The lights are on
I pick up a control, the soft plastic feels right in my hand, a friendly weight that makes me smile. Turn on the console. The systems innards whirl, the cooling fan hums. I pop in a game. I get lost. I get lost in a world. I get lost in a story. I become addicted to fascinating game play. I yearn to unlock every achievement. I play for hours and hours, enjoying a universe created by a developer, but infused with a life of it's own. I level up a character and learn his or her story. I follow this charter on an epic journey. I am this character. After many hours, I power down my console. The system dies down with a whine of regret. The silence that fills the room is deafening. I place the controller down and get up. I leave to do something else but I will back. I leave a satisfied gamer .
I am 19 years old and i have been a gamer for most of my life. My first system was a Play Station One. I got it for Christmas, along with my first game.... Rugrats. I thoroughly enjoyed the game, not taking into account all of its flaws, just enjoying this new phenomenon. when i finished i was left wanting more. I started with games like crash bandicoot and Spyro. as i got older i fell in love with Rpg's. final fantasy 7 changed the way i view games. I used to see games as a fun, entertaining, sometimes challenging experience. final fantasy 7 showed me that games could have great, enthralling story. As the years progressed, i moved from a ps one to an n64 where i enjoyed games like Mario and star fox. from their i got my ps2 and that's when i truly fell in love with great storytelling in games. From there the rest is history. just thought I'd sit back and reminisce a bit.
Thousands of lights flare as I turn on the console, dancing in my eyes, burning in my brain. As I play, I feel right, I feel free from this world, I feel happy. Maybe thats one of the reasons i picked up a controller at the age of 11 and never put it down. Maybe thats why I pressed continue, even after an endless wave of game-over screens. Gaming makes me happy. In a game I can experience the impossible. Unlike a movie where you experience a protagonists adventure, in a game you get to carry out that adventure. I can be a soldier, or a superhero, a Jedi or a powerful mage. There is no way to describe that feeling. It is something that you have to experience. I am a gamer, and I always will be. Gaming is not just an escape, its and interactive experience that makes em happy.