The First Step Is Admitting It

I concede. I can not deny it any longer. I can not delude myself by saying "I’m not a gamer, I just play WoW". It’s time to just say it.

My name is Jess, and I’m a gamer.

What brought on this sudden realization? I bought a Wii  "for the kids and hubby". Guess who plays it too? That’s right. Me. I play Super Mario 3 (yeah, the old one, the new one is wrapped for a Christmas present). I go to Gamestop weekly looking for games I might enjoy. So far, I’ve only found one…don’t laugh, but Chicken Blaster amuses me. I also, have had a Nintendo DS for 3 years. And a bunch of games for it. Hell I even play FARMVILLE!

I guess it started when I got married almost 17 years ago. My husband (who by the way says HE isn’t a gamer…HA!) has always had a gaming console. We’ve had Super Nintendo, Sega (all of them including the set that had all in one), Playstation, Playstation 2. And I’m probably his reason for denial, because I spent untold hours BITCHING about his playing. But I’d play too. For maybe 10 minutes. Before I’d loseWeight Exercise to him. And get mad. And quit. In a huff. But I’d play the cutesy games given the chance.

He’s into Football (NFL and NCAA), and Shooters (which he says he sucks at).

I’m into RPG, adventure, and puzzles for now. Boxing with Wii is fun too, if not tiring.

I’m also a PC gamer, moreso than consoles. Mainly WoW started it, and The Sims. And thus brings us to the BIG realization. My desktop PC has started it’s descent into death. I got it two years ago. I customized a few things, made sure it was built to handle WoW. But it wasn’t a gaming PC. As usual for me, I underestimated what I needed. I went the cheapest route possible to achieve what I wanted, and now…I’m slowly killing it.

On the advice of trusted bloggers and gamers, I looked at Alienware. I fell in love with what will be my next computer. And, I’m getting Hubby one too. He claims he’ll only come back to WoW if he’s bored with his console games. But, he has never seen the game through a pc built for it. He’s always had what we thought could handle it. And he has had to fight his machines every step of the game. It’s time for him to experience it with the power behind it. Maybe he’ll change his mind seeing it with a new machine. Maybe he won’t. But at least our machines will be ready.

And I’m not quitting WoW in the near future. I figure I can still play when he’s absorbed in his Wii games, playing something I can’t play. Though he did suggest we get GOLF so maybe I could WIN at something…grrrrrrr men. And maybe, since both PC’s will come with Steam installed, I’ll branch out a bit. Who knows.

Jess of all Trades…well that’s fitting.

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