So in the last month or so I have been neck deep into COD4 (Call of Duty 4, for those who live in caves deep below the surface and hunt by smell...). I am loving it. One thing I have been noticing a lot of lately though is "young" kids asking me how old I am and then making incredulous remarks about my age. It is very odd. I am 31 years old. I have a 1 year old son. The number one question I get is why are you playing games? Don't you have a life? Yes I do. A damn good one, I work at Microsoft, I own my house, I will soon own a much bigger house, I have a beautiful wife and an amazing son. Does this mean that I do not get to have free time? Or when I do have a spare moment what am I "supposed" to be doing? I don't party, I don't drink, I don't do drugs. I enjoy gaming and spending time with my family. I happen to have a life where I am comfortable enough to have a nice pastime like gaming.

My wife enjoys games once in a while. She rocks at G.R.A.W. 1 & 2 (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, for the afore mentioned cave dwellers...). She has been known to play Halo 3, Viva Pinata, and some others. I honestly think that in terms of gaming maturity the United States tends to lag a bit behind some other countries. Look at China and Japan. Both places that I have been to where gaming is considered an adult pastime. The gaming industry has started upping the bar on the target audience for many games. What before may have been a 12-18 year old group is now a 18-34 year old group. Hence the large number of games carrying the M rating. One of these times I figure I should return the favor and ask one of these "youngns'" what do think they will be doing after work when they "grow up". Does it bother them that someone who can afford to by the games without asking mommy and daddy is playing?

But for now I think I will just stick to my stand by answer... "Yes I am really that old... And I just PWNED you..."

Till next time... Frag you later

Currently in Rotation:

Call of Duty 4, HellGate London, Unreal 3, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Universe At War, Gears of War(Windows), Halo 3