Sunday, February 19, 2012

Cyber Love and the New Age

What better month than to see this documentary, "Second Skin?" Which I must say, this has been quite the month for me!  Second Skin is a documentary on people who are addicted to MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) and using this strategy  to find their soul mate.  After viewing this video, I began to feel very in touch with the situation.  My two brothers are big time Halo players.  They play online with their friends, everyday and sometimes when I am bored, I join them.  One day while playing, I met Ken, my brother's friend.  For the past five years, we have grown a remarkably strong friendship!  Ken and I have suffered many hardships in the passed five years, but have never failed to be there for one another.  We have helped each other with advice on past relationships, family problems and so much more.  I can definitely call Ken my best friend.    
However, this is where this story takes its turn...  Last week on valentine's Day, Ken surprised me with a dozen of roses along with a confession of his true feelings towards me!  In all honesty, this was a complete shock.  I had no clue these hidden feelings were secretly stirring behind him.  What started from simply yelling at each other through a microphone and killing one another, to him falling in love with me.
  I hear many different opinions on how the internet has changed romance and I totally agree.  When my grandparents fell in love, they had to walk to each other's homes to communicate.  Nowadays we can Skype and see each other's face, without physically being there with them.  Times have changed and so has love.  


 This documentary had displayed the various addictions of online gaming and how these video games such as; World of Warcraft and Everquest has consumed hours beyond hours of people's everyday lives.  It sickens me to see how sucked in people can become, where results can lead to job loss, eviction, divorce, and even suicide.  The internet may allow a person of low self-esteem to alter their physical traits online and meet people in disguise without fearing rejection.  In some cases, the internet has damaged peoples lives, however; in my case, it may have enhanced it.  We shall see... 
-Andrea Vossekuil


LINKS
http://thooghun.hubpages.com/hub/MMORPG-addiction
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131509001274
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/halo-addiction-almost-brought-end-marriage-132.html
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3 comments:

  1. Aron YohannesFebruary 21, 2012 at 8:57 PM

    Wow, the story with you and Ken is interesting! I wish you the best with everything, and honestly, I managed to keep a relationship long distance for 2 years, even with that the only key is trust, that it's. If you both can establish it within each other, everything will come along fine! Times have changed, Skype is the greatest thing made since the iPhone I can say. Haha overall great post and I love the picture of the animals!

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  2. Kevin SwensonFebruary 22, 2012 at 2:25 PM

    I was pretty astonished when I read this story. Great job of relating the class theme with your life, and nice graphics. Also, you hit a few of the positives and negatives of the documentary and the internet in general, which I thought was a rather effective strategy.

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  3. The Woken OneFebruary 22, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    That's interesting how well you can relate to this video. Online gaming has more benefits than I thought, and that's good that online gaming has benefited you, and you were able to bypass of the many negative obstacles that can come out of online gaming. Online gaming though, like you said, is definitely something that you should never lose your job over.

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