It's been a long weekend. I have done nothing at all. Just decided to take up another addiction this time around. So.. started gaming.
Am playing Call of Duty: United Offensive (The expansion pack to Call of Duty). Now... this is the kind if game that I am typically addicted to. I started off with this tiny game called God Of Thunder (2-D, ooold game.).. after my 10th. Then...after finishing that over my summer break, I got addicted to Wolf 3d during my 11th-12th. (that first famous game by Id software). Then came Duke Nukem 3d. There was this other game that I also played... but I simply cannot remember it's name. it was a first person shooter too. All these games...I finished during my 11th-12th. I also played Spyro (Ripto's rage), Demolition Derby (I think), Gran Turismo (3 I think), Tekken 4, Duke something, all on my PS... but this was mostly during hols.. and later... when I was tired of studying and the stress started getting to me at the end of my 12th. I didnt finish up all these games at that time... so I played them.. and some others.. especially in that 1 year b4 I came to the US and after my 12th.
After I came to the US, halfway through my second sem, I got addicted to Medal Of Honor, Allied Assault (The precursor to Call of Duty). I spent an entire week on it.. and at the end of it.. my college life was a wreck. I was out of sync with a lot of classes.. and by the end of it, I could not catch up properly with most of my classes. It sucked. Since that day, I have rarely played many games. I am too scared that I would become addicted. I have played Need For Speed(5, HP2 and Underground), Warcraft3, Call of Duty... and thats about it. And that too... I played mostly during holidays.. etc.
I do have a great fear of getting addicted. I have this uncontrollable fear of being unable to control myself. I feel I should be in complete control over myself. Rarely happens... I know... the heart and mind often come to conflict... but atleast..I dont want to be under the control of some external influence. Or atleast.. not be under it's influence for long.
Wonder how long it will take for life to play a cruel joke on me.. such that I end up doing those very things I vowed not to do.
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p.s. Just wanted to add that I have finished this game. So.. onto better things now:D
4 comments:
this was the first post of yours that I completely skimmed over, due to the content of course. Go read another book and tell me what you think of THAT instead (try the Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas)
Already read that:-p
Currently, am actually reading Nemesis by Isaac Asimov. I friend has just gifted me Siddhartha and another book called The Alchemist by some random author...suggested by Amazon.com. But a friend read it and said it's awesome. So.. thats next in line:p.
Hehehe. But hey... any other recommendations are welcome. Maybe I still need to read Three Musketeers again. It's been a looong while since I read it.
I love arcade games, well, most of 'em anywayz, though I don't game much But stuff liek Wolf leaves me pukey. Wonder whether it does thet to others too...
My mom and aunt too complained that 3-d games made them pukey. Guess it depends on who is playing and who is watching and how u process it;):D
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