Jacques Patrick

Ashley Humphries

ENC1101

2 February 2015

How Playstation’s help me grow up

Throughout life I always had a special place in my heart for the PlayStation. My love for this

game started back in Christmas of 02’when I un wrapped my PlayStation one. From the moment

I touched it and laid eyes on it, I knew this was something that I would not be able to keep out

my possession for long. This was my first game console so I cherished it like it was my kid.

  For me the PlayStation one was like my first girlfriend. I was only five years old when I first

got it and it was my first ever game console. I was very possessive about and had much love for

it. I knew my parents worked very hard to get me the game so I knew and appreciated that a lot. I

would never think twice about leaving my game out when I wasn't around, to allow someone to

harm it. I remember one moment though when I came home and saw my cousins playing my

system. I was surprised by this first because I always had put my system up. The second reason

is I knew they had to rummage through my room to find it. What shocked me the most and

nearly caused me to have a panic attack was when I saw a cup of soda near my game. They saw

me and grabbed the cup and scattered out of the room so fast because they already knew how

crazy I got about that game.

  When I was in middle school I had a reputation as a cool kid. I had all the Nike Jordan's and

nice clothing but it was still something holding me back from standing out among all my friends.

Fortunate enough, my parents were able to afford a PlayStation three so I got one. This kind of

made me one of the coolest guys in school, and had everyone wanting to hang out at my house

every day after school. I can recall till this day when I had three of my friends over but only had

two game controllers. This of course started a big fight between the three of them, which was

silly to me because friends that who have known each other since elementary school were

fighting over this game. This just showed how much the PlayStation 3 meant to kids our age.

   As time went on the price of the PlayStation three went down. This impacted my friends and I

because we all had PlayStation 3's now. Now with all of us having one we wouldn't even have to

come to each other's houses anymore like we used to do when we were younger. We now could

interact without physically seeing each other because of this game and its ability to connect us

through the internet. This was cool because I had friends that lived in other states that I could

now know what's going on in their daily lives and play them in the video games we grew up

playing. I can recall one summer night I was up watching TV with nothing to do so I hopped on

my PlayStation. It was around 11:30 pm and my friend in Texas invited me to play call of duty

with him and a kid that lived in California. To me this was awesome because we were all in

different time zones but we so happened to be all playing our PlayStation at same time and was

able to interact and have a good time without physically seeing each other.

   Many years later and now and adult, I now have the responsibility of entertaining myself. Even

now as an adult the PlayStation four was a must have for me. This game was the new hot thing

among me and my friends and I couldn't wait to get my hands on. With me being an adult now

though I had to purchase this game myself and it wasn't cheap. I still remember the day I went to

the store to purchase it , thinking it was around 250-300 dollars but I was sure was fooled by that

crazy thought because it burned my pocket for 400 dollars. This game cost me a lot of money so

I protected it as if it was a newborn baby. Since a kid my parents always instilled in me the value

of a dollar so me purchasing this game myself I understood that I never wanted this game to

break because I would not want to spend another 400 dollars to get another one. I remember one

day I was on my way to school and I had remembered I forgot a open water bottle by my

PlayStation. I U-turned as soon as I could to get home and move that water bottle away from

game because I knew I would be responsible for buying a new one if that water spilled on it. Just

buying the PlayStation four myself made me reflect on all the things my parents instilled me like

responsibility and the value of a dollar and it still value those things till this day.

   From PlayStation one to PlayStation four there has been many memories and many lessons. I

basically, grew up on these games and learned many values of life doing so.