Game On!

Designing may or may not be a well paying job, but surely is a glamorous one. I am also a designer, but a video game designer, the glamour quotient being a little less, but an exciting and fast paced field. People who listen to what I do often are amazed, shocked and pleasantly surprised. There is a level of appreciation, but also a lot of disagreement. "Computer games, matlab woh dhai dhai waali games, violence waali", is a comment I often get to hear.

Violence, blood, gore, guns, missions are all part of video games and also of movies, serials, books, news. It is as much part of life as laughter, love, friendship, hand shakes, phones. Most games do not preach violence, they just have it. Games are virtual pleasures, they have the possibility of everything that a real world does not. Games are also like movies, just that the hero is the player and all the stunts are in his hands to perform. It gives the ultimate adrenaline rush. No one is all saintly to have never gotten agitated, hit someone, shout at someone, or like a few others cried and howled over something. Games would be a great outlet, and mind you the violent ones, and it gets your mind working too, with all the logic,planning and agility.

The tussle between the gamers/game makers and the others would go on forever. I also hate it when parents go totally against games, whereas it is something that would interest the child. Its crazy when parents can let their children become couch potatoes and watch cartoons on the television but not play games. I d also suggest the saas bahu serials to actually convert their formats into games, and let the housewives, put some logic and brains into these stories.

Anyways I d really suggest everyone who likes to watch TV or doesn't mind spending some time on the computer to give gaming a try, its extremely exciting.

You can even kill, you get killed too (but you respawn ;P).