Video Game Live

I just got back from a Video Game Live Concert at Wolf Trap. Never did I think I would end up there, but I LOVED it.

There's just something about the intensity, the fun, and the passion that goes behind it. Seeing all these fans get excited and feeling connected to each other through this shared interest is really something.

I liked that they showed clips from Russian Tetris creater Alexey Pajitnov and Japanese video game music composer Koji Kondo. Shows how global and universal video games are.

I never played video games as a child really. I climbed trees, build bird nests, rode bikes. While I definitely find it very important to be outdoors and play with nature. I'm starting to realize that it's important for my child to play some video games too.

Why? Well it sets up the basis for connections later on in life. I see people laughing and reminiscing about games they use to play, which one was their favorite, etc. I want my kid to have that too.

Now, this particular setting was interesting. I went because a guy I had met only once before asked me on a date there. I couldn't believe this was happening because the guy that just rejected me had told me he was going to this concert. I wondered if this was some really strange and fated coincidence.

I personally didn't feel romantic interest for the guy that took me on the date. But you know what, he treated me very nicely, packed a picnic, paid for my ticket, and opened the car door for me. And for that I thank him. I enjoyed the concert, I did.

But. He smokes. And for me, even though I just didn't see our personalities connecting anyway, that was the real deal breaker.

I still had fun I guess. I just don't know how to relay to him that smoking is a big turnoff and at most I only see a loose friendship in our future.

I think though, that it was for the better I went on this date. Because it took my mind off the other guy, and especially because I knew he was going to be there. It's kind of like saying "Hey screw him. I'm at the same concert with another guy on a date. I don't need you anyway."

AND I got to see my friend Henry Hutchinson rock out on stage on Guitar Hero. He won some contest earlier and so he got to "play" with the National Symphony Orchestra. That will be SOME story to tell later on. He deserve it, him and his amazing dexterity...he's got them piano fingers.

Hearing everyone cheer him on, root for him like a team. That was just something. It was like everyone in the audience felt his highs and lows, and was along for the ride with him. I myself was invested in his performance. And when he reached the 450,000 point goal, I was beaming with joy. Go Henry.