I know how even today some people think that videogames are a waste of time and money. That they make people lazy, anti-social or even violent, even though it has been many times proven to not be true. Well I want to add to that proof by sharing some of my best memories! I know you don’t know me but I am a nice, trustworthy person who studies at a university and loves her family, so I am not anti-social or lazy or whatever certain people think of us gamers.
My earliest and dearest memories are of gaming with my father. We only saw each other on weekends and holidays so it was that much more important to make memories and enjoy our time together. Of course we did other things too, but playing videogames with him was something special. I didn’t have any sort of gaming device at my mother’s so it was our thing. Me and my dad’s. We had Sega Mega Drive and lots of fun games to go with it. One of the most fun ones was ‘World of Illusion’ which is a Disney game starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, where you get to explore many interesting and amazing worlds of Disney. I loved that game! Especially because we played it together.
Then when I was a bit older I got a little brother and i eventually started playing with him just like my dad did with me. It was not only fun but we also bonded over playing videogames. I was a nice big sister and would mostly let him have the controller until the game got too hard for him. We played Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Klonoa, Cool Boarders and many more games on playstation. We still played with the Sega too of course. What’s best was that we would never fight when we were gaming!
And now that I’m 27 and married, I make new lovely memories with the love of my life. And many of them have something to do with gaming. I actually lured my husband on a secret date with me at my place(he was totally clueless of my plan, mwahhaha!) over 8 years ago, inviting him to play Soul Calibur and eat pizza. Then he kind of stuck around and we would share countless brilliant games together and we will continue to do so till the end. Right now we are playing one of my favourite horror games(project zero/fatal frame 2) together and we are having the best of times. So there. Gaming can be a wonderful part of ones life, and add to it rather than take something away.
Play with passion!
auburn.geek
I think its up to the individual to decide whether video games are a waste of time or not. If it gives you enjoyment and relief from the day to day stress, then why should it be anyone elses business?
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