Thursday, March 10, 2011

Are Video Games More Fun Than Paintball?

By Jerry Manuel


Paintball rocks my socks off. I don't say that often, but in the case of paintball I wholeheartedly love to play it. It is such a thrilling sport to play, but is it more thrilling than a movie or video game? In this article I'll briefly compare paintball vs. movies and video games.

This extreme sport is an extreme rush to play. Take the edge-of-your-seat feeling of a good action movie, subtract the violence, the explosions, the movie stars, and everything else besides the edge-of-your-seat feeling and that's how I feel when I'm playing a paintball game.

Instead of watching, or controlling a video game character you get to experience it in real life. No sitting down, no thumb controls, we are talking real life. You hear the paintballs whizzing by your head and teammates yelling for support, and the sounds you hear don't come from speakers.

The realism many people strive for in movies, and video games will never replace experiencing an exciting activity like paintball in real life. You can continue to get the best surround sound systems, the highest definition TV, and try to make a video game or movie as realistic as possible, but watching a movie or playing a video game for me will never be as thrilling as playing a paintball game, in real life.

There's no violence in paintball, it isn't like the movies or video games where blood, guts, and killing are common. It offers a real life competitive experience that is better than playing a video game.

Paintball offers game play that all offer something different. Scenarios appeal to those who want to simulate war, speedball is great for players who want constant action, and recreational play is good for people who just want to have fun.

While I do like to watch movies and play video games, the real life thrill and excitement I experience in paintball is much more appealing to me than sitting in a chair watching a movie, or exercising my thumbs playing a video game.




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