In a certain city in the United States, an elderly man stood out very much on the day the switch was launched.
Because most people who play games are young people, and the older ones are around fifty years old at most, there are very few elderly people who look like they are about seventy or eighty years old who would line up to buy games.
"Uncle, are you here to buy games too? Are you buying games for your children?"
The young man behind the old man finally couldn't help but express his doubts.
The old man seemed to be in very good spirits, not in the twilight state of an old man approaching seventy years old. His body was even very straight.
He turned back and looked at the young man with a smile and said, "Yes, I bought the game for my child."
"Give it to your child. Your child must be very old. Why didn't he buy the game himself?"
The old man paused, and then said: "Actually, I also want to play it, because my child once liked a game called Monster Hunter. This time Monster Hunter is released, I also want to try it. View to update
I understand my children more, and at the same time, I have another thing that I care about more."
"Another thing you care about more?"
The young man tilted his head and didn't quite understand what the uncle said, but he quickly noticed the other content of what the uncle had just said.
"Hey? Uncle, do you also like Monster Hunter?"
"Yes, because this is my child's favorite game, so I also like it the most, and my child also likes Need for Speed and Mario Kart. I particularly like these games that my child likes."
"Wow, you are really a very open-minded elder. My parents are very against me playing video games. For this reason, I have to hide from my parents to play games to avoid being scolded by my parents.
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The old man watched the young man complaining about his parents' unenlightened nature, and his eyes gradually softened.
"Child, listen to me, your parents will always love you. Although they may not be able to understand the things you like in a short time, they still love you. I still hope that you can be honest with your parents.
Explain this clearly, the reasons why you love video games, your deep understanding of video games, and make it as reasonable as possible. I believe your parents can’t understand it. After all, you are an adult.
You should have your own ability to judge, instead of continuing to be influenced by your parents, you should use your own independent thoughts to convince your parents."
The old man said a lot in one breath, and the young man looked confused.
However, he could also understand that this was probably because the old man was more accustomed to preaching, and he didn't really listen.
He said casually: "If my parents were as open-minded as you, I wouldn't have such a headache."
The old man just smiled and said nothing more, but looked at the door of the shop again with expectant eyes.
There are only a few minutes left before the switch is released, and he must buy the few games he wants to buy today.
First of all, it was Monster Hunter, because that game contained the memories and traces of his children. Secondly, it was Need for Speed and Mario Kart. There might also be traces of his existence in these two games, and he wanted to buy them both.
"By the way, uncle, what's your name? Maybe we can play Monster Hunter together in the future."
The old man came back from his thoughts, then looked back at the young man and said: "My hunting skills are very poor. After all, I am older and cannot operate very smoothly. Don't you dislike me as an old man?
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After hearing this, the young man grinned: "Hey, uncle, I am not bragging about myself. I am really good at video games. I also won the first place in our state's video game monster hunter hunting project.
Well, I am somewhat of a well-known person, let alone uncle, you are not skilled in the operation, even if you don’t know how to play, I can still take you flying!"
The old man said in a good mood: "That's great. We will have the opportunity to play together in the future. My user name on Facebook and Youxing Games is Anthony, which is also my real name."
"Anthony, I remember uncle, I will add you as a friend when I go back!"
As soon as the chat between the two ended, the door of the store opened, and a group of people who loved games quickly poured in.
The young man followed the old man and reminded him: "Uncle, please pay attention to your safety. It's very crowded here now. If you stay with me, I can take care of you at any time. I can also help you with whatever games you want to buy."
The old man shook his head: "No, I would rather experience this feeling myself, because my child once personally told me how he felt when he participated in the launch of this kind of game, and I also want to experience it myself."
"Once...Uncle, your child..."
"He is no longer alive."
"Ah...sorry..."
"It doesn't matter, separation and death are normal things. I have looked away from it. After all, several years have passed." The old man said very calmly.
"Wait a minute, uncle, you said your name is Anthony?"
The young man suddenly seemed to remember something.
The video game scene in this region is actually not particularly big, and generally there is basically no big news about games in this region.
But whenever there is some big news related to games, young people will remember it very deeply.
Now he seemed to suddenly remember a piece of news from three or four years ago.
An old man's child passed away, and his child was a person who loved video games.
At one time, the old man didn't understand that his children were addicted to such things. The two parties hardly talked about this, and because they didn't understand each other, there was no communication between the two parties later.
It wasn't until the child died that the old man suddenly woke up.
This is actually not only big news in this region, but also a widely spread story in the entire gaming circle.
"Uncle...could you be the one..."
"What?"
"No, I'm sorry. I don't want to mention your sadness again. I'm sorry for that."
Anthony already understood what the young man wanted to say, but he had already looked away, so he said very indifferently: "Don't pay too much attention to this matter, I am just a gamer now, just like you, there is no difference, remember
This is enough."
The young man was silent for a while, and then looked around at the crowd that was still pouring into it.
Then his eyes became firm: "Come on, uncle, you follow me and I will protect you. This is the etiquette of a gamer."
Anthony was stunned for a moment, and something in his heart seemed to be touched again.