Gaming Explained (for dummies!)

There are some things girls do that guys don’t get. Shopping, gossiping, dressing up in a million different ways and styles and on and on and on. Now guys, being simpler creatures, are more easier for the fairer sex to unravel, except for one thing, a passion for the game (I’ll be talking about computer games here, so if you’re looking for another sports article, point your mouse at that back button, and take your virtual surfboard elsewhere before you’re wiped out by disappointment).

Let’s admit, we guys are addicted to action. Given a choice, I would seriously consider going back to the time of kings and warriors, where dying by the sword was a thing of honour and all men were opponents. That’s just how we work, because we’re not satisfied sitting and admiring pretty things and doing the gardening. But fortunately or unfortunately, the world went and decided to get developed, and the days of the good ol’ fights were lost and left behind to become the stuff of legend and epic movies. However, all the technological advancement gave us the other things that women just don’t understand….gadgets!

So when the computer, one of the most preferred gadgets of us lazy, jobless bums, gives us the ability to immerse ourselves in worlds not dreamed of in a long time, isn’t it obvious what happens? Going on quests, slaying dragons, participating in the historic events of the World Wars, racing cars we’ll probably never lay our hands on, and drooling at female characters is all part of the appeal. Another thing is, and parents definitely won’t agree with this fact, games are actually educational. What better way to understand the World War than by fighting in it? Learning about civilizations by watching them develop and conquer and improving a few reflexes along the way. And the good game that comes along every so often is such a spine tingling or heart racing experience that it brightens up our miserable modern lives in ways a million classic movies couldn’t.

It’s pretty obvious that it still won’t make sense to the fairer sex as to why we do the things we do, but just consider it revenge for asking our opinions on curtain designs and embroidery! This is all the explanation you deserve for the dreariest hours of every male child those were wasted away at dress shops around the world. As for us, we say cheers to the ale drinking, pipeweed smoking warriors, the nameless, faceless characters of Medal of Honor and Call of Duty, and the Bugatti Veyron!