Reflection for week 11

I watched an interesting television program last night on the Discovery Channel entitled “Rise of the Video Game” (http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/video-game/video-game.html). This was the second in a series of five episodes which chronicles the history and future of video games and the overall industry. It’s funny to reflect on when the Nintendo Entertainment System, for in-home use, came out in the 80s. I remember the parents of one of my friends said that for Christmas they were getting one of the systems. We went insane! I think for weeks, or maybe it was months, all we wanted to do was play Super Mario Brothers. Thinking back, I cannot explain why we were so enthralled with the Nintendo ES. The only explanation I can come to is that it brought the video arcade into our homes. Whereas before the only time we were able to play video games was when we went out to a restaurant that had them and we had to beg our parents for a few quarters. It’s amazing to see what a huge part video games, whether they are pc or home gaming systems or just games on cell phones or PDAs, have become of our lives, which will most likely continue into the future.