"Halo 3" Be thy Name Blog question #1

Halo 3 has been created as the "first-person shooter game" exclusively for for the Xbox 360. It was released just last year, 2007, and on its first day received a gross of $170 million in retail sales. That was only the first day and yet it was still able to do better than the release of the highly anticipated, "Spider-Man 3" which only received a gross of $151 million at the box office in its opening weekend.
There are people my age that are only movie lovers or only gamers. There are reasons why they choose to be any of them, reason being for a movie lover is that maybe they just prefer to watch a story. Watching a movie will just require you to just sit back, and can either make you feel the suspense, sadness or excitement of the movie. (Depending on the genre of course.) For a gamer, I guess they find it more enjoyable to have a more interactive experience and be 'in' a storyline, or challenge to either get a high score or to complete the whole game. It requires you to get through levels and obstacles to get to the top of which ever type of game you are playing. Both can really be enjoyable for both a group of friends or individually. Although for movies, watching them individually can be boring when you can't share the feeling or insights of the movie with your friends. For gaming, it really can cause you to get addicted and have your eyes glued to the screen the whole time, not having any clue as to what's happening in reality. So really, I feel that the youths are all divided on this due to, their interests and how involved they want to be in a story - to passively watch a movie or interact with characters in a game.
I have to say that I can be both a movie lover and a gamer. I really enjoy watching movies, especially if there is a movie that has really caught my attention. Also, if I just would like to do something relaxing I would rather watch a movie. I can really get addicted to playing game systems such as the only ones I have, my PS2 and especially my DS Lite. I guess I can really get into that mood of "I-MUST-FINISH-THE-GAME" addiction. If I really have to make a choice whether to be a movie lover and a gamer, I would have to say that I am more of gamer. This would be because only really good movies are released once in awhile. You can say the same with games but, movies are usually finished after about an hour or two. Whereas for gamers, depending on the game, it could surely take longer than 2-4 average hours movie, perhaps days or weeks. Video games, once again depending on the game, allow you to actually interact somehow in either completing the game or reaching to get a high score with challenges and difficulty levels that makes it more exciting and fun. I can also really get tired of games, especially if my eyes hurt or I could be doing something more productive, I can easily give it up. But depending on the time, whether if really good movies come out at a certain time. I feel that youth will put down their game controls and be a movie lover, such as I would do. But that's really only once in a while thing. So I am more of a gamer, surprisingly.

Reeza Enverga