Hello. My name is Stephen Tailby, and I’m fine, thanks.
Welcome to a new feature on Push Square, in which I recount every game I’ve platinumed. It’s a verb now, alright? “You gonna platinum Balatro, mate?*” It’s a verb, and it’s all good. We need to make peace with this now, because it’s gonna make things easier in the long run.
I’ve platinumed dozens of games across PS5 and PS4, and I can’t figure out if I’m happy about that or not. I think it changes every so often; there have been periods in which I’ve gone seriously out of my way to achieve a platinum Trophy, and others where I don’t give the damn things a second thought.
This feature will allow me to reflect on every game I’ve cared to platinum, and I’ve yet to work out if that’s worth doing, or entertaining in any way.
At the very least, it might be fun, and the potential for fun is what we all buy into when we take a chance on a new game, right? Am I likening this feature to a video game? In a sense. Both are potentially fun.
Anyway, here’s the first issue of Going Platinum. If you like it, please let me know, and if you don’t, well, I mean you can let me know as well, but just be nice about it.
*The answer is no.
Platinum Trophy #1: Rocket League
Date Earned: 11th November 2015
Dopamine Index:
For the longest time — by which I suppose I mean the seven years between their introduction and me earning this platinum — I didn’t give one solitary honk about Trophies.
Making their debut in 2008 on PS3, at the time I probably thought they were kinda dumb, and let’s be hones