Yes, I am a nerd MA+ Language

I am a nerd. That’s no secret, but there are different types of nerds. There are nerds, the ones that are 30, live in their mom’s basement, play D&D and WOW, never supported themselves and are greased face pizza eaters, and then there are social fun nerds. Obviously I can only be one of those… “Mom, not now, I’m busy!!!” Oh, wait I’m the cool nerd.

This is a rant blog, and about time. I started this thing to be angry and get things off my chest so here is another. I am a 27, almost 27 year old gamer nerd… and I am better off in life than you so go eat a stick,

Growing up we had a few gaming systems, a Nintendo, super Nintendo and a Sega Geneses. I had a Gameboy. But my time playing these were limited and always in the living room. I was a bit shafted when it came to video games. And when my buddies got the new games, I did not, and was not allowed to play the fun ones. Remember when Mortal Kombat was cool? Well since mom saw on the news that it was too bloody and violent I was not allowed to play. So of course I would go to a friend’s to play it. In high school I broke mom down and I got a PSone, even then though the games were rare. I think the most “gamer” game I had was FF8. When I got on my own I bought an Xbox and Halo. I thought it was amazing that I could play whatever and whenever I wanted. Now I am a gamer nerd. I have the PS3, Xbox360, PSP, Nintendo DS, and too many games. I follow gamer blogs and websites. I read reviews, I get excited about upcoming games, I even spend hundreds of dollars on games. I waited in line with Rue and Bmbb for 7+ hours outside of a mall in the freezing cold for a video game, and would do it again. Why is this such a bad thing and frowned upon in society?

I spend countless hours playing any one game, by myself or with friends. Friends, that’s a major issue that people complain about. “that’s why you don’t have friends, you spend all day playing video games” “Why don’t you go make real friends instead of random people on Xbox” Well, most of my good friends are thousands of miles away from me, its not like we can go to the Moose or the movies together every day. That is how I spend time with my friends.

“You know video games are not real right? It’s not real life it’s all fantasy.” Well no shit tips, thanks for the heads up, because I swear that I could have unlimited ammo and a chainsaw assault rifle, run around town and shoot whatever the hell I wanted and not go to jail. I actually had no idea that if I jumped from a 500 foot building that I would die. This is probably the thing that makes me most angry and annoyed. My ex, the Succubus continuously said this to me, and for some reason I could not get her to understand it is just a form of fun for me. I know games are not real, when have I ever said or tried to act like they are? Video games are a form of release and a way to relax… well, most the time, unless that asshole is a corner camper with a noob tube, or corner camps with the sawed off. Point is, I love playing video games, and 9 times out of 10 when I do, I get super relaxed and get rid of stress.

Video games in a way helped save my life. When all of that shit with the Succubus went down I was in a very very dark place in my life. To help with this Batmanners and I would play a transformers game on Xbox every chance we got. We would play for hours into the night. Xbox and alcohol was my life for a few weeks. But because of it, and being able to escape into a video game, it helped me relax and forget about all of the shit that bitch put me through. Months later Batmanners and I were talking and I thanked him for basically saving my life. He told me that he knew I needed a friend and those video games were the best way to help me.

I am a gamer nerd, I love my video games… but it is not my life. Sure there are sometimes I decide not to go out because I would rather play, but I get out. I have a social life. I have friends. Video games do not control my life. I have a great job, I make great money, I have a nice car, a nice home, new clothes on my back… and probably better off than half of the people who say “You are a good for nothing nerd. Get a life.” I get out of the house, I hang out with friends, I go out to eat, I go to movies and the mall.  The only thing missing in my life is a woman, and yes there are female nerds. Sadly most women think video games are childish. Those women are retarded and not good enough for me.

This is something that will probably never change for me; I will always enjoy my games, and will always want/get the new consoles and new games. I want to be 40 and be able to play video games with my kids. I am buying my nephew an Xbox so we can play video games together. It is something to have in common; it is a great bonding tool.

So to all of you who think and say “Time to grow up and stop with your childish games.” “It’s not real life you know.” STFU because I’m tired of hearing it. You don’t like video games, you think they make kids violent, (they don’t btw) you think they are a waste of time and money I get it, but I am not you. Now, if you will excuse me, I feel like shooting, cutting, blowing up, beating the hell out of and straight up demolishing shit on my Xbox. And to you sir I say good day.

The Meat Hammer.