My life in the gaming closet

I can remember the first time i went with my dad to go get my first console, a SNES that came with one of the greatest games of all time, super mario world. From then on, i was sold on the concept of videogaming. As my firends and I started to play sports, hang out with girls, go to awkward middle school dances, it became clear to me that videogaming was not “cool.” Calling my group of friends over for a Mortal Combat tournament was not my friend’s ideal weekend. So i pursued gaming by myself. Around high school, gaming started to become more popular smongst my friends, and we started to game with each other. By then, Halo 2 LAN parties and midnight sessions of Worcraft 3 were so ingrained in our week that we would miss doing homework to satisfy those urges. But i wasa different than my friends, I craved more. My brother and I searching out in almost every genre, sating our need for interactive entertainment. By the time I finished high school, i was  gaming when i got home from partying on weekends, and duringthe week around 11 pm to 12 am. When MMo’s were invented, my brother and I could effectively play together even though we were 12 hours away.

Then came phase two, Vanderbilt. Here i squeeze in gaming when my roomate sleeps, in between classes, and most frequently, before i go out at night. Gaming hasn’t died to me even though it has been much harder to maintain. This class has given me an excuse to play as homework, and it is one homework I always do early and often. As the time rolls by, the gaming universe (the vicarious universe), is becoming more and more acceptable, and my walk out of the closet has become a glorious ride, one filled with magic, fantasy, and a whole lot of imagination

~ by mattshelton on September 14, 2007.