My fingers itch...

Good morning, everyone.

Good morning.

My name is Aylad MacOdys…

Hello, Aylad.

…and I’m a gamer.

Thank you, Aylad, for sharing.

It’s true, I am.  I’m not a “serious gamer” or a “hardcore gamer” or what-have-you, but I would definitely spend hours each day playing video games if I didn’t have other, more important things to do (and a sweet, beautiful wife who knows there are always more important things to do).

Gaming is not my only pastime, by any means.  I’m also a reader, and recently a blogger, and I enjoy web design, and I occasionally like to indulge a bit of creativity in less digital realms.

Sooner or later, however, “the itch” finds its way into my head, and once there, it grows.  And grows some more.  And spreads.  And soon, I am back in front of one electronic device or another, pressing buttons and waiting for the satisfaction of completed goals.

Don’t listen to people who say that gaming is addictive.  They don’t know what they’re talking about.  Cocaine is addictive.  Gaming is GAMING.

(It’s the little goblins inside the controllers.  They’re hypnotists.)

Even those other hobbies frequently merge with my gaming.  Reading?  You should see my Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo novel collections.  Web design?  Aylad.com used to be a fansite devoted to a cheap little role-playing game known as Graal Online.  Creative pursuits?  My Crayola Model Magic sculpture of Yoshi is the envy of my gaming friends (and possibly my wife as well, hehe).

Blogging?  Well, not usually, but then here comes this post…

One of the many wonderful things about my wife is that she’s as impatient as I am to buy a Wii.  She’s more level-headed than I am about it… I’d have had one days ago were it not for her reminding me of our strained post-wedding budget and total lack of free time… but I know she can’t wait to get her hands on Animal Crossing:  City Folk and MySims Kingdom.  (Neither can I… yet another way that we’re perfectly matched; I’m no more interested in Resident Evil or Dead Space than she is.  Well, not much more.)

I’m glad she doesn’t know that I’ve been sneaking out of bed in the middle of the night to get my Sims 2 fix… *cough*  Oh, hi, honey, were you reading this?

Are you actually so confused that you think gamers have any influence on anyone?  Gamers are considered by normal people to be cretins.  Get used to it. — attributed to Jack Thompson

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