At it Again

A couple of years ago my older brother introduced me to a computer game which I found absolutely addictive. Unfortunately we got a new computer which wasn't compatible with it.
The game I'm talking about is Unreal Tournament.

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I may not be the biggest gamer in the world, in-fact I wouldn't even call myself a gamer, but after recently getting it again I got hooked, again. I try my best not to play it too much but I'm still finding myself playing for about three hours a day, minimum. So trying to cut down the time I spend on it, I emirs myself in anything else I can think of. Homework, cleaning, music, Facebook. I tried everything I could think of and still I came back to the game.

The version I've got at the moment may be out of date (2004), BUT it's still all too easy to keep playing. It doesn't help the no gaming motivation when most of anything I can do on my computer is exactly that. It also doesn't help that several people I'm close to are avid gamers. Although no one I know plays Unreal the gaming culture is still there.

My newly reestablished like for the game got me thinking. How big is the gaming community? I don't game online as our Internet connection is too small, and I don't think I'd be good enough not to be beaten every time. But it's because of this that I don't know how popular it is. I assume it's a big market, or why would developers come out with new ideas so regularly?

Almost everyone of my generation has tried gaming at some part of their life. Whether it Xbox, PlayStation, the computer, or something else I can't think of, the culture is growing. Once upon a time I wouldn't have dreamed of sitting in front of a computer pretending to kill things. There are so many popular games that are referenced in everyday life. The ones I've heard most regularly are World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Call of Duty and Halo.

I've played many different games in my day, such as Rise of Empires, Warcraft (the earlier version of World of Warcraft), and even Roller-coaster Tycoon, but none of them got me as addicted as Unreal has. I don't know what it is about this particular game which is almost impossible to give up. I'm sure I could do it but it would be like trying to give up coffee. I'd just come back to it because I'd prefer not to go through the withdrawals. I enjoy it too much to give it up entirely.

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Somehow I knew I'd get hooked again just before I got it for the second time but I didn't really care at the time. I didn't think it would have any noticeable effect on my life, but I was sadly mistaken, (or happily depending on how you view it).

I'm pretty sure that I could put the whole gaming community to shame with my lack of skills if I ever claimed to be part of it. Thankfully that's not what I'm doing. I'm simply trying to add a sort of warning who's leading a busy life not to get into gaming. IT IS ADDICTIVE. But I also sorta want to promote the game. I LOVE IT.

That's all this is really about.