So my little brother James just moved in last week from Newfoundland. He is really enjoying Ottawa so far. He has been here visiting before so he knows the pace of the big city and he has already begun exploring downtown. He has passed out resumes like crazy and is now waiting for some call backs. Since waiting around can become pretty boring he went out and bought a PS3. Needless to say our cable hasn’t been since last week.
I was never really into video games (besides Super Mario Bros. and Tetris on my old school Nintendo) and I wanted to see what it was all about. So I asked James to teach me how to play. Like I said, I used to play Nintendo – two buttons and a direction pad, so the process of learning a controller that has 14 buttons was challenging to say the least. I started off with a fairly easy game, Little Big Planet, and it was pretty good. It was kind of the same thing over and over but I think it was the perfect game for me to start with.
Then James started playing a game called Uncharted 2. He described it as being National Treasure meets Die Hard. I liked that description! So I watched him play for a bit and it was awesome!! I decided that I wanted to learn how to play and asked him if he thought I was ready for something like that – like he was my Playstation trainer or something. (Well I suppose he is really when you think about it – but that’s besides the point…) So I got up bright and early the next day ready for my next session. James was ready to be frustrated by the fact that I was a “noob” but he took it well. It took me a while to learn how to move my body with one controller and my sight with the other. Also I couldn’t shoot and walk at the same time for a while. But after hours of practice I was getting better. I really don’t have anything to compare it to but I really like the game and suggest it to everyone. James got the PS3 on a Friday…it’s Monday and I have finished the game… Yes I spent my whole weekend playing Playstation. I figure it’s alright because I have never played it before till now. I don’t know maybe it’s the video game lover inside of me justifying my new addiction : ) Thanks James!
