Games and how it dominates October 19, 2008

I’m sure everyone has played games before. Even those non-hardcore players. Stumbled upon games, referred by a friend or even introduced by your parents. Ranging from those socialising avatar games such as Habbo to more advanced MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft. But, I’ve come to realise that several of us teenagers have absolutely no brain of their own. Again, some think that the world can be saved by swishing a twig you found on the floor and expecting some fiery sparks to erupt out and twirl around whatever is threatening the safety of Earth. Boy, if that really did work, we wouldn’t be here facing the financial crisis.

Games vary. There are those games that are commonly played on the PC. Some games are played by buying game consoles such as the popular Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. But we’ll stick with the ones which are played on the PC. Being in a new school, there’s no doubt that the people around me are finding interesting games to play with when they’re bored with our Math teacher. They discuss games, and especially more often in this period of time when the exam results are out and the stress is gone from everybody’s head. All around me, the so-called ‘clique’ of boys who play World of Warcraft and sometimes even the shunned MapleStory. They get shunned like the game they play (MapleStory). Not that I’m against it but, you know people, they just follow what the crowds say. If one proclaims that Tetris is superior to World of Warcraft and the people don’t know what Tetris is, they’ll just agree so they don’t get ‘left out’.

Personally, I don’t know why it matters so much. Whether you play that certain game or not, so what? My classmates seem to think that if they don’t know what game you’re playing, they’ll dismiss it as lame. Endless discussions of who ‘pwned’ who in yesterday’s siege pop up. It seems that all they care about is games. For example, I play an avatar socialising game called ‘Habbo’. One of the more fantastic games ever. And those whom I’ve mentioned above say it’s boring. Do you know what my retort is? ‘You don’t play it because those who think it’s boring have no socialising skillz!’ Ha. In your face.

Photo credits: arstechnica.com

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