Lifescouts: Video Game Badge

While I don't play Call of Duty and various other games that have statistically been linked with children showing aggression (bit of psychology for you there, I used to enjoy the odd video game. I remember the days of longing for Crash Bandicoot on Playstation because all my friends had it - my mum went out with a guy for a while who had it and that was the only reason I liked him, simply because I could sit on it for hours and all the levels had already been unlocked.

I used to love the Dancing Stage or DDR games - the first game I got with my PS1 was Dancing Stage Euromix which I in turn spent hours on at a time. I remember later on for Christmas I got a PS2, but never really had many games for it. The game I got with it was Pop Idol - like The X Factor but with Ant and Dec and everyone in it could actually sing and it wasn't a popularity contest - that was awesome. Like a dance mat game but with the controller. At the time I thought it was the coolest thing ever, but when I was soul crushingly bored a couple of years ago, I sat down to play it and my eyes nearly fell out from boredom.

My favourite PS1 was Sabrina the Teenage Witch: a Twitch in Time - can't remember the overall jist, but I remember if you unlocked a level you'd get to wear a new outfit. I never completed it though because of those crappy boss levels that most PS1 games had.

Having a PS2 was never complete without one game: Singstar. Every Christmas there would be at least 3 on my list and I eventually built up a collection of about 9 of them. At the time it'd be fun playing it alone in your room or when you had a friend round, but now you're older it's only really fun after copious amounts of alcohol on New Year's Eve.

There's probably a few dicks on the internet saying that I've never experienced 'proper' video games because I've never played on an Xbox 360 or a PS3 - those people have probably never experienced 'proper' sex with an actual human being, but I'm not here to judge. The closest 'modern' console I own is the Wii - yes, I know even that's out of date now.

Still, you can't beat a bit of Just Dance on the Wii. Again, something that's more fun after a heavy drinking session, but it's pretty awesome.

But there's one game that is the most awesomest of awesome. And that is The Sims. At the time, the first one was just mind blowing, but by the time the second one came out and they actually AGED = TOTAL MINDFUCK. And then they brought out the third one, where they can be famous and that. I dread to count the amount of hours I've spent on this game, but frankly, I think it's time well spent.