Choosing My Topic

Why I chose my topic...

Video games have been a part of my life every since I was three years old. I remember watching my father and uncles play video games with each other and I always wanted to join in the excitement. The first game that I ever played with my family was Super Mario Brothers, which was on the Nintendo. My father bought my first videogame system, the Sega Genesis, for me when I was ten years old and to this day I have been addicted to videogames. I use to sell candy to my classmates so I could have money to rent games, save up all the money I received for my birthdays and Christmas to buy new games, and read all the latest magazines so I could know what new video games would be released. Now that I am older I am in school to become a video game designer. I would like to work for a major video game company and help create games that I know and love.

It was not hard for my to choose to write about this issue because I feel so strongly about it. It has been many times that I have sat in front of the television and watched parents blame video games violence for the murder of a love one in their family. I dream of going in front of congress and discussing how video games should not be blamed for every murder of a young adult.

Since I have been playing games for so long I have played all genres of games, that is why I feel I can say games should not be banned. I can not see someone killing a person because they slayed a dragon or flying and fighting in the sky in a game. I hope that I can sway a few know readers into believing that video games aren't as bad as the media and congress try to make it.