My Nintendo Childhood
Coming
from a strict Chinese family has its merits and disadvantages. My childhood
doctrine that “always finish your homework first before everything” gives me
good academic base in the elementary school but at the same time I was
completely unaware of the all the temptations in the “outside world”. When I opened a webpage game about shooting arrows in the summer after elementary school
graduation, I feel a completely new and unknown world has presented itself
before me. With all my good behaviors and disciplines, I got my first Nintendo 3ds
as a birthday gift at the first year of middle school. Thinking back, my
boarding school life would have been too dull without that 3 times 3 inches
screen hidden under my bed. Everyday
from 7 am to 9pm, my life has been guided by several “prison guard” such as Chinese and politics teacher. Our schedule was planned out so "precisely" that we did not have any other free time besides eating and one hour of physical activities. As a result, when we are asked to go back to our dorms, we will fly out of the classroom and begin the
real battle begin. During nap time and after lights-out, we fight strenuously as
Monster Hunters and share our experiences about our different Pokémon. Every night before lights-out, all the players would gather in my room and watched each other bragging about his special techniques. The
video games lead me to a world of fantasy and a realm of dreamers, where no one chases after me for homework and test paper. Though these games have lost their
colors today, the memorial excitement when we take down an epic monster or the
satisfaction when we collected all the crystals shall become one of my happiest
memories in childhood.