The gaming community can be a mess. We rage at some things when it doesn’t go our way and can be toxic when it comes to being inviting to new people. But even with this it’s become my greatest hobby and I love it to death.
I grew up playing Nintendo. I was always fascinated by what they could come up with especially after being told time and time again I chose the wrong console for that generation. I get that sense of wonder from my mother. When I was little my mom would pull out her NES and we’d play the first Zelda for hours on end. It was the first game I ever beat. And we did so for all Zelda games up to Twilight Princess though at that point my mom had stopped playing.
When I was little I always seemed to have a fascination with these games that never struck anyone else around me. I’d call it look at gaming as a passion while everyone around me looked at it as a hobby. I couldn’t get enough. I loved exploring the island of Super Mario Sunshine, the darker world of Hyrule in Twilight Princess, the shouting matches that a round of Mario Kart would start, sneaking my DS into school to play Pokémon with me friends. I loved it so much I bothered the people around me just to try to get to try a taste of it.
I bugged my sisters nonstop to play with me which might of worked too well as my older sister found Spinx and the Cursed Mummy and took over my GameCube. But I was just happy when I could get anyone to feel what I felt playing these games. I even started looking at jobs in gaming from starting high school. I went from wanting to code to not really being sure what I wanted to do until my last year of college even with it staring me in the face.
When I couldn’t play a game I was reading about it. I had and still do have loads of Nintendo Power I would sneak to class to read when my mom and teachers weren’t looking, pouring over the pages with some of my friends. With smartphones becoming more popular I went into a frenzy bookmarking and setting notifications on Twitter for the second websites like Kotaku and IGN would upload. I religiously went through the IGN app in high school when at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I wrote ideas for stories, tried to design characters, and even played out scenes in my head of these stories.
Gaming has been such a big part of my life and will always be of that I’m sure. It’s why I started this blog albeit late. Video games have led me to friends I love dearly and wouldn’t trade for anything in the world, a passion I want to continue, and made me more imaginative as a person. And I can’t thank every gaming company enough for this.
I love that people can post their creative takes for other people to see whether that be cosplay, stories, art etc. I love that the writers will talk to people about the articles they write just to discuss it. I love that stupid articles like how big Luigis penis is exists. I just love that despite the bad eggs the gaming community is welcoming and at least personally always has.
I hope this blog will help start discussions about new gaming news as it pops up, opinions whatever. I just hope that people can spread what they love.
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