2018 has been a good year for X35 Earthwalker. Lots of stuff has happened. We have grown and will continue to do so. We hope that you all had a good year too. If your year was good then please keep it up and do even better. If your year wasn’t so good then don’t be discouraged, pick yourself up, encourage yourself and go make something happen. Now let’s think about a few things.

What you don’t want to do is just go through 2019 doing the exact same thing you did in 2018. We need to progress, we need to grow and develop. Anyone who is serious about what they do or who are going somewhere in life they are never satisfied with what they have done. This is because they think about what they have done, see how they could have done better and see what more they could do. It’s not about being a workaholic or depressed. So all of us must stop, look at our 2018, learn from it and then leave it behind and enter 2019 pumped up and ready, expecting great things.

Now there are more simple but important things for us to think about. Once again, sensible gaming. Video gaming is a ton of fun and a great hobby but like with anything else, too much of it is bad for you. Don’t be the person who hardly spends time with their family because you are in your room all day playing games. Make sure to be active, get up, go to the park or a walk, move around and get good exercise. Believe us, when Halo Infinite comes out we will be playing that for a very long time but even so we set ourselves limits. You have one body, so take care of it. Spend some time with your families, have fun and stay active. 

Now we will encourage you to think about some other stuff too. Think about your life, your actions, your words and your thoughts. What does your actions say about you? Were your actions mainly good or bad? Think about your words. Words are powerful. Once you release a word, you can’t take it back and that word takes action. If people could see your thoughts, what would they say and think about you. How have you impacted others in 2018? Was it positive, was it for self gain or was it hateful speech through a game microphone? We must aim to also improve ourselves.

We also encourage you to thin about the bigger picture. Stop and think about your purpose. Off course we know video games are fictional but what about real life. Remember that a hammer didn’t give itself it’s purpose. The hammer got it’s purpose from the one who created the hammer. The person who created the hammer, created the hammer to fulfil a purpose. Yes, we know this is all deep stuff but it’s something to think about. We don’t create our own purpose because we didn’t create ourselves. If you have any questions or want to discuss these things then feel free to contact us through our social media accounts. We love to talk about this stuff and give the answers. 

So to sum up: enjoy your games, stay active, game sensibly, think about 2018, learn from it and then leave it in the past, get pumped for 2019, do even better than you did before, think about your life, stay positive and off course do… the ‘Earth Walk!’   

X35 Earthwalker has been a gamer for many years now. Matter of fact he has been gaming since primary school. He still has memories of playing Halo for the first time after hearing so much about it from his friends. What we want to talk about today is sensible gaming. Video and computer games at the end of the day are for entertainment. Yet some gamers take it much further and too far. We have gamers today who spend far too much time playing games and less time on other important things. There are even some who have died because they sit still and play for hours instead of getting exercise. We aren’t saying all gamers are like this because we certainly aren’t. The point is games are fictional, they aren’t real life.

Playing video games doesn’t get you the grades in school, don’t get you a job (unless it’s a game tester but even then you do’t get that from sitting around) and don’t advance your life. Make sure you have balance to your life. Set time aside to focus on your career and any projects you have going on. Set time aside for exercise and activities, set time aside for meaningful things for family, friends (not online friends) and yourself. Set time for your gaming as well. We have to be sensible about this. Sensible gaming will make you better of.

X35 Earthwalker himself balances handling his business, personal life, activities and projects and ministry. He doesn’t get stressed and makes appropriate time for these things. Being organised and diligent is not just wise, but also what God told us to do. Even Moses asked God to teach us how to number our days (Psalm 90:12) which means how to be organised and plan our days. 

There are also some gamers who get too into games and when things go wrong, lose, or too difficult they rage and we mean they literally rage. They throw their controllers, they break their keyboards, knock over their chairs, smash their headphones, which by the way all costs quite a lot of money. Seriously it’s painful to watch. Don’t waste money like that. Those people need to know how to behave themselves. Such people even get racist and proper aggressive with others. I dare those same people to come and try that stuff with certain people on the streets and see what happens to them. That stuff is not sensible gaming. If you lose, it’s just a game. If you get wrecked or owned online well guess what? Everyone, even the best players (cough X35 Earthwalker cough) has had matches where everything went wrong. Just laugh at yourself and if you can’t put the game down for a while. Simple.

Don’t get us wrong. We are gamers we have spent hours playing games. We play all sorts of games. X35 Earthwalker himself has completed every Halo game solo in Legendary and every Gears of war game in insane as well. He has a high gamer score and has gotten insane moments like getting the quad and quinn in gears of war and even the unfriggenbelievable and killionaire in Halo. We aren’t dissing gamers at all. Sensible gaming is where you use your days smartly, where you don’t alienate yourself from your family, you don’t turn into a monster, you have fun and where you draw the line between fictional worlds and reality. This message is for gamers from us at X35 Earthwalker with love. 

So have fun and don’t forget to do the ‘Earth Walk!’