Timeline of Exposure to Traditional and New Media

I have used the Leap Frog as a personal learning system and I have been using it to play games, especially with my other cousins who had this

As a 3 or 4 year old, my aunt would invite me to her room to play games such as crash bandicoot and give me an overall experience of playing video games. I still have the device until today and I will be keeping it till the price goes up because it is a collector's item.

This was the television that I would open every morning and watch cartoons such as Ben 10, Phineas and Ferb, Tom and Jerry and many more

PlayStation 2 was one of the consoles that I wasn't able to play alot of, we have a movie room and it would be usually opened when my grandpa would go watch movies or invite me to play. I would usually play games such as racing simulators and that was pretty much it since the console wasn't mine

The Wii was one of my most used consoles because the games were so extraordinary, it also helped me become fit at that time because most of the time I would be eating alot but games such as wii sports, wii resort and other games were really fun to play even considering that it was helping you excercise

My dad had bought me my first ever personal gaming device and at that time it was extraordinary since you could play video games on the go.

There was a time in my life where my cousin was super jealous that I had a PSP so my dad forced me to give it to him because he wouldnt keep quiet. So this PSP was better in so much ways, it was thinner, lighter and smaller rather than the 1000 version. To this day I still have the PSP with all the games and pictures

My dad once again surprised me with a DS which I have never heard or seen before. At that time I was really spoiled so I was pretty much given everything. This DS was awesome since it gave me exposure to games like Mario Kart and many other games that I couldn't really remember

After my dad came back from America he gave me an XBOX 360 which I have never seen before also. It was one of the first consoles where I have never knew it could bring so much power. i was playing games like Grand Theft Auto at a young age haha. It was also the first console I broke, it is notorious for getting the "red ring of death" when you plug it into the wrong outlet. It only accepted 220V but I plugged it into a 110V wall so it ended up breaking.

My dad was really upset that my xbox broke so he bought a playstation 3 for himself and played it. He lent it to me once when my cousins went over, we got to play games such as grand turismo, rock band, guitar hero and many more. But the console wasn't really mine, it was my dad's.

So my dad ended up buying me a Playstation 3 slim, which was like the PSP it was SUPER LIGHT compared to the PS3 fat which was like 8 pounds or something. It was also faster and quieter because of the slim chassis. I got to keep this PlayStation 3 for a long time and it was also "jailbroken" meaning that any pirated games could be played on it.

Yes, I got another one. My lolo wanted to surprise me for getting good grades, So he got me a Playstation 3 also but it was a limited edition one where it was blue. This time the Playstation 3 was in its original state and not jailbroken, so I got to play alot of games online and interact with people."My Dad and my Mom don't live in the same house because they aren't married so, mainly I live with my grandparents. I was also exposed to Grand Turismo again, which was my favorite game at that time

In 2009, the first ever touch screen phone was introduced which changed the entire world and industry forever. My lola recently bought it and I was super interested in using it. At that time there were no games yet on the appstore except for plants vs zombies and angry birds. So I was mainly borrowing my grandma's phone most of the time

After the iPhone was introduced, the iPod was made and it was pretty much useless at that time since you could only listen to music at that time. It also felt super weird since it felt like an iPhone so I was really excited about it, except I was still borrowing it haha

The iPad was also introduced where I was also surprised about the capability that technology was giving to us. I didn't really get to play games yet since there was no apps supported yet for the iPad, I mainly watched youtube at that time.

One day, I saw a new iPad in my grandparents room and I got surprised because it had a camera in front and i started taking pictures on it. Games like minecraft was introduced and it became a life changing moment for me. I also carried this iPad until now which I passed on to my lola who is 91 years old so that she could contact her friends online.

The first iPad mini was also introduced and I couldn't really tell if it was real or not because I did not see or hear any people having the product, I was just surprised that it showed up on the front door of our house haha. And there on I also started playing minecraft there and started playing racing games as well on the device.

In 2013, my dad gave me my first phone which was an iPhone 4 and I was really happy about it since my parents didn't want me to have a phone because I wouldnt have the capability to take care of it. It eventually came to the point where I got grounded and had to give the phone back so I didnt have a phone for like 3 years.

In 2016, my grandfather finally gave me a smartphone where I could actually use for important things since I was finally responsible. In a few months the phone dropped and did not work again, so they had to think over giving me a phone again.

This was the most expensive Christmas gift I got. It estimated to around 20,000 pesos. My grandparents surprised me because I really deserved it. I always wanted a PS4 because my classmates would always tease me not having a playstation 4 and being stuck with a playstation 3.

In 2016, my cousins from america visited and for christmas I wanted a gift from santa which was a laptop. I needed it because I was really gaining interest in video editing and I wanted a powerful laptop that could help me in doing all sorts of things.. It was a surprise because it was a 2012 gaming laptop which was very good until today. It works completely fine and the time I replaced it was in 2019. I gave it to my tito since he loves the old school games and he needed an upgrade.

In 2017, they had finally given me a phone that was fast. I had all the capability and everything that I could possibly do at that time. I wasn't those people who didn't have a phone and was bored to death. I still have the phone till this day as a spare, last week it actually broke because the battery exploded. But before that in 2018 the home button and cellular service stopped working and I didn't have any money to repair it. So I kept it as a spare and didn't use it for a while.

My tita felt bad for me so she gave me her iPhone 6 and at that time the device was the best thing I had. It lasted for a year before getting thrown into a pail of water. This device had suffered so many repairs, around 3 screen replacements. The battery was the original one too and it costed me around Php 2000 to repair the screen and fix the water damage. So around 2019, my friend Bella lent me iPhone 7 for a month which lasted around 5 months.

Bella, my classamate lent me her rose gold iPhone 7 which was awesome since it was water-resistant, so there was no way I could break it to water ever again. I had fun times chilling in the bath tub watching netflix while relaxing in the water. I had to give it back on the first day of school because I exceeded the return date by 4 months haha. Currently, I had my iPhone 6 repaired with only 1,600php with no problems.

This was the first ever upgrade I got and the most expensive thing that was given to me. My old asus laptop started breaking down and smoking so I begged my grandparents to buy me a new laptop I could use to edit videos. They were in america and they asked me for all the options I could give them. This laptop costed around 929 dollars. In the Philippines it costs around 90,000 pesos so I decided that they should buy it there. Today it is the most important device to me.