Video Games and Me

Video Games and Me!

I have never considered myself to be a hard core gamer, however when tracing back my memories, I realised that I have been playing video games since I was about five years old. My first hand held console was a Nintendo wii which I had received for Christmas, this played an important role of my social life as I would always invite my friends round to play Mario kart or wii sports. I always remember having such a fun time playing these games as they were both engaging and competitive. Furthermore, the wii was a digitally convergent media type as it also allowed us to connect to Youtube, whereby we could also play music. My sister also had a Nintendo DS where we would play 'cooking mama' and 'Super Mario Bros'. I would say that this game was the most annoying but addictive game at the same time and I could not let go of the DS until I had completed all eight worlds of the game.

After my phase of the Nintendo wii, I became obsessed with my Ipad whereby I played games such as clash of clans, subway surfers, candy crush, angry birds, flappy bird and pokemon go. I used to take my Ipad anywhere and play these games, both alone and with my family/friends. More recently, when my brother received a PS3 for his birthday, he used to make me play Fifa with him as well as call of duty; Black Ops. We used to play these games both in the living room and kitchen and when my cousins used to visit us, we would play as a group. However, now I do not play many video games as I have lost interest combined with a lack of spare time. Therefore, video games will always encapsulate a major time of my childhood life.