Living my dreams

On game addiction, I have a stong affinity to games (be it PC or consoles). I think I will forever remain an avid fan of game. I think they’re the ultimate in Art and Entertainment, incorporating music, animation, acting, singing, story telling, interactive performance wrapped in logical problem solving served in mindboggling state of the art technological advances. I also believe that modern day technology is advanced significantly by gaming world.

One of my favorite illustration on this is the Metal Gear Solid series. I think Hideo Kojima (the creator) is a genius not only in the creative design and technology he brought to MGS series (did you play the PSP’s MGS Ops?) but also he is a cunning and engaging storyteller. The way he presented the actual problem of war and conflict in the game is just unrivaled. He always stays current with the global issue of conflict. In MGS4 as is happening now in Iraw, the setting is Middle East and the main actor is PSC (Private Security COmpany, private entity providing military "assistance", in short modern day capitalistic mercenary groups).

So for my friends out there, games are not just Winning Eleven and Championshop/Football Manager (or for those who fancy violence maybe Doom, Quake, HALO, CounterStrike), you know. There are more intellectually stimulating games from different genres like Civilization series (which I am now used to poison my sweet li’l wife with), SIM City series, just to mention some of the most known titles.

So for my friends who are already or soon to be parents…remember games are not bad…it’s the overplaying of them that are dangerous for children’s development. One of the way to prevent that is for us parents, to accompany them while playing. And just to make you a good company and not be humiliated by your children (like being beaten 11-2 on WE by 12 years old in rental game, as happened to one of our friends) why not start playing now? ;D

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