Top 5 reasons: why gaming is the #1 form of entertainment.

Gaming is often looked at as the bastard child of the entertainment industry. Often look downed upon by the majority. People will find any excuse to make gaming negative. Bunch of haters if you ask me.

But just take a look back at history; the greatest things in life had the most haters. Why do you think so many people hate Canada, yeah I said it. Gaming has a lot of haters, that’s saying something. That’s just contrasting at how great this form of entertainment really is.

Here are top 5 reasons why gaming is the best form of entertainment:

5. Type of bonding

Is there any bonding when watching a movie? No. You and your friends, family or strangers just sit in the same room whether in theatres or at home, just staring at the screen. While gaming, you are talking smack, laughing, jumping out of excitement, giving high-fives and sometimes raging in anger and starting a real fight (okay just forget about the last one). But the great thing is whether fighting or celebrating it’s you interacting with a real person. Whether its your friend , dad, brother, or son it creates some great memories which you can cherish, You can even cherish this with complete strangers thanks to the new gaming consoles online modes, speaking of strangers…

4.Community

Where else are you going to interact with strangers from across the world, in stuff you share the same interest in. Canyou watch a movie while connected to strangers that have mic s’ over a network system? No. Because only gaming offers that. You can ask a person living in Uganda what’s the weather outside, or join forces with someone in Japan to defeat aliens trying to take over the world. Hey you can even discover stuff about your family over the networks like how many 12 year olds your moms been with in England and Germany.
3.Value

You buy a movie for $25 you get 2-3 hours, hey some movies are even less than that. You buy a game like Fallout 3 for $69.99 (CDN) and you get more than 100 hours of gameplay. But let’s be fair not all games are 100 hours. But the games that aren’t long make it up with multiplayer. Multiplayer can last you 100+ hours, no lie. If you don’t know how well online gaming is see #4.
2. Variety

There are a variety of consoles in the market. There are variety of ways of playing it aswell. With a controller, with motion sensing or with a wave of the hand ( natal) you can experience the same game different ways. But that’s outside the game, inside a game you can tackle it in many different ways, which ups the replay value, see #3 again. Do you want to beat Metal Gear Solid 4 by shooting your way through? How about sneaking? In First person? Third person? Only gaming offers you the ability to play in many different ways you see fit. How do you want to watch Twilight? With your eyes closed or open?
1. The Experience

Do you want to be a general of an army and conduct strategic attacks? Do you want to survive an onslaught of zombies with a baseball bat? Do you want to shoot aliens with alien weapons? Do you want to drive a jet, speedboat,  jet ski, car, or a  pony? Do you want to play basketball, soccer, football, hockey, baseball while controlling your favourite athletes?  Well you can do all this and more through gaming. If I start listing what can be done I won’t get a chance to sleep for a couple of days. Gaming gives you feedback, whether your controller shakes acknowledging you that you blew up the right building, or someone yelling at you through the speakers, telling you how much you “f*cked up” whatever the case, at least you know YOU did it. When watching a movie you can’t help that cute girl who is being eaten by a zombie, all you can do is sit and watch.

Hey Don’t get me wrong, movies are great, but games are better. J

Honourable mentions:
Boring Factor
when’s the last time you fell asleep playing a game? How about a movie? Exactly
Even bad games aren’t boring because you’re actually doing something. Bad movies on the other hand are a great way to beat that insomnia you’re having.

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