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How I Fell In Love With Video Games

Can inanimate objects love back? Probably not, But I don't care!

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Video Games are something that I've always managed to truly love. I could always find enjoyment in these things no matter their quality. I've been playing video games for as long as I can remember. Even in my most faint memories can I recall playing some sort of pixelated Home Alone game. But my true love for these games never really started until Christmas Day, the day when I got my Nintendo DS. My parents got me three games for it: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and a racing game.

Up until this point, I had played games on and off. Nothing that intense, but I played through the Star Wars game, I wrote off both of the other games as something that didn't appeal to me completely. But after playing through the same game over and over, I got board. As such, I played the Racing game and quickly got board, again. But then, I choose to give the last game The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass a try. And after only a short while playing the game, I found myself completely in love with the game. The story, the graphics, the music, everything. It all was able to click so beautifully for me in that moment. It's even gotten to the point, where the majority of the music I find myself listening to whenever I was free was that of the video game soundtracks that I've heard before. Because they were always able to be so simple, dramatic, and set up an amazing tone.

Everything from the games just felt so fun to interact with, and as I played more video games I only found myself getting in a deeper and deeper level of love. And from that point forward, it was all just so wonderful. I realized in a second that Video Games were something bigger than what I thought they already were. They were things that could be used to tell stories, in creative and amazing ways. And now, I was part of the adventure too. It was different from that of TV, Movies, or books. It became something that I could interact with and even at times create my own story with roleplaying games . It was a something I could experience firsthand.

It's been mentioned at times that, Video Games are things like works of art. In my eyes they are so very worthy of that title, I could do so much in a world that I was contributing to. The music, The stories that were being told were meaningful and impactful. The ending of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass has always been stuck in my mind of the emotional heartstrings it was playing with. I felt so satisfied with the ending and yet was so sad that the game had ended.

Video Games to me are always something I can always go to and enjoy. Video Games are always something that I can always find myself investing my time in and enjoying whatever comes out of it.

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