Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Game Over! (or is it?)

“What if I played video games?”

That’s the first thought that popped into my head five weeks ago when my English professor told our class we had to do a blog project.


Up to that point, I had played very few video games. Most of my knowledge came from what people had told me about them. I’d hear “this character is better than that one” or “use that move” and I’d just nod my head and oblige (I’m still guilty of that sometimes).

Even though I didn’t have to learn how to play these games by myself, I still learned a lot and developed some of my own opinions about them.

Throughout this series, I played all types of games from Mario to Pokémon to Minecraft. I reviewed aspects of gaming such as aggression and concentration.


It was fun to come home from class to relax and play video games for homework, but it did make me feel a bit lazy. I’m sure there were times when my roommate walked in our room and wondered why I had been sitting at my desk all night playing games instead of “doing homework.”

My opinion of video games has changed a bit. I went from never really playing them at all to playing at least two games a week. I still don’t think I’m the gamer type, but I won’t turn down the opportunity to play a game or two every once in a while.


Special thanks to Danielle, Tim, my sister, and all our wonderful readers for making this blog possible!

2 comments:

  1. I liked how this post served as a reflection of what you learned though this process and as a goodbye to your readers.

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  2. I think this post was a good ending to your blog, and I liked that you were honest when you said this whole process hasn't really made you a "gamer," but you would still play every once in awhile .

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