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I was sat in bed this morning, listening to the rain falling and sniffing my face off due to this nasty cold that I’ve still got. I was sitting there thinking, get up, get dressed, taking Lauren to work, get back and play the Xbox all day. Why not? For the previous few weekends, I had dedicated the majority of my free time to photographing all sorts of wildlife. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore what I do when I’m out with the camera- it’s where my passion lies completely, but there’s always a need for a good rest after a few solid weeks of photographic and mycological dedication. Anyhow, I got up, got dressed, took Lauren to work and got back and promptly switched the box of X on. My mates generally play a plethora of games between them, especially the more geeky people on my friends list who are always playing something just out. Fifa, Formula One, Left 4 Dead and Final Fantasy are amongst the variation of games my mates are playing at the mo, yet when they sign on, I’m pretty sure they sigh and say “Bloody hell, that Bluegill is still playing Call Of Duty MW2”. I wouldn’t blame them.

So why is it that I find it hard to remove this violent but tactical and boyish game from my disk drive in substitute of something different such as Fifa or Formula One for instance? When I was about 12, the genre of FPS’s was about to be blown open by Rareware’s Goldeneye 64. Having been a fan of the film Goldeneye (still one of my favourite films to this day) this Nintendo 64 game just about swallowed all free time I could muster, which as you can imagine, was quite a lot aged 12. Luckily, my parents didn’t want me to turn into a puddle of nerd and so they limited me to the time I was allowed on it and to be fair, due to their strict(ish) tendencies, I was lucky to be allowed to play it at all. At the time, I hated the time limitation, as I look back, I’m extremely thankful they did that. Being able to re-enact Mr. Bond himself through his own eyes was something wonderful. Using the many gadgets that Q had prepared for your missions, watching out for proximity mines that your mates had layered up thickly on the cavern walls, they were all things that started my love for a good FPS. Between Goldeneye and Call of Duty came many an enjoyable shooter. XIII for example, was a brilliantly rendered cartoon-like FPS with an excellent storyline and awesome voice actors. The variation in weapons and kit were increasing rapidly as the years went on in the development of new games and then came Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. This game sold the 360 to me. I don’t remember the story mode in great detail, for it wasn’t this part of the game that I was excited about. Online Multiplayer was what I was chomping at the bit for- the chance to play against potentially millions of people from various geographic locations was a prospect that reignited the love for gaming in my world. As a lover of the internet and its endless possibilities, this suited my gaming needs perfectly.  So I do muddle on, playing the sequel to Call of Duty 4 but I play for pleasure, not for achievement. I don’t play for the ratios or the headshots or the camouflage, I play simply because I love the fact that no two games are the same. If that makes me a CoD geek, then so be it, but it’s not my fault. It’s the fault of Goldeneye.