Let's just say i had a lot of inspiration when i was reading articles from my favorite gaming websites. As i grow older i tend to see things as they are and not how i want to see them. Reading for example. For me, it use to be really hard to read. Not the act of but just learning how to endure it. Thats not saying i don't enjoy reading but i can get tired like any other person out there. I've pushed my self so much in the last year both mentally and physically. I feel as if i can really accomplish anything if i put my mind to it. i've always thought it was niave to think that, but i guess its more niave to believe it's not true.
Before coming back to my blog i was reading some articles about games. i personally have a great passion for video games. Many do not understand the significance of a good game. there is not definition of a Good game. there's is, but not in the way you'd think. There's a certain itch that some games just scratch. It could be the worst game ever created yet, it could be your bread and butter.
Games inspire people. it's a media art form that has taken off. when i read gaming articles i get so inpsired. Few games these days, if i even have the time to play them are actually enjoyable for me to play. But when i read these articles it reminds me of my child hood. The Journalists talk of what the gaming industry has become and what it is now. But my favorite part is when they go back and say, " but do you remember how it was?" do you? I remember.
Games were a way to express my feelings. not in the way that one draws a picture but in the way that a horror movie fan loves his horror movies. I love my games, i expressed joy when ever i played ones that just connected with me. I've been playing them all my life. they've been my baby sitter when i was little and they've been my emotional outlet when i was older. Growing up i've played a countless number of video games. There's a great joy and accomplishment when completeing one as well. You play a video game to see if you enjoy it. you beat it because you love it. then you tell your friends.
For me, games have always been a social outlet. Yes i played them on my own but it was a means to start conversation else where. The internet is full of people who have become inspired by videogames. i've met my closest and best friends there and they are half way accross the world! We love the same things and thats what brings us together. There's a ton of memories the articles i read bring up for me. It brings me back to much more simple time when waking up wans't such a nightmare. waking up and getting a bowl of cerial and talking to your friends on " ventrilo " was just like showing up at school to see all your best friends.
It's crazy to think but i've had a lot of good times playing games with friends and by myself. there's really nothing else quite like beating a game you dont want to end. It's both sad and joyful. I guess the reason i started this post on inspiration is because i hadn't felt very motivated lately. I've been pretty down, not in a depressed way. It's more like a, why can't i enjoy the things i use to do anymore way. I'm changing as a person and i can see it clear as day. So reading about games new and old and about what they did for the communities. i mean, the reality is when a game is made a community is created and that community cherrishes it. I love being part of those communities. But growing up just pushes me farther and farther from the activities i use to enjoy.
I'd like to end on a good note. Video games aren't not a waste of time. It takes developers years to complete a game and have it be judged. I'd love to create one some day and in many ways i have created some personal mods. Games inspire people, when a staff of over 2000 people come together ( there could be more people ) to give you their vision of a world you've never seen and experienced before. They want you to explore that world they've created. exploreing that world, it's the best part of games in general. Exploration of the mind. when a kid plays mario, he explores what he could not do in real life. he learns the tricks of controller, he learns to love what he's doing. He learns to love and explore the world set before him. the excitement grows because he wants more. He wants more to explore. When you shut off the game, the child doesn't stop exploreing. thats the beauty of video games. thats the beauty of the social communities surrounding them. when the game is done, there is so much more to it. so much more we can add to make it an even better experience for ourself and for others. when the games off, is when the ideas fly and how new games are created.
inspiration, comes after the game is beaten, or after the book is read. What if ?
( sorry for all the typos, i dont really have time to correct them right now, Love you guys! )
