How I Got An Xbox 360

My research shows that about four hundred billion eighty nine million four hundred thirty seven thousand eight hundred forty seven video games are created each year worldwide, with those kind of numbers any one person could play games for their whole life and not even put a dent in it, it is very overwhelming. With more and more children spending time on video games society changes a little more. Being able to play games without the internet makes it easier to play but for those that do have internet for their video games seem to spend twice the amount of time playing because they are playing with friends and talk and IM during the game.

You have read this essay you think I’m an outside dude. You're wrong, I spend my days inside play, yeah you guessed it, video games. Video games is life like food is essentials playing video games is essentials. I just don’t play to not be bored I play to win and be the best at every game. Video games have taught me to be the best I can all the time and to have some hand eye condition. My sleep schedule is gets messed up every time I binge playing video games with my eyes ballooning out, I stay up till 1 am or even 2 am.

Tom Bissell presents an article in 2010, to college students of which is “Why Video Games Matter.” Bissell isn’t intending for the argument to be about video game criticism, the history of the gaming, or an assessment of anything. On the contrary, he wants to articulate his own opinions and thoughts on what playing games feels like, why he plays them, and the questions they make him think about. Being a gamer myself, I have also endured the struggles of what being obsessed with a video game feels like. It is understood that when first purchasing a video game, all one thinks about is getting home and popping it in the console, disregarding everything else that is happening in the vicinity.

The Importance of Boredom In her essay “The Joy of Boredom,” Carolyn Johnson focuses on the effects technological distractions have on everyday boredom and how boredom is very important in a person’s life. She explains that when a person gets bored they have time to explore one’s internal self and technology takes away the time for self thought and connection. Her reasoning for this is that today’s society has a fear of not being connected through cell phones, computers, and the internet. She shows research showing that many people get anxious when not connected to the world via the internet.

I am 30 years old and I can say that I have not lived in a world without video games. I did however grow up in a time where it was encouraged to play outside and not sit in front of a televison all evening. Unfortunitly that is no longer the case with most families.

Growing up I have heard many negative stories revolving addiction towards video games and the misusages of computers. However, it had the most positive impact in my life because it was a channel for me to comfortably express my personality and expertise. During my middle school years, I experienced multiple episodes of seizure leading to my diagnosis of epilepsy. I had to take very strong medications twice a day made me feel abnormal, excluded, and subordinate compared to the rest of my classmates. I performed extremely poorly during those years, causing everyone I knew to look at me as a failure because I was ashamed to admit my condition. On an interface like online video gaming, I felt normal compared to others because I was considered very

As I was growing up, the first time i had ever interacted with a computer was when I was at my cousin’s house. He was playing this Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game called Maplestory, he showed me his character and killed mobs and monsters with it. I was immediately drawn into the flashy skills and cartoon like characters. At that point in time, at 7 years of age, i knew that i needed to play it.

I had a Nintendo and a small blocky tv with no remote. I enjoyed playing on the Nintendo, but playing with my friends outside seemed more appealing to me. We actually socialized with each other, and did things young kids do. Kids played outside for the most part, not in a fantasy world of make believe that’s all staged in a bedroom. I couldn’t text a message to a friend to find out how to defeat Koopa in the last level to save the Princess. I actually had to call on our house phone, or go to that friend’s house and talk to them. There was no option to look it up on Google. The go to video source on how to do things, “You Tube” was nonexistent. I actually had to use my own intelligence and coordination to solve the problem, when no one else knew the

Before the advancement of technology children did not have devices like cellphones, computers, videogames, and iPads so they went outside to explore and play activities like soccer, dodgeball, make mud pies, and climb trees that was their technology. That was children’s play then but now much of their play is indoors. They are doing activities like watching Netflix on television and playing minecraft on the computer. Staying indoors can be much more of an easier task than ever before because of all the new technology we have and by having so much to do. Life can be full of technology but we still need to take the time to put away the technology; put on some shoes and go outside.

Come 2006 my stepfather would be in my life with a new machine, the Xbox 360. When he showed up I enjoyed him, especially since he too shared my love for video games. When he came, one time, to visit my mother and I, he lived in Alabama and we lived in Tennessee, and he brought his Xbox 360. This was my first time seeing this magnificent console, and I loved it. Come a year later, I would get a Xbox 360 of my own.

Picture it, you walk in the room, there is sits. You turn on the console and a light turns on. Pressing the controller, your tv turns on and you take a comfy seat. For the next three to four hours, you cant leave...your mind is completely attached to the game. You control your destiny with every button you choose to press. Xbox has changed the way teenagers live by helping them listen and pay attention better. To fully understand this, we must start at the beginning.

To listen to my dad, one would think that video games were created by Satan himself. He has told me over and over again that he does not understand how I can concentrate that long on NBA 2K, Grand Theft Auto, or some other XBOX One game. And according to my mom, I could have done a million other things just last night besides play my video games. In fact, both my parents have constantly told me that they will let me take my car with me when I graduate from high school and go off to college but not my XBOX One. They think I’m addicted to video games. Imagine that!

In the year 2000 my parents brought home the very first Playstation, by that time it was already five years old but it was still the most advanced gaming system of its time. When I was five years of age my parents must have agreed that I had proved myself worthy to begin spending outrageous hours intensely gaming because that is exactly what happened the same day. A love for video games developed that day I stuck the controller in my hands and since then I have traveled through many worlds defeating the darkest of enemies; playstation and I are both 20 years old now. Multiple times throughout my intense battles I had been told that my obsession

Playing video games for hours at a time in one day, every day of the week can lead to another major problem, gaming addiction. Youth may become obsessed with the game and think they have to beat it before they do anything else and never want to leave their rooms because they want to consistently play the game. Dr. Russell A. Sabella states in his article on Education.com that: “for most people, computer use and video game play is integrated into their lives as a balanced manner. For others, time spent on the computer or video games is out of balance and has displaced work, school, friends, even family”(Sabella). Becoming addicted to video games can cause a lot of problems in the family because some parents like to have family dinners and they have to literally fight with their kid to get

Ever since I can remember I have always loved to play video games. My uncle introduced me to this new vice at the tender age of 3 and I can remember what it was like even then. He had an old-school Nintendo 64 and he was the only boy under a roof with 4 other girls. Whenever I would come over he would always teach me how to play the games he had and eventually I even surpassed him, which only fueled my new found love for video games. Back then games were not like they are now, but still there was something life changing going on. I remember the quirky looking controller and being brand new to the feeling of the controller vibrating in my hand and having full control of what was going on in this virtual fantasy land on the TV screen. Almost instantly, I fell in love. Many people will tell you, life is so much simpler as a kid. Fast forward to 4th grade my mom (who before never really thought anything of my video game hobby) started to crack down as I got older, and school got tougher. Like all good moms, she wanted me to focus on school so she would constantly remind me how video games are a bad thing, and how they make you forget about priorities and such. She would tell me this all the way up until high school. However, as I got older and learned more both inside and outside of school, I realized that even though my mom has good points and great intentions, video games are not only a good thing, they are an essential resource to society today.