25th birthday party

To celebrate my birthday I had a few friends over on Saturday afternoon/evening to play a few Wii and PS2 games. Of our “normal” friends (ie. friends that we’d made before we got into gaming) we’re definitely the most into games but as you can imagine the guys out of the group had the most fun because they also played games on a regular basis or picked the games up more easily. The girls had a little more trouble but all in all it was still a pretty good night. It was a small group – my friend from uni and her husband who we have had over before for games nights, Azreal’s brother (who we bought the Wii off) and my friend from work who’s never even used a Wii before.

We played Wii tennis, boxing, bowling and baseball as well as Buzz hollywood and Guitar Hero II on the PS2. Of course there was drinking involved and we walked up the road to Nando’s to create a commotion and feel embarrassed as Azreal and I go there quite regularly so the owners of the store know who we are. And we had ice cream cake, which I’ve wanted since I was a kid but was never allowed to have. Nice dessert to have on a cold and rainy night!

It was lots of fun but I couldn’t help but feel that I had to go easy on the others (Azreal excluded – we went head to head on both Wii boxing and Guitar Hero and both went hard…that was fun!). It would be nice to have a group of gamer friends that we could really spur each other on. Now I kind of know how Azreal feels when he plays – like he’s being held back by playing with people who are noobs.

I was just glad that I got to have a relatively cheap night without having to pretend to have fun (how I usually feel when I do the civilised dinner and drinks for my birthday) and could just be myself – a geek – do the things I want with the people I want to be with. The sign of becoming mature, yes?