FIRST PERSON SHOOTER
That pretty much says it all
about the “game” you’re going to play.
You, my friend, are the “shooter”!
All you have to do is plunk yourself down, grab your ‘joy” stick (not sure how
it got its name) which magically transforms on your HD/3-D screen into a real
live looking weapon of mass destruction, and then, all you have to do is
squeeze the trigger and all hell breaks loose. Burly looking monsters, gigantic bugs and
spiders, ferocious man eating beasts twice the size as the real ones, and then,
of course, the people, that, usually look a little more the real thing. Meaner looking? Maybe. But there has to be a
way of separating the “good” guys from the “bad” ones.
So, now what you get to do is
practice; how to aim, shoot, and kill whatever is coming at you. “Stand your
ground”! The better you become at dropping these “real-life” looking monsters and
virtual humans, the higher the numbers get on the scoreboard, the more the
bells ring, and more cheers blast out of
your “real life” 10-speaker surround sound system.
After a while you might get
bored; same images, popping out from behind the same walls, you don’t even need
to aim any more. Not to worry, there’s plenty more of these “games” where that
one came from. All you need to do is go to Game Stop or click on Amazon, pull
out your credit card and off you go. This is a multi-billion dollar industry
that buys the best talent to create the best games that can best hook you into
living a good part of your life (up to 8 hrs or more a day for some) living in “virtual”
reality. Hell, between 8 hrs of sleep where you can live in dreams, plus 8 hrs
of living in a virtual world, there’s not much time left learn how to live and
cope in the real world.
This scenario plays out in
millions of homes across this country. Statistically, it’s logical to assume
that some of the individuals playing these games might be disturbed. Angry at
someone(s), being mistreated by others, having their hearts broken; you know,
just living a regular life. Problem is some of us just don’t cope with life as
well as others and life takes on a different meaning. It’s painful, hopeless, useless,
and worthless, so why go on living?
So, some of these lost souls
might think to themselves; I am good at some things. Take, for example, how,
with years of practice, I was able to ace any “first person shooter” I sat down
in front of.
So why not say goodbye the best way I can?
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