I am addicted to gaming.
There I said it. Every since I played my first Legend of Zelda game, some ten or fifteen years ago, I’ve been hooked. There’s just something about pretending to be a Paladin (or wizard or knight or whatever) and negotiating my way through a fantastic plot which ends with me saving the world that gives me such a thrill.
When I first started gaming, I played mostly console games because back in my day (am I really that old to be saying this? :p) the internet wasn’t as big of a deal as it is today. So I would spend whole weekends sitting in front of the television with my Nintendo or Super Nintendo or Playstation or Playstation 2 hacking and slashing my way to the next level. I always felt a peculiar let down when I finally beat the game because, well, it was over and I had to return to the real world.
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