Why I play games
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Powerz
I was reading another blog today and at the end of his post, I was presented with a question :
"Why Do You Play Games?"
What began as a simple one paragraph answer, became a whole page of typing that seemed to take itself over and sound more like a school report then a comment to a blog. I guess its true that its easy to lose yourself if you are writing about something your passionate about. I ended up cutting it down to one paragraph but thought I would share the whole thing. Well, here is my entire answer to the question...
...again these are my personal reasons and opinions...
As any hobby does, gaming gives you an outlet for many things - whether it be boredom, stress, a need to socialize, etc. A game is no different to me than a book or writing or even drawing. To me, it mixes the best of what makes alot of other things great, together. Like a book or movie, a game can take you to another place and let you experience a secondary life, but you get to interact with the story yourself. Games can have intriguing story lines and unexpected twists in the plots that keep you wanting to continue to see what happens. From going back to another time to recreate events (as many war games or RTS's do), to jumping ahead into a futuristic FPS or RPG, or even sitting behind the steering wheel of some of the fastest cars in the world, games allow you to live another life. It allows me to experience things (from a players view) that would otherwise stay locked inside of my imagination.
I consider myself obsessed (for a lack of better words) with anything that has to do with art or anything where a person is able to take something from their thoughts and make it a reality be it Drawing, Painting, Sculpting, etc. That being said, games are nothing more than someones thoughts and ideas made a reality for everyone else to experience.
I myself was brought up in a time when gaming had already made an impact on the world. I did not get to experience things like the Atari and such, but my first console was an NES. Since those days sitting back playing Super Mario Bros. 3, I have been playing and watching gaming evolve. The changes that have surfaced in today's games are, in my opinion, the reason why there are so many gamers and it has become so mainstream. Today's games can have story lines where the choices you make throughout the game actually affect the storyline and ending so each player can have a different experience. Some directors even occasionally participate in a games creation to make it better.
Today's games have even found a way to stretch out and allow players from all over the world to connect. With additions like being able to look and share photos, watch/rent videos, IM, talk to or join a game with a friend, more and more people are starting to play games and see the appeal in them that many of us already saw.
I consider myself a "Hardcore Gamer", which according to wikipedia is defined as:
"...those whose leisure time is largely devoted to playing or reading about
video games. This type of gamer prefers to take significant time and practice on
games..."
Alot of my time (and unfortunately money as well) gets put into gaming. People have asked me before how I can waste so much money on games. In my opinion its no different than an artist can spend on high quality paints, canvases or brushes. Don't get me wrong, I have many other hobbies that I love to do, but gaming is top of the list.
So to more easily answer the question:
"Why do I play games?" - Because I am a gamer.
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