I May Never Kiss A Girl Again

I May Never Kiss A Girl Again...

I hope this isn't the case, but I foresee it happening this way. Why, you ask, do I say this? I'll tell you, the reason is that as of this past weekend, I started playing XBOX 360's Call of Duty 4. You may be confused, so let me explain.
I would consider myself a Recreational Video Game player at best. I'm not one of the people that wait in line the first night for a new gaming system or anything. And I think 500 bucks is WAY too much to spend on anything that can't drive you somewhere, or give you shelter, or let you watch baseball in high def. I've gotten my gaming systems well after they have come out on the market. Starting all the way back from Atari, I've had Atari, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Playstation (my roommates), Playstation 2, and now XBOX 360.
Sure, I've spent my time playing video games, from hours of playing space invaders, to Mario Bros. and down the line, but I've never considered myself much of a gamer (except for the 3 week period that I was addicted to Everquest, thank god I was able to stop that, although from time to time I still miss my level 24 rogue). I tend to stick to the same type of games from system to system...Usually I'll play the baseball/football/Soccer games for a while, although I get bored easily. I'll pretty much play every Final Fantasy Game that gets released, although many I never finish, because I get bored before the end. I also have played the Grand Theft Auto series (I always have finished these, but then never gone back to play them again). One thing I've also played is either Call of Duty or Medal Of Honor. This goes back to the original PlayStation system...Again, I'd always finish these games, but then would never play them again.

You see a pattern...I get a game, I'll play it for a while, maybe I'll finish it, then I'm done. But this has all changed, due to one thing: XBOX 360 Live. My first foray into XBOX 360 Live came about because when I went to buy the Call of Duty 4 game at gamestop, I checked some reviews first. See, this is the first Call of Duty that wasn't based on World War 2. So I wanted to make sure people thought it was good. I read a few comments, and read that: The single player game is too short, but the multiplayer option kicks Halo 3's ass. Now like I said, I'm not a gamer, my game systems can go months without having been played, and have never played a Halo game, but I was shunned by the staff at a game store once for admitting this fact, so I figured if not playing the game garnered such a response, it has to be a well respected game...and if people are saying this is BETTER than that, it must be good, so I decided to go for it and give it a chance. I had my XBOX 360 headset, and was thinking of getting the XBOX live membership anyway, so why not give it a go. That was last Saturday...and other than New Years Eve, I haven't stopped playing since. Of course I've gone to bed, and to work, but this game is truly just so addictive, that I find myself turning off stuff I would never turn off in order to play it.
I mean seriously, I'm so bad at this game, and I get insulted and taunted by pre teens all day long, but I just can't stop playing, it's like I'm a video game massochist. The other night, I was being taunted so bad by the same player, I quit the game, I went back and played another, but I made sure that the guy wasn't playing in the same game again.
Now I've actually thought of some benefits that playing this game, during every hour I'm awake at home. One, hand eye coordination. Two, Money Saving, if I stay home and play the game all the time, I won't go out to bars, and drink all the time. Three, surprisingly I feel that if I play this game as much as I have...I will actually lose weight. I know, you think I'm crazy but hear me out. First of all, I won't be going to the bar, so thats tons of empty calories right there saved. Also, I've tried to play this game drunk, can't do it...so I know that I'll remain sober if I play it...And finally, When I get into the groove, I forget about eating. I swear to god, I haven't wanted to eat at all when playing this game, I just go and go and go for hours, not eating, drinking as little as possible to avoid bathroom breaks. I'm telling you, this could work.
So this is what the problem is...If I keep this up, I'll never have a girlfriend...I mean, sure, maybe I'll meet a chick from Korea that plays the game in some sort of a chat room, and maybe she won't actually end up being some huge perv named Skip from Idaho. But otherwise how am I supposed to meet chicks in my living room with a headset on? And even if I did happen to meet a chick, what are the chances that she'd want to kiss a guy who wears a headset in his spare time anyway?