Game up
So here it all is…on YouTube for all to see and rekindle. Gaming + Marlz = HELP!!! I have never been a gamer-girl and unfortunately, the skills that I hoped were maybe hidden, never appeared on the evening of October 24, 2007 in the LIS 768 classroom. I realize that practice makes perfect but I am coping with the realization that gaming requires a whole different level of thinking. I have enjoyed playing the game of Katamari Damacy, even when I have disappointed the King of all the Comos due to a lack of accumulated items. But this is fun! The fun ends, however, when reality is shown through a game of Brain Age or Guitar Hero. You see, I know the answers to these questions and equations. I know these songs. Why am I so slow at proving this knowledge? Frustration sets in and another round is attempted.
Gearing up for game night, I tried my hand at God of War. A friend of mine is in a gaming class and needed to view my inexperience in order to get a new perspective on how it is played. Now, maybe it was his expertise and experience or maybe it was just the non-gamer thinking that I have; I was not exploring modes and methods of combating the Hydra. Yes, the Kratos I was controlling was truly pathetic. Though I kept trying and retrying! Was this annoying to me? Yes! But, persistence is a good quality that also needs to also be exercised in the game of life.
I realize that there are all sorts of games that require different levels of skills. Some games relax the mind and some release our own inner battles. I enjoy watching other people game-it-up. I see what they are not about their physical appearance. How the body may start to sway, as if actually fighting in mid-flight. I see the determination in their eyes and the way their posture suddenly improves. I know that there is more to gaming than a few minutes of computerized interaction. I conclude that gaming is where life lessons can be discovered and put into practice. Where better to promote these acts than in a library, or library school, setting!
nicole said,
October 31, 2007 at 1:57 pm
LIBRARYSTORR Rox!!!!
Just had to plug my new Guitar Hero band… I think you hit a nail on the head when you mentioned persistence. I know I’ve been very persistent about honing my new Guitar Hero skills, and I’ve watched the teens being just as persistent. Win or Lose they keep trying and what’s not good about that??