The gaming community

Gaming is a community. Ever since the age of five, I've been playing video games. I wasn't the only one that enjoyed playing video games, and how they're made, so I made friends with the same interests at me, even right now in college. Most of us stayed together by just sharing our love of video games, and the community is still growing, since all of us are all meeting fellow gamers as well.

Our interests, needs, and values that we share with each of us is what makes the gaming community. Obviously having an interest in video games would make the community, but other needs qualities that most of us should share is enjoying video games. Although it may seem like video game companies are only doing it for the money, most of us could agree that they're also having fun by making all the games for gamers out there. Also, a need for all of us is to have some kind of communication, from meeting up at some place like a mall, or a store, to meeting up online such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Xbox Live and online forums.

Occasionally, there would be some tension between the gaming community. Often, it's about consoles with which is better; the PS3, Xbox 360, or the Wii. Arguments like that would often drag on for days, sometimes even weeks without a definite conclusion. The argument always dissipates and everyone forgets that it happened. It only usually happens when a new game comes out for a certain console, but not for the rest of them.

The fact that I love video games helps me fit in with the gaming community. I wouldn't be involved with it if I didn't really enjoy video games like I do right now. I think what makes the gaming community one that I want to be a part of is how many people are involved in it. Even though most of them aren't always nice, it just feels good to have similar interests with other people.