There is a smaller room in my house that contains a television, a VCR, an X-Box, and, more recently, my computer. It is, for all intents and purposes, a game room.
The trouble started when my dad bought Madden 2004 for the X-box. He… plays it a lot. He’s had it almost three months now, and it still seems like he’s playing it all the time. I recently (2 days ago) started playing System Shock 2. It wasn’t as scary or ambient as I had been led to believe, so, frustrated, I thought: Why not try it late at night with the lights off?
Holy Crap.
I can’t begin to tell you the difference that made. I found myself hiding behind vending machines, gun shaking, scared half to death, the ridicule of The Many permeating my mind.
Unfortunately, it was at that moment that my dad came in, rolled his eyes (I might not have actually seen him do it, but I know he did
) and asked what I was doing sitting in the dark. I mentioned "Optimal Gaming Light Level". He chuckled and turned on the light. I screamed and said "Grah! What are you doing! I need that off!" He said he needed it on and turned on the X-Box for another round of Madden. Now it’s horribly bright… pop songs from Madden are wafting through the air, and the terror I felt before is utterly extinguished. I thought about moving the computer back up to my room, but now that we have DSL everyone wants to use the Internet, and that means people would be invading my teenage dominion.
Looks like I’m out of luck.
Oh well… suggestions/ideas/comments?
(and they wont get in unless you say otherwise).
