I work in retail. During this time of year it gets quite busy and i get frustrated quickly. On a day when i felt i had just about enough, something amazing caught my eye. I seen a kid holding a box to a video game he just purchased.
He simply stared at the box. He was struck in awe at the box. The kid must have been under 10 or 11 and there he was holding a box to a video game he really wanted. His jaw open. his eyes racing franticly across the box. His mind filled with open possibilities that the game may have had in store for him. His mom walked up to him and he started to speak to her franticly. He talked about stuff he had heard the game had. He talked about what he wanted to do. And the mom gave him a look that i knew all to well.
She just smiled and nodded at him. Clearly uninterested in the game. Why is this important. Cause in that brief time i noticed this. I recalled the days i use to hold a game box and stare at it in a store. I couldn't wait to get home. I couldn't wait to play. It brought me back to a time when i feel i may have truly understood what it meant to play video games.
It took that feeling of stress and pressure. Removed the feeling of chlosterphobia away from me as i remembered what not only this holiday season and video games in general is really about. Excitement, joy,....Hope.
Please if you read this do not take the games you have for granted. Please enjoy everything you have. For me. If i had to pick the game that as a child i just stood in the isle and looked at the box. Eagerly awaiting to get home and throw it into the console.
House of the dead 2 for the sega dreamcast. I had the light gun. the game. and i remember the car ride being the longest car ride of my life. Post some of the games that you looked foward too more then anything. Lets take a trip down memory lane and return to our childhood. when gaming truly felt better
He simply stared at the box. He was struck in awe at the box. The kid must have been under 10 or 11 and there he was holding a box to a video game he really wanted. His jaw open. his eyes racing franticly across the box. His mind filled with open possibilities that the game may have had in store for him. His mom walked up to him and he started to speak to her franticly. He talked about stuff he had heard the game had. He talked about what he wanted to do. And the mom gave him a look that i knew all to well.
She just smiled and nodded at him. Clearly uninterested in the game. Why is this important. Cause in that brief time i noticed this. I recalled the days i use to hold a game box and stare at it in a store. I couldn't wait to get home. I couldn't wait to play. It brought me back to a time when i feel i may have truly understood what it meant to play video games.
It took that feeling of stress and pressure. Removed the feeling of chlosterphobia away from me as i remembered what not only this holiday season and video games in general is really about. Excitement, joy,....Hope.
Please if you read this do not take the games you have for granted. Please enjoy everything you have. For me. If i had to pick the game that as a child i just stood in the isle and looked at the box. Eagerly awaiting to get home and throw it into the console.
House of the dead 2 for the sega dreamcast. I had the light gun. the game. and i remember the car ride being the longest car ride of my life. Post some of the games that you looked foward too more then anything. Lets take a trip down memory lane and return to our childhood. when gaming truly felt better
