A few months ago, soon after I purchased my iMac. I decided to "quit" gaming. Why I would do such a foolish thing, I don't know. Gaming has been my entire life. I used the excuse that I didn't have time for it anymore. However soon after I found myself sitting idle, not doing anything at all! At the same time I had a very special friend from work encourage me to look at getting back into school and earn a degree and move on. He wants to see me succeed and do something with my life that I love.
I had always pondered how people were able to do something they actually loved with their lives. Is this something everyone gets to do? How does one go about achieving this? I didn't know what I was looking for, or where to begin. When I'd think about all my interests, I often overlooked the one and only passion thats been with me for my entire life. That passion is gaming. The few times I did think of gaming as a career I thought it wouldn't be possible for me to do.
My friend and I were driving around the city we work in one day coming back from a Holiday Party when we drove passed a DeVry University building. He saw it and mentioned to me how thats where he graduated from and that I should check into it. I looked on their website and with his help, found a degree in Game and Simulation Programming. As soon as I saw it, I knew thats what I had to do.
I signed up soon after that and know my classes start very soon. I'll be working very hard for about 3 years and in the end I'll get my Bachelors degree in Game and Simulation Programming! After that I'm going to pursue a job in the gaming industry or possibly start my own company.
Of course when taking a course on gaming you need something that can game, and this iMac isn't going to cut it. So, a few days ago I ordered a brand spanking new Alienware M17. With a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Dual 512Mb Radeon HD 3870's and 2GB's of DDR3 Ram. I'm very excited and I can't wait till that gets here so I can start working hard and playing hard!
With the good comes the bad however. In just 3 days, my very best friend of 11 years (out of my 20) will be moving to another state. She's hoping to make progress in life and make something of herself, and she feels this cannot be achieved here. I'll miss her very much, but if it makes her life better then that's what I want for her. I'm happy that at least I can sit back and know that both of us are trying to improve our lives and make it.
Now that I'm officially back into gaming, after my 5 or 6 month break, I'm happy I'll be here on a daily basis to keep up on gaming, for my future career and my present entertainment!