Video Games

My opinion of video games has concentrated on the possible harmful effects playing video games can bring to people. I have played video games when I was a child, but they never meant much to me. Being a book lover, I didn't find the stories in video games stimulating. While other people spend hours playing video games and some take it a step forward and buy the merchandise, watch the tournaments, join the clubs and whatever else exist. I ignored the simple question of why people enjoy video games. After many recommendations for video games, I decided to embark in the gaming adventure.
After playing a few video games, I began to notice some parallels between the video games and life. You enter a world and are given a mission or various missions. Many times your goal is to complete the mission alive, while other times you must meet certain requirements in order to progress. Sometimes you are expected to collect objects in addition to completing the missions. You are also present with an enemy or various enemies. You must destroy the enemy in order to either progress or to complete the mission. There may also be objects that can harm you and if you come into contact with them, then your life may be reduced. This is all very similar to life. In your life you are presented with various missions and there are material objects you need in order to survive. You meet foes in life but you do not destroy them physically, you may do so in other ways. Video games present you with challenges that you must learn to overcome in order to move forward. However, there is one aspect of video games that is not found in life.
Video games give you the opportunity to undertake the characteristics from the characters that are in the video game. These characters have characteristics that you would like to have as your ideal self. You adapt this new found identity. This new identity can be anything, a different being, a different gender, a hero or a villain, the options are endless. This does not mean that you are running away from yourself, but rather you are running towards your ideal self.
 Video games are like books and movies put together. Like with books and movies, some video games are very stimulating while others are mundane. The difference being that video games provide you with an interactive experience. You are the part of the video game, and the completion of the video game is based on how well you accomplish the missions.

 Happy Gaming   -SM:)E