Sometimes I wish I was a boy because locking myself in my room for hours on end to play video games would be legitimate. I’m still kicking myself over the fact that I pawned, yes pawned, an X-Box gaming system that I won senior year at our graduation party. To be fair, it wasn’t even an X-Box 360, plus I didn’t have any games. Sure my (guy) friends all told me to get Halo but I didn’t listen. I’m also pretty sure that part of me knew that I would definitely turn into the kid who spends hours playing video games by themselves. I also didn’t have anyone to play with. None of my girl friends played games and it might look weird if I started calling my guy friends to play video games after school. They would probably think that it was code for making out.
It made me particularly sad that I never became a gamer when I heard about interactive gaming systems like the Nintendo Wii and Guitar Hero. I mean, how cool is it that the system senses when you swing your arm and the little guy on the screen hits the tennis ball? Probably the coolest thing ever. And don’t even get me started on Guitar Hero. I’ve wanted to learn the play the guitar for years now and they release a game where you get to hold a guitar controller and “play” covers of the most awesome rock songs? One night and you feel like a rock star. It’s genius.
With this new wave of games and gaming systems, now seems like the perfect opportunity for me to become the video game nerd I’ve always wanted to be. Never mind that my hand-eye coordination is sub par, these systems are fairly new to everyone, so hopefully I won’t be the only one that sucks. Here’s hoping.
Check out this article reviewing Guitar Hero.
