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I've always known, and yesterday it was reaffirmed. I am a video game addict. Subconsciously knowing this throughout the years, I have limited my accessability to video games by selling my XBOX, not purchasing controllers for my PC until I'd owned it nearly two years, and never buying or downloading any games. Then, yesterday, I fell off the wagon. I downloaded a N64 emulator and Goldeneye, my favourite game from years past. Well, this is the first piece of writing I've even thought of doing since that time. It was sparked by my sleeping fiancee raising her head and blearily remarking "my god, you're addicted already....." and then dozing back off. I contemplated this, and realized yes, yes I was. You see, it began innocently enough, just wanting to play a couple of games because I have some free time. I started off at the easiest difficulty, as the controllers weren't responding the way they should. Suffice it to say I have it rigged more complex than helicopter controls, as that's the only way the game would accept a controller. The left analogue stick looks left and right and moves backward and forward....the right, looks up and down and moves side to side....it's a pain in the ass....but I digress. After I'd mastered these complex controls, I was off into my own world of Bond....James Bond, like I was a teenager in high school again. If I lost or died, it didn't stop or deter me. No, in fact, it caused me to issue a vendetta on the level and anyone in my path, lest I not make it through the game. I've already beaten it on agent and secret agent and am halfway through on 007 agent. Anyone who's played the game knows this takes a significant amount of time. And it's been TWO lousy days. Yes, I am indeed a video game addict, one who must play none at all, lest he fall victim again to the digital world. Once this little bout with GoldenEye is over, I'll have to climb back on the wagon again, for the good of my creativity and my valuable time. Video games are fun, but when you're a video game addict, they can be just like any other drug; time-wasting, money-wasting, brain-wasting activities that just don't seem worth it in retrospect.

Sir Smittius