What Gaming Means To Me

Scified.com
News
Scified2014-04-28 02:52:30https://www.scified.com/sites_pics/3159900172049740.jpg
Scified
1,809 Reads0 Comments

What Gaming Means To Me

 

I have been gaming for about 15 years now. I started playing my older brothers first gen Gameboy and Nes as well as the Sega or Snes with my uncle. One birthday I got a Gameboy pocket with a copy of Pokémon Red.  As I grew up I my tastes changed I found myself mainly on the family PC playing a lot of Diablo 2 or Unreal Tournament. I was never really a sporty kid. I played a lot basketball, but only at school, when I was home I was in front of a screen.

My life has completely changed since then. I find myself living in a different country, away from my family and closest friends. I work at a kid’s activity camp, where I spent 5 years taking kids around to different activities and the last 2 hang in a harness doing all sorts of stuff.

I see kids at work doing the same things I did and a lot of people class them as strange or geeky. Just because they don’t know the line-up of the next world cup or who’s playing who, doesn’t make them strange.  A lot of mates at work talk about the latest footie score and who’s injured during their downtime, I watch twitch plays Pokémon.

At first my wife used to get the shits with my need for gaming, now she sees how happy it makes me and how it can dissolve a shit week and help clear my head

I don’t smoke or do drugs, I don’t really drink much, so after a long day, when I am stressed and knackered I turn to gaming as a release from the real world.

But gaming for me isn’t just a stress reliever; it keeps me in touch with who I am and where I came from. I don’t get to see my mates in the UK much, so to share an interest in gaming from the other side of the world is amazing. But to share it with the masses like Scified and Youtube is unreal. I know we are only a small community at this stage but it’s incredible to be a part of.    

Last weekend I spent 4 hours cropping my next “Loz Plays Star Wars” video only to lose it to a crashed computer. I was so angry that I have to start over with just raw footage. But I find myself at my computer at 11:30pm working to get it cropped and uploaded, because to me, gaming is a way of life.

If I want to go around shooting shit or blowing up buildings or controlling mass armies, I can.

If I want to solve a succession or ridicules puzzles or launch balls of plasma into dying suns, I can.

There is no end to what lessons I have learnt from gaming. I got robbed on diablo, I get my ass handed to me by a kids 5 years younger on counter strike and I love every minute of it.

Gaming keeps me sane… It keeps me well adjusted… and apart from spending too much money on the steam sale it keeps me happy.

- Loz

@laurencehead1

Game Over Man

0 XP2014-04-28 02:52:30
0 Comments
Add A Comment
Sign In Required
Sign in using your Scified Account to access this feature!
Email
Password
Visitor Comments
Latest Images
All Fandoms
Sci-Fi Movies All Fandoms
Alien & Predator Alien & Predator Fandom
Godzilla & Kaiju Godzilla & Kaiju Fandom
Jurassic Park / World Jurassic Park Fandom
Marvel & DC Marvel & DC Fandom
Star Wars Star Wars Fandom
Recently Active Forums
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus Discuss the new Fede Alvarez Alien movie here
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Discuss the Godzilla vs. Kong sequel here!
Jurassic World Fan Artwork
Jurassic World Fan Artwork Share your Jurassic World fan art here
Godzilla Merchandise
Godzilla Merchandise Discuss Godzilla Toys & Literature
Hot Forum Topics
New Forum Topics
Highest Forum Ranks Unlocked
Chris
Chris » Atman
48% To Next Rank
Svanya
Svanya » 2K
87% To Next Rank
Dark Nebula
Dark Nebula » Conversationalist
82% To Next Rank
Neomorph
Neomorph » Contributor
76% To Next Rank
GodzillaHugeFan2014
GodzillaHugeFan2014 » Noob
52% To Next Rank
Latest Activity
Scified Community Stats
Scified hosts a network of online communities containing 404,534 posts by 47,997 members (17 are online now). The Alien: Romulus Forum is the most recently active forum. The latest Forum topic added was: Silliness VIII
VIPWhat are VIP?AdminModeratorSpecial TitleMember

Scified is an entertainment website and media network offering scoops and reporting on the most popular, upcoming science fiction movies, games and television. All content is property of Scified.com unless otherwise stated. Images and titles of content we promote, discuss, review or report are property of their respective owners. Scified is independantly owned and operated by a team of dedicated sci-fi movie fans, who strive to provide the best information and community experience for other like-minded sci-fi movie enthusiasts.

© 2024 Scified.com
Sign in
Use your Scified Account to sign in


Log in to view your personalized notifications across Scified!

Transport To Communities
Alien Hosted Community
Cloverfield Hosted Community
Godzilla Hosted Community
Jurassic World Hosted Community
Predator Hosted Community
Aliens vs. Predator Hosted Community
Latest Activity
Forums
Search Scified
Trending Articles
Blogs & Editorials