I'm going on an adventure this next week. There will be a lot of work over that time, what with jodo grading coming up, and having a Lot of School Work to do. However, there will be a lot of play. In particular, video games.
Video games are art to me. They're educational. They're entertaining. They connect people in ways different to other activities. Or they can. I wouldn't know about when they don't, as I'm a life-long Nintendork and don't dabble in other silly excuses for maturity and reality. :D (I tease, Sony fans, I tease.) Anyway, when I started my undergraduate, I took a hiatus from gaming. It used to be my core activity, and then I quit it over night. I told myself I'd resume once my undergraduate was complete. It came, but I went, did a little bit of globe trotting. While abroad, I thought about restarting with a Nintendo DSi but didn't. Eventually I acquired a Wii and did play a couple games, but disappeared again to school, where the Wii became more a conduit to high culture in film (i.e. Netflix).
Well, now's as good a time as any. My Wii has finally become a venue for social interaction as I once hoped it would be. It's wonderful to watch someone's face delight at Mario in 3D again, and it's exhilarating looking forward to a new era of Link and Zelda.
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Boo! My collection of Nintendo attire expands. |
I hope to die before I stop playing, and I hope to let video games be a larger part of my play, though not at the complete expense of the real world. I'm hoping to acquire at least one Hyrulian gem for Christmas, and then I can invite y'all over for a classic adventure, though it be accompanied by tall snowbanks, flying snow balls, and seasonal nostalgia.
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