Nightmare's Blog

I've never really brought this up before, but this was brought to my attention just a few days ago. My boyfriend and I were out to lunch and I overheard this couple talking about how they wished their son would go out more, but he stays locked in his room all day. From what I heard, the kid is like in high school and rarely goes out much. Now they bought him every system he has, including both PS3 (which runs around four or five hundred dollars) and an X-Box 360 (close to four hundred dollars) this isn't even including the games which can be about thirty to fifty dollars each if you know where to shop. But you really can't just play one game and be happy.

My boyfriend and I leave and at the same time we actually say: "Why did they buy the games if they didn't want him to use them?" We're both gamers, which means, I spend on average, forty hours playing games a week, ten hours online (which isn't a lot if you go by week) around thirty at work, about sixteen hours at school, and the rest is either sleep, eating or just reading. He's worse than I am at about sixty hours a week because he's already graduated and he has every system except PS3 and X-Box 360 and he has a more flexible schedule.

So here is my question for hopefully awhile because I know a lot of you are tired of reading my comments if you read them at all.

Why on earth do people go out, buy a bunch of electronics for their kid and than start to complain when the games start to warp their minds?! 

I'm not talking about the games that are good, bad or ugly. I'd be a hippocrite to be against video games. But even in the little books that come with the games, they recommend rest after about five hours. (Go ahead and check, it should in most older games) I also take time not to play and to go out more. This isn't about the subject matter in video games, I want to know why people go out to buy them.

Also did you notice I changed my avatar? It's Gloria from Devil May Cry 4. One of the best series ever!