Blog #1 Personal Narrative

As I sit my guitar hero controller onto the floor next to me and pick up my computer I can vividly recall all my major experiences with video and computer games. When I was five my parents and I moved into my current home and in celebration my father purchased us a Super NES. Our only game we had was Zelda: Link to the Past, we sat hours on end together trying to kill bosses and figure out the games intricate puzzles. It was out "family time" and we cherished it very much. As I got older my father and I played more and more together fantastic games like Super Mario All-Stars, Mystical Ninjas, Donkey Kong Country, even the re-release of Space Invaders controlled my Super NES and provided me and my Dad with hundreds of hours of fun.
As new systems like Sega Saturn, N64 came out I refused to give up my beloved Super NES, not until the infamous Playstation came out did we purchase a new system. Crash Bandicoot then occupied much of my time, and a new generation of gaming began. Soon I realized I was playing alone, my father could not adapt to this new format and I fell into a world of one player games considering I am an only child.
This did not end my father daughter bonding time, when I do manage to go home and spend time with my Dad, I cannot help but to sometimes pop in Mystical Ninjas or Super Mario on our still in great condition Super NES and play some low pixel, non high-definition games with my Dad. The old games can still captivate my attention and provide as much entertainment as my PS3. It really depends on who your playing with and who you want to play.
After many years of Playstion I was truthfully pretty bored but suddenly a new game became available that was to captivate my attention, it was in a simple game called Roller Coaster Tycoon and for several years I wanted to become a theme park designer. I dabbled in the SIMS but I would prefer to sit at my computer at play hours and hours of theme park building instead. Today I am a loyal Playstation customer, I own a PSP, a PS2, and a PS3. My favorite games have to be all the Metal Gear Solid's, Kingdom Hearts 1&2, God of War 1&2, Guitar Hero 1&2, Resistance: Fall of Man, and Amplitude/Frequency. These games to me are like the Super NES games to my Dad, and when I have children my games will be ancient history to them as this continually evolving technology wll continue to offer for years and year to come.
Hopefully my children will have as many rewarding and memorable experiences with video games as I had as a child but with the continuing increase in violence and depth in games I don't want the new generation of gaming systems to kill their minds.
Here are a few sites I would recommend for this course:
1.) X-Play, a gaming review show on G4
2.)Attack of the Show a nightly technology show on G4
3.)E3, the convention that has the top 3 gaming company's, aka, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony gather and preview their new games each year.