On
Thursday, after we had our tutoring session, Mubarak and I went to his friend’s
room where a bunch of Middle Eastern CIES students were playing Call of Duty.
They knew I’ve played as we’ve all talked about it before so I hopped right in
with a game of Zombies. We had two people on one screen and two on another. The
thing about these Zombie games is their entirely consuming, because of the drastic
nature of “going down” (being attacked and having to wait to be revived by
another player or die) and the fact that the levels move higher and higher with
no save button or form of redemption. Some games can last hours. I know with my
friends at home it gets very intense; there’s cursing, screaming, pleading,
constant verbal strategizing and communication; it’s a pretty interesting thing
to observe. Like any cultural gap, it’s funny because rather than curse or
yell, Mubarak and his friends were much more reserved and less invested in the
game. They would have similar levels of consumption and concentration, but not
nearly as much thought out strategy or emotional release when they‘d “go down”.
It’s always fun to see how other people do something that you’ve become so adjusted
to in such a specific way
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