Mmmmm.....Chow time
You would have thought that getting older means gaining access to a lot of things that are previously off limits would be a good thing. You can have as much blood, gore, sex, and what not on your TV, games, music. The irony of it all? You do not crave those things as much by the time you reach that age.
Let me discuss in particular about blood and gore in video games. Like many other teenagers of my time, I love the messy kills in video games even with the vividness of the SNES (16 bit pride! ). Now that I’m in my twenties, I wasn’t keen on firing up my PS3 to survive the horror on Dead Space 2 with my HDTV after 11pm. I’m reckoned that scaring the living wits out of myself so close to bedtime would disrupt my sleep pattern. Actually the truth is, and as much as I hate to admit it, I think I’ve grown a little timid. *shameful and frowny face* (there’s no emoticon for this)
And so, I chose the delightful activity of drinking a glass of milk and reading a travel guide on Istanbul instead in my bed. I’m heading to Turkey in two weeks’ time to engage in some outdoor adventure sports! I think I should still have courage for those things.
Update: Some grown ups, non-gamers presumably, are just outright sad about such games. Like these Moms’. Watch their reactions on the exact same game I was a little scared to play in the middle of the night.
Posted on April 5, 2011
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