Video games are present in our lives day after day, and many fans have, at one point or another, ended up taking refuge in them from our own real lives. Some more intensely and some less, but we can defin itely say that at some point it helped us move forward or look at things from a different perspective. But for others, it was crucial in their lives.
This is precisely what UFC fighter Mike Davis pointed this out in a recent interview in which they specifically asked him about video games. After saying that he is currently playing “Helldivers for Democracy”, he then admits that when he was a child, he did not have a very good time, because in his neighborhood in New York, there were no Didn’t have many like him, which led to him being bullied at school.
UFC Fighter Mike Davis Explains How Halo Saved His Life
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Halo and Xbox Live connected him to other friends
This harassment even led him to want to harm himself, but ultimately the desire to arrive every day and be able to play Halo, This led him to meet friends from the same region and around the world.
For many children, discovering that there was a whole world of possible friends behind a screen in your living room or from your own bedroom was something they would never forget, in a world that was not yet so connected than today and where even smartphones did not exist. , it was like an open window to meet people without prejudice. I just want to have fun with Halo.
