Are the terms double-kill, battle-riffle, slayer, betrayed or kill-joy familiar? How about Goomba, Bowser, Buzy Beetles, ground pounds, or a fire-breathing piranha plant?
Video games have been around since before I was born and are still increasing in popularity. The first console was the Magnavox Odyssey released in 1972 for $100. The most recent release was the Playstation 3 for $349.99.
Although we are in tough economic times, hundreds of people will manage to purchase this console. The gaming businesses are obviously making enough money if they are able to add a new item to the market.
Upgrades and new designs are not going to stop after a release. Games are always being designed, new controllers and even magnets or toys are made duplicating a figure in a game.
Just for the technological insight, the term “double-kill” comes from Halo 3 and Goomba from the classic Mario Brothers. These are two games of the few I actually owned.
It was new at the time, but Halo is the only game that offers multi-players on one TV to play online. Players can even purchase a headset and communicate with each other.
It seems like it would be dangerous talking with a stranger from somewhere in the world, but no personal information is exchanged. Some gamers will bully up on the other team and tell each other where a player is hiding using their head sets.
The increase in popularity also means more females are actually playing. I will play Halo online and one in every five games there is a female. When a female does play, every guy jumps in excitement of hearing her voice.
I have not “manned up” and have refused to talk on the microphone with other people. Everyone seems to do it with ease, but it is almost like public speaking to me.
Other than Halo, a majority of games can be played online with other people. While back in 1972 it was not even possible to play with a gamer across the street.
On average there are about 55,079 players on Halo every night. That doesn’t include how many are on their Playstations, Nintendo Ds or the Xbox.
There are millions of people with at least one video game console.
It was until only two years ago I actually got an Xbox.
I can only say I got the Xbox and not bought it because I won it in a drawing from a news station. As for my five games, they were given to me by an excessive gamer wanting to share his knowledge.
It was not until recently that I began playing my Xbox. I never really played it, and now I realize how much I missed out. I look forward to hearing the engine whirr and the green light flash when I turn it on.
Game companies look to invent a console that will suit everyone. My mother never bought me a system and now she wants to play.
My dad has trouble working a controller in a shooting game, but he loves Grand Theft Auto and racing games. He seems to have no trouble working the buttons in the games he likes. If older people can acquire the skill, there is no way a teenager cannot.