Personal Narrative Essay: Deep Black

After a long grueling work day in the hot summer sun, I was finally driving home up I55 north. Traffic had yet to become congested, so my ride home was smooth sailing. I was thrilled because I knew the moment I got home and walked through that door, the weekend would officially start. Thoughts crossed my mind of what I wanted to do once I made it home. Did I want to play drums, watch a movie, or play a game; then it hit me, there was an amazing deal on new game I had wanted desperately called, Deep Black. I remembered that it had gone on sale earlier that week, and I could not contain my excitement. Deep Black was an action/shooter that was themed mostly underneath the water. It was about an all-out war between two world powers, underwater, who wouldn’t find it amazing! To make things even better; it was eighty percent off! The more I contemplated it, the more eager I was to be home. …show more content…
My game that a thought would not work; I have now found the tool I need to fix it.
I begin following the forums’ instructions right away. After thirty minutes, the game is fixed and ready to play. I feel nervous as I restart my computer, and pull double-click my game engine icon. I click start on the game and cross my fingers. I start whispering to myself, “Please, work for me.” over and over again. “It works! I cannot believe it!” I say, screaming at the top of my lungs. I immediately start playing the game; I even skip the cut scene. I played it at least four to five hours.
Afterwards, I start thinking to myself “I really enjoy playing around with the coding of games. I think I would even enjoy doing it for as a career.” so start looking up the requirements. After researching, I now know programming and computer science is the career I want for the rest of my life. Who would have thought that one bug in a game, is all it took for me to change my entire career