The thrill of the frag

I was watching an interview with these people that wear wing suits – basically they are base jumpers but wear suits that have flaps in them which make them glide. They likened it to flying like a bird because you can control your direction and speed (to an extent). The comment was made about people living mundane lives and never experiencing a thrill.

While I’m sure the feeling of flying with a wing suit or even base jumping is absolutely amazing, I have to say that gaming gives me a pretty big rush of adrenaline when I play. I recently finished Call of Duty 4 and at those last moments when you’ve managed to survive an all-out assault, have seen your enemy kill your team mates and get the chance to kill him with a simple pistol…my heart was racing, my eyes wide, I was holding my breath. THAT was a rush.

I play team sports and love it. I’ve been rockclimbing lately (indoor…am going outdoor for the first time in a few weeks) and am enjoying it. Not long ago I was a gym junkie but I have to admit I’m not so motivated once the temperature drops or work gets busy and my body says, “I want sleep!”. I love to use my brain so devouring books about modern history – particularly the civilian uprisings that have led to our modern wars and the effects of war on society – is something I spend a lot of time doing. But one of my favourite things to do is play games. Games that make you think, be it on a strategic level or a simple puzzle to wind down at the end of a day.

You don’t have to be doing extreme sports to get a rush. You can get it sitting in a chair, fragging jerks.