{"id":112,"date":"2011-04-30T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T23:33:59","slug":"have-we-forgotten-what-games-are-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peroty.com\/blog\/thought-about\/have-we-forgotten-what-games-are-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Have we forgotten what games are for?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Game<\/a> definition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. an amusement or pastime: children’s games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I love to play video games. I have spent many, many late hours rolling about the streets of Saints Row, leaping to my death in Crackdown and (more recently) Halo 3. I love gaming and love even more to play co-op games with friends. I will play pretty much anything co-op.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Big<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you see me on Xbox Live<\/a> please feel free to drop me an invite or a friends request. However, my gaming is rather limited at the moment as my Xbox 360 has decided to only read certain games because of an issue with the CD-ROM drive. Which will be replaced my Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assuming the people in the Loudest Call Center Ever ™ can understand my perfectly clear English, ship a box to the correct location. So far, this has proved impossible. But enough of that, what I want to talk about are video games. And my love for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love to game. I’ve played many hours of Perfect Dark Zero<\/a> with my friend Scott<\/a> and Beautiful Katamari<\/a> with my roommate Megan<\/a>. There was even a time (before my Xbox stopped recognizing Saints Row) that I was playing nearly daily with a group of 4-5 people for hours at a time. I had never had so much fun gaming as I did when I knew all of my teammates well enough to play together and succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"All<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been playing a lot of Halo 3 lately and there’s something I need to say. I suck at First Person Shooters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"We're<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I do. I am terrible at them. My reflexes aren’t quick enough. My aim is not true enough. I can get some shots in but I usually get killed first. This does not ruin my enjoyment of them. I have a ton of fun playing, especially on a team or co-operatively through the campaigns (in the case of everything except Saints Row which NEEDS a co-op campaign!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Psssst\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are some games I do take seriously, especially when it’s a ranked match and I’m playing on a team of people I know and we’re trying hard to win. Though most of the time when I’m gaming. I’m having fun. It is a game after all. I do not get all bent out of shape if I lose. I do not scream at my teammates if they do something I don’t like. I am not a bad sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do laugh a lot though. I love to game and even if I am getting royally owned by every single person on the opposing side, I’m still laughing. Perhaps that makes me a maniacal freak but I love to have fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"What<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

People take gaming way too seriously. It’s not about winning and losing or how big a virtual dick you have. It’s about fun. Granted, like I said, there are times for competition and while I am very competitive sometimes. But even then, I have a ton of fun and love to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming is not the end all and be all of the world. It’s not that serious. If you lose a couple matches or one of your teammates drop out or seemingly walk away from their controller mid-match the world still goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming is not cancer. Gaming is not AIDS. Gaming is not life threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming is fun. Can we all please try to remember that and take it all a little more light-heartedly? Gaming is fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"White<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not serious business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All images screenshot by the author, white mage cat photo taken by Megan<\/a>. <\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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