What defines a "Gamer?" For me its someone that happily works a 4 hour shift, 4 days a week, and comes home to immidiatley get on the computer and spend over 5 hours on it. Because that's basically me. There is just something about being submerged in a world, sometimes completely unlike our own, where you can act however you choose, that appeals to me. Having tasks that push the limits of your logic and creativity give me a sense of accomplishment accompanied by extreme fun.
Compare
Real life: I got another C on my math test. I hate math.
Games: I got a C on that level (test). I'm going to go back and get all the collectibles this time! I might need to check online for their hidden locations though (study).
Similar. But for me, why would I sit and study boring difficult math, when I could try and get all the collectibles in this virtual world?!
Maybe its the difference between, Math is on paper and a lot of memorization. Where Gaming is in another reality and you use more senses to learn and figure things out.
Touch: Pencil vs Mouse
Sight: Numbers vs worlds and colors and moving spectacles
Sound: N/A vs Sounds for almost every action with huge spectrum
Im not making this blog to argue..
But this section is to just possibly help any readers that don't quiet see eye to eye about video games.
Gaming History
The first video-esk game I remember playing is some kind of weird mushroom person learning game on a floppy disk. I played other games such as Treasure Mountain on the windows 98 when I was around 8. The next leap in gaming for me wasn't until I was 11ish when my parents bought me my first gaming console, The Nintendo 64. I was immediately hooked on Goldeneye and the fact you could play with your friends (a new concept for me) really pulled me in. After a myriad of other N64 games I started playing more PC games. Even though I never actually got it, my favorite game of the time was Battlefield 1942. Again the fact you could play with other humans was amazing! And not only 3 other but 15 or more! Unfortunately my parents not only wouldnt let me use the internet for gaming, but they also wouldn't let me get a computer or and Mature games. I was always jealous that my friends loved playing Halo but because if its rating I couldn't. From there it was Gamecube, Playstation 2 and PC where I played alot of Age of Empires 2 and StarCraft Brood War. Then Xbox 360, and current day, PC.
My current favorite games are Minecraft, which I have only been playing for a week and LOVE it. Love the power to make things only limited by your pickax, the time of day, and your creativity, oh and patience. Its really fun and I love making epic projects (only really done one), they really give you (me) a sense of accomplishment :)
The other game is Star Wars: The Old Republic. I am more excited for this game than I have ever been for anything ever and I am not even egsaturating. The day it comes out will really be the second best day of my life. My love of Star Wars, free roam, and games in general have made this game a drug for me. And it hasn't even been released yet.
Personal History
Most of it was in the last paragraph except that I recetly got married :)
Now living on my (our) own in an apartment. Got a nice TV recently so that was cool. And finally got internet a few days ago (idk how I lived those few month without it!).
I don't really want to write about my personality. If you are a consitent reader you can form your own visual of what I'm like.
Plan/Goals
In life? Idk. Game, go to school, love my wife, make a family.
For this blog?
Well... I feel like alot of people are confused about what makes gamers tick and why they devote so much time to games. They are often looked down upon as leeches in society or fat guys living in their mother basement. While I can't argue that I am the best contributor to my society, I just want to let people have the option to peer into the daily life of today's married gamer.
I know the it says it under the title, but I never actually lived in a basement, fyi
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