Gaming Gone Wild!

I think this is a great topic for our blogs because it’s something everyone has an opinion on. I don’t play video games as much as I used to about 3 years ago but I still thoroughly enjoy them. But as I talk about my own opinion on video games I am probably going to contradict myself. So bear with me, and hopefully you’ll understand what I’m trying to say.

I don’t play video games as much as I used to about 3 years ago but I still thoroughly enjoy them. When I was 12 I used to be obsessed with this game called Harvest Moon for my GameCube. I wanted to buy all the different versions for every possible system. I bought a few of them but eventually I got older, and had better things to do than grow a virtual farm for 42 hours/week or more. In my house we have a GameCube, PS2, Nintendo DS, and a PSP. The most frequently used system is the PS2 (by my 9 year old brother, he just got a new game last night and he’s playing it right now). The rest of the systems aren’t used as much. My other brother (Cole, 13) begged for a PSP for his birthday in July and hardly ever uses it. This is the case for many kids in North America. They want all kinds of games but after a couple weeks the novelty wears off and the new game goes unnoticed. For this reason I don’t ask for any video games. I wouldn’t mind a Nintendo Wii but I know I wouldn’t use it very often so there isn’t much point in buying one. I play most video games on my iPod touch or on the computer. Usually the reason I play is because I can’t find anything else to do. Playing video games is not usually the first thing I think of doing. This being said, depending on the game, once I get started it’s hard to stop. That is what makes me believe it would be hard to get young people’s attention and encourage them to start playing sports, volunteering or working harder in school.

I think it’s important that young people know they shouldn’t be wasting so much time playing video games and it is very important to stay physically fit and work hard for school but with new systems such as the Wii, people are convinced they are getting a work out from this. One reason I think a lot of young people play video games is to escape from reality for a little bit; to forget about the pressures of a sports team or their academic lives. I think that is acceptable but it is important not to get carried away. You know you are playing video games way too much when getting to level 37 is way more important to you than getting an A on an essay worth 30% of your grade. As long as everyone knows their boundaries there should be no problem with video games.

The Campaign Trail

I think this advertisement is very effective. I thought it had a great message and I think it easily highlights many issues that Obama will have to be solving during his time as president. The issues highlighted in this advertisement are unemployment, war (in Iraq specifically), minimal health coverage, the diminishing economy and global warming.
At the end of the commercial when the first character finally answers the question, “WASSUP?” he says, “Change”. America is going through some great changes right now; they have their first black president (I am glad I am alive and that I am able to watch this unfold, so to speak) and they are going to be getting rid of a man who did nothing good for them these past few years (you can see the difference in the two commercials, eight years earlier everyone was a lot happier). Americans are hoping to turn everything right around and I hope they do to. I think President Obama is the right person to get them back on the right track. He must be so grateful to have been voted not just simply president of the United States but to be the first black man to be voted president. Barack Obama’s story is going to be so famous and is going to become such an important part of American history.
This advertisement shows everyone that President Obama knows what he is dealing with; he knows the things that people want him to fix. This advertisement shows that he, himself, is ready for a change and is glad to make it happen.

I don’t really know much about politics, I just think Obama is an innocent man that seems to really want what is best for the country. So to sum that all up I’m pro Obama and I think that advertisement probably spoke to a lot of people. I for one really enjoyed it. I found this picture and well, I guess not everyone feels the same way I do. To each’s own!