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One evening, on a regular Friday afternoon, my older brother came home with a brand-new Xbox 360. He brought out a headset and controller and asked me if I wanted to play. It may seem insignificant, but this singular moment changed the rest of my life. I cannot think of a day in the past 6 years when I have not gotten on my computer or Xbox to play video games with my friends. From skillfully mastering mechanics to defeat the Ender Dragon in Minecraft, to pressing the 'A' button and jumping on some Goombas in Mario, I have fallen in love with video games due to the freedom provided inside these worlds.
Waking up on a Saturday afternoon after spending all night playing video games with my friends is the best feeling I have ever had in my life. Games have captivated me like nothing else was able to and have kept me going through life. They are the reason I am who I am, and I will always be thankful to my brother for lending me his controller and introducing me to the vast world of gaming. Video games made me happy when nothing else could: when I failed a math test, or someone was rude towards me, the only thing that could keep my mind off of it was video games. When in doubt, I knew that video games would always be in my room, sitting there and waiting for me to come down and put my headset on.
Video games created a competitive drive in my soul. Before playing video games, I never enjoyed much. So much so that my parents called me 'turtle' because of how slow I was to complete everyday activities because of the apathetic nature I had in my early life. Losing in a video game was different from losing in everything else. It made me want to strive to become better than what I was before. This eagerness to become better after a tough loss brought me to the place I am now. In all honesty, I would be a horrible student if it were not for video games. As ironic as it may sound, video games pushed me to do more in my whole life than on after.
With the amount of distress going on in the world, it’s a great feeling to know I can always play a game and connect with people. No matter what they look like, what car they drive, where they live, or how old they are, I can always connect and learn about people and become a better person through these experiences. Video games have taught me what it means to connect with people and have shown me what empathy was, not just what empathy means. Video games cultivated my personality and allowed me to recognize the importance of helping people. Video games can change your perspective on people and the world itself. Traveling to Niger and virtually experiencing the hardships that come from these places only helped transcribe how truly hard it was for these people. Video games force me to see the bad in the world, traveling from experience to experience. Video games made me want to volunteer more for my community and one day help more than just my community.
I want to create wonderful virtual worlds for people to play and explore, something that anyone could sit down and adventure through nights upon nights and still not be bored. Relieving people from their hardships is what I want to accomplish, through not only video games but helping in the real world. Life is a tough row to hoe, and helping people have fun is beautiful. My goal, however, is to help aid people from my community to people across the world through virtual means and real-life needs.
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