A lifestyle of Gaming [Story]
by Austin Cash (Staff Writer)
When people play games some of the time, it is stealing from their most-of-the-time life and breaking that habit can make anyone a whole lot happier. Most people use gaming as some-of-the-time life to get them to be happier but others have a different perspective on their gaming for their most-of-the-time life.
To some gaming is a way of life, it is all they do is sit at home at their parents’ house. For some as creators or testers gaming is what they do and get paid for it. “I used to play games for hours when the call of Duty games came out but now I play barley any games at all,” said sophomore Sam Urenda.
Gaming does have some good benefits though. Anyone can make a career in gaming. There are all kinds of jobs people can be from testing the game to being someone who watches online for hackers and viruses people put into games online to designing the game that many people will buy and log hours on the game playing. It defiantly shows that people like to play games if they can build a game. “The games now bore me and I want to make my own video game, “said Urenda.
Everyone has played games and as Americans and with the rest of the world like to play games to escape the real world and into a world where anything can be possible. “Playing video games is a way to have fun and a way to dominate the competition all over the world,” said Urenda.
Gaming is a way to make a lot of money just off the games alone. When people see a trailer of preview on a new game people go crazy. “I think the U.S spends over 4 million dollars a year on just games alone,” said senior Nick Nelsen.
Some people play games for other reason besides just to play against competition, some people play it to meet new people around the world or be able to win money. For example, on the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, people play for actual money and real prizes. The last person that won the competition won 1 million dollars. Others play to get anger out, “I play games so I can get frustration out on Call of Duty to kill everyone in the game,” said senior Luis Medrano.
Most people like to game on many different consoles but some people only like a specific console. There are many consoles from the Atari to an Xbox 360 to hand held like the PSP. Over the years the consoles have been coming more and more obsolete in the technology run of the era. “I like to play on Xbox 360 cause every other console sucks compared to it,” said Urenda.
There are all kinds of games that people play; there is racing, first person, RPG (role play games), strategy, third person, puzzles, and lifestyle games. This way there is game appealing to everyone “I like to play first person games and strategy games,” said Nelsen.
