An Introduction to Gaming

Gaming to me is a way of escape. It is immense fun, the easiest way to socialise with friends and the best games tell you a story too.

I had a friend over for 3 days recently who I see about twice a year - family friends. If I didn't have my xbox, I think things would have been so much more awkward for the first couple of hours. As it was, we both had a common interest, and could leap into a game of halo. Not only that, but he is going to buy an xbox 360 now, so I'll be able to keep in contact with him through xbox live.

I think the best video games tell a good story. So much so that they become like a book. An interactive book, where you are the character, and you make the decisions. To make them a cross between real life, movies, and books. Something which no other media can provide. This makes them important to me, they are so much more than watching a pointless television program which I would be doing instead on a Sunday evening (unless it's Top Gear). Not only this but they give you a sense of satisfaction, and accomplishment.

Obviously some games are better for this than others. The Sims gives you barely any sense of accomplishment. All you do is live another person's life for them, and there are few interesting things going on. Sadly it's addictive, and when you stop playing, you realise that it was time wasted. Other games are different I believe. Fable, my favourite game, for instance. This tells a deep and immersive story, emotionally gripping the player till the end. You get to choose pretty much anything you want to do, to look. morality and it is set in a wonderful fantasy world. So in a way I compare all other games to this - RPGs anyway. That game for me is the perfect embodiment of what I explain in the paragraph above. I can't wait for the sequel, coming out in October. Only thing is that I will be at uni, and I don't want to take my 360, because when Fable 2 comes out, it will take over my life for about a week - well it would if I bought it whilst at uni.

So this blog is about various games I have played - they will all be xbox 360 games, and there could be a few original xbox games that are referenced (like Fable). I only own an xbox 360 and an original xbox, this is why it is just about these such games. I may post a few things about gaming in general.