A game craze

The movie and television industries grovel at the feet of the gaming industry, no other media can compare to the combined powers of Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox. These three consoles have changed the way we entertain our selves and how we go about our day. In a world where not only children play video games, but also teens and adults, the gaming industry has struck gold by being able to release more violent, more complex and more expensive games.

I remember my very first game console, the Nintendo with those stick your toung out to clean games, that would only work after licking the nodes in the bottom of the cartridge. The nintendo had allot of different games, and only a very few very good ones like Mario. Later I got the Sega Saturn, it worked with Cd's and being the 8 year old destructive kid I was, those Cd's didn't last verylong.

Today I have and Xbox 360, and it owns all the older consoles, I love playing my free time away, late nights, and long hours of continuous game play. With a collection of games I've built up over the last 4 years, there is always something to play, first person shooters, third person shooters, role playing games, strategy games, racing games, fighting, racing and shooting, and the list goes on and on. Favorites like, HALO, Need For Speed, Burn out, Assasin's creed, Tekken, Soul Calibur, and sooo many more games that just captivate you when you get them right through to playing it through the 10th time around. And every time you start it over you learn more and get better and find new achievements, and then you go online, and get your ass kicked, so you stay online till you kick some noobs ass and feel the POWER INSIDE YOU GROOOOW!!! Sorry got a little carried away there...

But playing online has made games become more than just games, they are more like social networks, talking trash, kicking ass, sharing maps, videos and pics, co-op missions and so many more possibilities, your life can fall into darkness, literally, if you don't decide to step out the door every once in a while.
Today, I still have to wait 2 weeks for the next great game I need to have and play, Assassin's creed: Brotherhood. The third game of the expanding series, focusing on Rome during the Renaissance, in the story of an assassin working to destroy the Templar's in Rome. I've played and re-played both the previous games, actually busy with my 3rd run around of the 2nd instalment, and still loving it. I'm kind of trying to time this one so that I can jump into the next game just as I finish this one.

As games get better, graphics get more detailed, TVs get bigger, and player get older, and more and younger players join the ranks, our old consoles still hold a dear place in our heart, as we we're there as it all grew from pong into what we see today. The new generation doesn't know, or care for older consoles as they were spoiled by starting with the brand new consoles, and one day when I have kids old enough to play games at my level, and I pull out an old xbox game like HALO REACH, and I kick their asses, I'll look at the new consoles and think; "That thing is going to give me a heart attack by making me move so much"

I'll stick to my "old" Xbox, with a hand held controller, no jumping around for me.