For you gamers out there, what I?m about to say is going to shock and amaze you. This summer I purchased my first gaming console since the eighth grade, an Xbox 360.
When I arrived home with my prized possession, I couldn?t wait to show my roommate. I practically kicked down the door to his room only to receive a lifted eyebrow as my roommate said, ?Ha, welcome to 2005.?
Growing up my parents put a lot of stress on staying away from the TV. In all honesty, it worked. Even though all my friends throughout junior high and high school were pretty hardcore gamers, I seemed to completely avoid it. Throughout college I?ve been exposed to some passionate gamers; in fact, I now live with three of them.
My parents recently told me how proud they were that I never got caught up in the gaming scene that cost many a college freshman his college career.
The more I thought about this compliment, the more I realized that gaming really isn?t having an effect on my ?passionate gamer? friends? college careers. Why not? It?s because they, unlike their dropout counterparts, have found a way to balance gaming and the other important stuff that?s less cool.
Grant Knoble, a graduating senior and a mechanical engineering major, has been playing games since before he could read.
?I remember playing Zelda on NES and thinking to myself that I should really learn how to read,? Knoble said. ?I had no idea what the text on the screen meant.?
Knoble games about fifteen hours a week and sometimes all weekend and has been on the Dean?s list every semester of his college career. According to Knoble, the key to balancing college life and gaming is to make gaming an incentive to getting the important things accomplished first.
Jerrid Gimenez, a senior software engineering major, has also been gaming the majority of his life. ?Don?t get me wrong, I love not putting on pants and ragin? with my level twenty Pyromancer (fire wizard) on Dark Souls, but there is just other stuff that matters more,? Gimenez said.
Gimenez fully admits that there have been semesters early on in his college career that he put considerably more hours than he should have into video games and his grades suffered. Since then he?s learned to please his gamer addiction, but also do well in school.
Gimenez currently spends about twelve hours a week gaming and probably two to three on researching game tactics and reading forums to hone his skills.
Both of the students mentioned above enjoy playing video games and have been able to successfully balance gaming and reality. To those of you that are having a hard time with it, remember that you?re here to build the foundations of a career, to build yourself a life and to jam your head with useful knowledge, not to waste your time and money on video games. Video games are a hobby, not your life.
Source: http://www.uwpexponent.org/2012/02/17/gaming-can-be-part-of-college-life/
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