Ever since I talked my dad into buying an Xbox, he has not
put it down. He was skeptical at first,
but eventually, I think he was more excited about it than my little brother. He would actually get it out at night and
play it before my brother had even opened it from Santa. But it isn’t just any game that he will play,
it’s always the latest version of Call of Duty, and it’s not just a game; he is
“saving the world”. Anywhere we go he is
constantly letting me know where he would hide if this were Call of Duty and what
places would be good maps. Do I think
his obsession is unhealthy? Yes and no. He
treats the game as a stress reliever, and will literally say, “I’m going to go
kill some people,” any reasonable person would most likely think he was a
serial killer if they didn’t know him. If
my dad didn’t stay up until wee hours of the night, then get up at 6:30 to go
to work, then come home and continue to play until dinner or we have to go somewhere,
then I yes, I would think it was great.
I also think it is a little odd when I walk into the game room and he is
playing against people that I graduated with. He has become better friends with
them than I ever was! In high school, I would have people refer to my dad as
his gamer tag instead of his name. And once,
we were eating at a restaurant and one of the kids he plays Xbox with was
getting ready to walk in, so he ran and hid so once he walked in he could
surprise him and “knife him”. I would
say that this is an example of video games not necessarily having an “epic win”.
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