Within every group of friends, there is always a lucky one, one that talks a lot, one that nobody can stand, and the one that barely talks. In my group of friends, I am the one that everyone considers lucky and good at every video game. Growing up, we played Nintendo 64 and up until this day my friends are convinced that I have put a listening chip inside my game system because during the game Mario party (board game), you have to roll a dice and I would call every number I would roll before even rolling the die. When we played super smash brothers, I would always be the one with the most kills and my team would always come first during team battles.
The past couple weeks, our class has been talking about video games and how literature can be expressed through games. I have been very interested in every piece being presented toward us because not only am I a visual learner, but also I love video games. When I’m not playing video games, I’m researching about the game I’m currently addicted to or just thinking about playing. Although I have been entertained with the past couple game readings, I haven’t learned much from them which goes to show that I don’t think video games are a replacement to a novel or story but would be a good recap. By this, I mean that it would be a better concept to “play” the game before reading the novel/story then actually read the piece and go back and “play” the game after. By doing this, you are able to visualize the game while reading the novel and after reading it the game would help with a closure. With games such as “Intruder,” I was more involved with the gaming aspect that everything I was reading and trying to interpret would quickly be forgotten when the next game would be projected onto my screen.
I don’t consider myself a 4.0 student but I do consider myself a very smart person with great knowledge. I can successfully say that video games have helped me through my real life basing my real life experiences through stories I have been through in the “gaming world.” Every couple of months, violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto find themselves on the news because kids blame their act of violence on video games because the game “portrays” it is easy to get away with committing such crimes. Video games have their positives and negatives within our society but within the next couple years, they will takeover and have different meanings.
The past couple weeks, our class has been talking about video games and how literature can be expressed through games. I have been very interested in every piece being presented toward us because not only am I a visual learner, but also I love video games. When I’m not playing video games, I’m researching about the game I’m currently addicted to or just thinking about playing. Although I have been entertained with the past couple game readings, I haven’t learned much from them which goes to show that I don’t think video games are a replacement to a novel or story but would be a good recap. By this, I mean that it would be a better concept to “play” the game before reading the novel/story then actually read the piece and go back and “play” the game after. By doing this, you are able to visualize the game while reading the novel and after reading it the game would help with a closure. With games such as “Intruder,” I was more involved with the gaming aspect that everything I was reading and trying to interpret would quickly be forgotten when the next game would be projected onto my screen.
I don’t consider myself a 4.0 student but I do consider myself a very smart person with great knowledge. I can successfully say that video games have helped me through my real life basing my real life experiences through stories I have been through in the “gaming world.” Every couple of months, violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto find themselves on the news because kids blame their act of violence on video games because the game “portrays” it is easy to get away with committing such crimes. Video games have their positives and negatives within our society but within the next couple years, they will takeover and have different meanings.
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