Almost done

Season’s greetings gamers,

                As the new days of May bless us with abnormally cold weather, I have become more accustomed to spending my time indoors. After the countless hours of research on game addiction, I have conditioned myself to cut down on gaming. Conditioned, may be a bad word for the situation because I still do play in my free time. The word scared is more appropriate for now. When I turn on the console I see the broken lives of the past addicts and picture how I could have turned out. I feel that I myself have gone through an intervention during the time I have spent researching the topic.

                I really like that I could connect my project to my interests in real life. I feel that the quality of the paper and the effort I put into the paper would have all changed if I had to look up something that did not interest me. I can use this knowledge to make sure that the people I care about do not make the poor life decisions and fall into the grasps of this addiction. What I disliked about this project was the time frame of everything. This may be specific to me, but I had to work on this project parallel to my AP exam. When I had to focus on studying for AP chemistry, I had to make finishing touches to my project. Those last days before both the test and the deadline for the paper became very stressful and I received less sleep than I would have wanted to.

                To my mother, the amount of video games I play currently and is excessive in her opinion. My response is that it really is a normal amount. From the questions I found online to see if a person is an addict I fall into only a couple categories. I talk about the game outside of the gamine world to my surroundings. I have lost a little bit of sleep being preoccupied with the game. There are many more things that I do not do to reassure myself that I am not an addict. I have not forgotten to eat because I was playing a game. I have never lied about how much I play or become emotionally different from when I am playing the game.

                My personal belief is that video games are a helpful past time and that if it is monitored can be very beneficial. When I just sit down and concentrate on the task ahead whether it is taking down the enemy base or managing a castle, the game relieves me of my everyday troubles. I feel it is a good thing for everyone to just relax and get away from the stress they are feeling.

                Signing out,

                MHB