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Gaming, I could take it or leave it! March 28, 2007

Filed under: Sociology 3390 — firefly18 @ 3:48 pm

Wow, gaming articles are not for me! I tried about four times to get through these articles and then I would just keep changing my mind about which would be easier to read and write about. Maybe this is because I am not a big gamer myself. My gaming experience consists of super Nintendo and Game Cube… I guess that makes me a bit ignorant on the subject. I just really don’t see the point of sitting on the coach for hours at a time and pretending to be involved in some mock, fantasy, technological world. Really though, maybe there is a gamer out there who can defend their habits, I would love to hear the other side of the story. My brother always said that it was a way to forget everything and what shocks me the most is that he is active! He plays on sports teams and down hill races, has a job and goes to school. But somewhere in there he has found the time to play Halo for hours on end, and all to forget…? Don’t get me wrong he is not addicted or anything, thank goodness. It just makes me sick to see those skinny, pale teenage boys on intervention who are addicted to video games and their parents are crying “we miss him so much”. Argh… that is just so twisted to me! Sorry to anyone out there who is addicted or finds that they have a problem but honestly…get over it!

So I managed to force my way through almost all of “Game/Genre: A critique of Generic Formulas in Video Games in the Context of ‘The Rea” and well I don’t know how to say this nicely but…What? There is an academic standpoint and interest on gaming. What is this world coming to? We are in a place where gaming is such a large part of society and individuals lives that academics are actually taking the time to look further into it! Sorry I will calm down now!

I am also a little curious as to why he went into such a great length about creating genres. Video games are obviously going to have categroies and sub-categories and the like. Sure maybe not everyone will be aware of them, but they will exist. In comparison to moive genres, I do not see the difference. They would also be necessary for creating parent advisories, age restrictions and guidleines.

Sorry that my last blog is short and rather weak, its just that this topic does not intrigue me, nor does it push me towards creating me own opinions or insights.

 

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