Video Game Innocence, Is It Lost For Good
Judy Ramsook
May 29, 2008
Remember Mario? In the early days of the video gaming world, Mario was this cheerful looking, computer graphic image that ran, jumped and stomped on enemies in a little 8 Bit NES game known simply as Super Mario Bros.
And after you, the avid video gamer, mastered the art of making Mario run, jump and stomp on those enemies as fast as the speed of the video game system allowed, you looked forward to playing and mastering the next video game, then the next and the next and so on. Video games have come a long way since.
Time and technology have advanced since the days of that 8 Bit NES system. And if you have played some of those early gameboy games, squinting and straining your eyes and under the brightest light you could find, especially at night, then you welcome the technology. And along with all of this technological advancements in the video gaming world, also comes a departure from those days of video gaming innocence.
A time when an innocent Mario or Luigi computer image ran and jumped their way through an adventure game in which the main objective was rescuing Princess Toadstool from the big, bad, Bowzer.
So by the time the 16 Bit SNES, N64, and a range of other video game systems came out with their much improved graphics and or teen and adult ratings, somehow that innocence one felt with the early Super Mario Bros. games got left behind.
And even though those Mario games are still around for all to enjoy, now it seems as though an avid video gamer might get a case of instant video game fever when he/she hears of games such as: Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo, Warcraft etc. one gets the idea.
Even I welcome the technological advances the video gaming world has to offer. Without it I could not play games such as: The World Ends With You, Legend Of Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Nintendo DS Final Fantasy 3 and so on.
And all that video gaming innocence does not have to be lost. Or the loss of it might just depend on which kinds of video games you prefer to play, The Grand Theft Auto kind or the Mario kind.
And after you, the avid video gamer, mastered the art of making Mario run, jump and stomp on those enemies as fast as the speed of the video game system allowed, you looked forward to playing and mastering the next video game, then the next and the next and so on. Video games have come a long way since.
Time and technology have advanced since the days of that 8 Bit NES system. And if you have played some of those early gameboy games, squinting and straining your eyes and under the brightest light you could find, especially at night, then you welcome the technology. And along with all of this technological advancements in the video gaming world, also comes a departure from those days of video gaming innocence.
A time when an innocent Mario or Luigi computer image ran and jumped their way through an adventure game in which the main objective was rescuing Princess Toadstool from the big, bad, Bowzer.
So by the time the 16 Bit SNES, N64, and a range of other video game systems came out with their much improved graphics and or teen and adult ratings, somehow that innocence one felt with the early Super Mario Bros. games got left behind.
And even though those Mario games are still around for all to enjoy, now it seems as though an avid video gamer might get a case of instant video game fever when he/she hears of games such as: Grand Theft Auto IV, Halo, Warcraft etc. one gets the idea.
Even I welcome the technological advances the video gaming world has to offer. Without it I could not play games such as: The World Ends With You, Legend Of Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Nintendo DS Final Fantasy 3 and so on.
And all that video gaming innocence does not have to be lost. Or the loss of it might just depend on which kinds of video games you prefer to play, The Grand Theft Auto kind or the Mario kind.
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