There’s a thread on our messageboards all about the games our readers have beaten. You may very well be a part of it. The list for 2011 just kicked off not that long ago, and I’m looking to get involved. Please, feel free to hit up our boards and join in as well! Hopefully I’ll see you there soon. For now, I’m off to get some sleep. See you in a few, short hours.

Little did I know that seeing the Dead Space 2 commercial for the millionth time would actually inspire my ‘End of Day’ thought for the early morning. It’s funny how things like that work out!

I know you like gaming…you know I like gaming…and you know that all the other readers of GoNintendo enjoy gaming as well. Sure, we may tend to lean towards the Nintendo offerings, but we still enjoy video games in general. We know the joys that gaming can bring, the friendships you can build with video games and the experiences that games offer that other forms of entertainment can. While you’re currently online with millions of other people that ‘get’ gaming, you might have a different situation in your home life.

I’m a very lucky person when it comes to my friends and family. Not only do they understand gaming, they also respect my interest in the activity. I’ve never heard a family member complain about my interest in games. Even more important, I can’t think of one instance where a family member made fun of video games, or put me down for enjoying them. I really should pay more attention to this, because there are others that have to put up with a much different situation.

The same goes with my friends. The large majority of them enjoy video games. There may be one or two that don’t game, but I can’t think of any that turn away from video games in disgust or a lack of understanding. I know that everyone has the right to like/dislike anything out there in the world, but to fall in with a group of friends that enjoy the same form of entertainment I do makes for much more engaging situations!

Gaming may still have those that call foul against the industry, but by and large we’re dealing with a world that understands gaming much more than it did 10 years ago. The level of acceptance has skyrocketed, but there are still plenty of steps that need to be taken in order to get to the levels that TV and movies are at.

Of course, that step starts at home. As fortunate as I am with my family situation, I know there are others that have a mother or father that just don’t understand gaming. They see it as nothing but a waste of time, and they just don’t understand why you want to sink your free time into such a meaningless hobby. If you deal with a family member that thinks this way, please leave us a comment and tell us your story. Hopefully you’ll take some pride in knowing that you stick up for gaming, as well as your interests. On top of that, know that you’re sharing a love of a specific entertainment with plenty of people just like you.

“An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation. Life must be lived as play.” – attributed to Plato

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