However, I'd be lying if this game didn't have a deep place in my heart. The late nights I played this game with friends in middle school hold fond and immovable places in my memory. This game has always been a favorite, and likely always will be. Sometimes a guilty pleasure, other times a time killer, but always somehow a good time.

damn valve know how to cook