Online Gaming is The Devil’s recruiting tool

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Here’s a little known tidbit about me…

I love video games.

LOVE THEM

I was more excited about getting a PS2 a couple of years ago than my kids were. I’m the one who’s irritated that it’s no longer working because Tony Hawk has a new game out that I’m dying to play.

It’s been a while since I’ve played any games (PS2 or computer) but this weekend, I was watching my youngest wail on some folks while playing Unreal Tournament 2004. Now, my hubby introduced both boys to UT, Quake, and Halo–and he also introduced them to playing online.

I have never had the courage to do online gaming. I can hold my own in a battle, but I’m not great by any stretch of the imagination. But as I watched my 8 year old play, that old familiar itch came over me. So I sat down on another computer, fired it up, found the server he was connected to, and jumped in.

And promptly got my ass handed to me on a silver platter by my 8 year old.

I was hooked.

That was about 8:30 pm on Saturday night. Mark jumped on the other computer, and before you know it, we were all playing on the same server against others from God-only-knows-where.

The next thing I know, it’s 12:30 am. Wow. I swear I just sat down.

The next day, I roll out of bed late, fix some muffins and coffee, sit down to check email…

Heh.

at 5PM last night, I was still playing. Mark on one computer, Rader on another, and ME.

Too bad I wasn’t writing, huh? That would’ve been a helluva page count, I bet.

I have this theory that if Satan is real, he’s a video programmer. He is using the magic of the internet and the beauty of things like double damage, hellbenders, lightning guns, and fun little flying machines called Manta and Raptor to lure people like me into his dominion. And it’s working. I reserved a front row seat in my handbasket yesterday.

I’m jonesing for my next fix and I’m eternally grateful that I don’t have it installed on my computer at work.

ACK!

8 thoughts on “Online Gaming is The Devil’s recruiting tool”

  1. think of all the calories you woulda burned if all that fragging could translate to real exercise.

    damn, we’d both be skinny!

    and you didn’t even mention how those peckerwoods were talking to our child. ..

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  2. Hey, I burned calories. I was so busy playing games that I forgot to eat. :>

    I can’t even talk about how they were ragging on my baby. It’s a good thing he was too busy whooping their asses to pay attn. to what they were saying.

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  3. THEY? Who’s THEY, huh? 🙂

    Mel, I do hope you’ll share the joy of Red vs. Blue with the rest of the fam. I sense a wider audience for this…

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  5. “they = those peckerwoods we played against who weren’t members of our nucular (hehe) family.”

    Are you sure about that? No telling what Mel might have been muttering under her breath once the devil took her… 😉

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  7. Good gravy! That could be me!
    Hey, in its early days,(video games) I worked in an arcade. After hours, could play anything I wanted for as long as I wanted , for free!

    You want to take about a job made in heaven!
    Good thing I don’t game online..blogging is bad enough!

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  8. Oy!!

    I knew it was coming…

    Someday we would find something that we do NOT have in common. I am not a gamer. My hand-eye coordination sucks!

    Although, I don’t mind watching people play games. I LURVE it when my hubby plays Mitsurugi on Soul Caliber 2. 🙂 Slay me with your sword, Babee!!

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