lopaz said:Given it up until I one day have my own house. Then, there will be a glorious gaming room with a fatass tv hooked up to a sega megadrive, and I will spend every waking moment playing sonic 2 like they never let me when I was a kid :'(
This is so foreign to me, the last thing people want to do at the parties I attend is sit around a television.Cubsfan23 said:single player games are a waste of time now, and online gaming got old.
If I'm at a party and people decide to play, I'll join in, but that's it.
xxracerxx said:This is so foreign to me, the last thing people want to do at the parties I attend is sit around a television.
Emily Chu said:24, I stopped a year ago somewhere in 2009 - 2010
I don't own a single game or game console these days.
I check the Gaming GAF like once a week or so now.
My entertainment has changed to Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, Pandora, Streaming Porn Sites, Off-Topic GAF etc
I could play the latest shooter, but it feels as most of them are "been there, done that before"
and the online portion is just a bunch of screaming 12yr old freaks.
TLR Getting old
Oh that makes much more sense.Cubsfan23 said:usually the family gathering type parties
It depends what you consider personal development. I'm able to work at my career, socialize with friends, cook, and even take up a few hobbies besides gaming, all the while playing games for several hours each day. I don't feel the need to go out to bars, clubbing, or to just sit around "chilling with friends". That doesn't fit with most people's definition of personal development, but it does for me.xxracerxx said:This should be more Ex-Addiction Age than just ex-gaming. You suffered from an addiction, but anyone can play videogames and still accomplish "personal development" as long as they do not devote their lives to their videogame addiction. You were just doing it wrong![]()
Red haaaaanded.Stumpokapow said:It's pretty weird that you literally offered to whore yourself out to get an early shot at a beta of a mostly multiplayer FPS, but you're here saying that you don't play or care about games, you hate multiplayer communities, and you think the latest shooter is been there, done that.
HylianTom said:Y'see.. this is what I'm banking on. We're building a house, and I have a gaming room already designed. I have a collection of old gaming posters, old controllers, etc. All of my Elder Scrolls maps are already framed and ready. I also have two Zappers (one grey, one orange) that'll be mounted on green felt in the style of dueling pistols.
Once the house is done, I need to seek out a computer builder who can successfully put together a computer that is capable of running my favorite older games and my favorite more recent titles. Many of the older ones won't run on newer Windows systems, so a partition job of some sort might be needed (Windows 95, probably. Wow..)
Meanwhile the Wii will serve as a sort of repository for older Nintendo titles. When they get cheap, I'll buy a second one as backup.
Funny.. I'm looking more backwards than forwards now whenever the topic of gaming comes-up.
Salvor.Hardin said:I can no longer play a video game and enjoy its story. While it was easier to do so when I was younger and unaware of the gap that makes up the difference between poor writing and good writing, it's harder to ignore that gap now.
Stripped bare, a lot of video games can be summed up by their mechanics. In most cases I end up wondering why I'm mindlessly repeating tasks which don't require much thought. Most video games today are less about creativity and logic and more about timing and precision, which I honestly don't care for. I can't play an hour of a video game without thinking of a better form of entertainment like the backlog of movies to watch, books to read and music to listen to. Gaming has become an odd chore where I can't sit still without regretting the opportunity cost.
Anyone else feel this way?
DemiMatt said:I just dont play tons of games anymore and I find myself stockpiling games like crazy.
Futureman said:I quit videogaming basically during my college years, but I'm back now baby! Fuck all you mature adults who don't game.
Nintendo is my master but I also have a 360 for Netflix streaming and random games here and there.
At every single family Xmas/Thanksgiving/birthday thrown at my house, my gaming systems are the center of attention. Band games, dancing games, trivia games and all of the waggle tech games from all 3 systems unite everyone from grandma to grandchild. There is something for everyone. My whole family looks forward to a new experience every time they all get to come over (because I buy goddamn everything!). I think it's rather amazing to watch.Cubsfan23 said:usually the family gathering type parties