That Hard to Find Gamer Chick

So rumor has it that the Playstation 3 will be coming down in price soon. Not that I have a strong interest in PS3 though, we got a PS2 about six months ago and really except for a few games that can't be found elsewhere (Dark Cloud would be a favorite), I am not too impressed. The reason the price coming down on the PS3 makes me happy is simple, if they are doing it, hopefully that should mean XBox 360 will soon be following suit.

Yes, I have my pretty little heart set on a XBox 360, drooling a little inappropriately over Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 as I dream of an affordable price. Stuck a decade back, with the original XBox, knee deep in a vast collection of five dollar buy one get one free games. (I'll post the list some time, it's impressive.) Even as I sit and play against a fleet of fourteen year olds that have nothing better to do but devote their life's energy into leveling up, Halo 2 reigns as favorite. If it weren't for the squeal of pre-pubescent voices over the headset, Conker: Live and Reloaded would be a close second. How could you not love a game where little fuzzy squirrels and teddy bears blow each other up? But as it is now, Conker hangs about even with Call of Duty 2: Big Red One.

If you can't tell already, I spend most of my XBox time, on XBox Live. (I highly recommend to anyone with an XBox and fifty bucks to get Live for a year, it's worth it.) Before Live came along, I stuck to games of tedium. Simulations like Harvest Moon (on GameCube) and any of the Sim games (any of them including SimCity, any system) would have me wrapped up for hours, still do on the occasional day.

Live gave me an appreciation for first person shooters that I had never had before. I sucked at aiming so I tried to stay far far away from games that required me to do so. Until one day, I tried Conker, with the Sneaker. For those who don't know, the Sneaker character on Conker is a little ninja dude with a sword. A sword as in no aiming, just get close and button mash, something I was capable of. I had been playing fighting games like Mortal Kombat in the arcades for years, so button mashing I am good at. After I got damn good at using the Sneaker on Conker, I upgraded to the Demolisher, a big tough slow guy with a rocket launcher. I like rocket launchers. It was my first attempt at aiming, and of course at first I sucked, but then I realized with a rocket launcher, you don't have to aim very well, just close enough. I can do "close enough."

Igniting a passion I didn't know I had, the hubby now has to sacrifice half his screen to play two player with me. Little did he know what he started when he handed me that controller a few years back. I implore any chick with a gamer for a guy to give it a chance. By allowing myself to play and enjoy it, the hubby and I now have a shared interest and I don't resent him nearly as much when he'd like to play video games when he gets home from work. I just plop down on the couch beside him and pluck up my trusty controller (decked out with duct tape because the cats like the chew) and tell him to bring it on.

You just gotta love that hard to find gamer chick.