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I was just thinking today about gaming in general. It was all sparked off by me going round to a mates house and seeing him playing his Xbox. I thought to myself, when was the last time I really played a game?
When I got San Andreas back in early June I played it and played it for a few weeks but after that I got a little stuck. Normally the allure of the game brings me back to it or when I'm bored I just go on my Xbox. Recently though I really haven't felt the urge to play a game in the same way I used to and even my Xbox has been acting up (its disc tray being very temperamental)
With the onslaught of another generation of consoles just around the corner I'm wondering whether or not I'm actually going to bother buying one. Although I'd play it a lot because of novelty value it'd soon become another dust-gatherer that caused me to fork out a fair amount of cash whenever I see a new game coming along. After all, new consoles have more games and higher prices.
Excluding San Andreas, I can't remember the last time I just sat and gamed in the room whilst the Sun drifted by outside. It shouldn't really make me forlorn that I can't get into a disc with some information on anymore, but, I enjoyed gaming for many years and it's something I devoted some time to. I will still go back and play my Xbox from time to time, but more nostalgically then anything else.
I still subscribe to OXM and read the magazines. Even that's not the same. I used to spend some hours reading the reviews, counting the days until games I wanted were out and putting money aside, I even played the demo discs for hours and entered the competitions. Now I barely ever put the disc on, if I do it's just to watch someone's Driv3r playback or PGR cone score.
Everything is subject to change. The outdoors is appealing, as it always has been, but now the indoor environments just can't hold their own against it even for brief periods of time anymore. I haven't played the discs as much since my old tv with VCR was replaced by a DVD-combi.
So, I'll still talk about games and my opinions and play the ones I already own but the future of my gaming is ... uncertain
When I got San Andreas back in early June I played it and played it for a few weeks but after that I got a little stuck. Normally the allure of the game brings me back to it or when I'm bored I just go on my Xbox. Recently though I really haven't felt the urge to play a game in the same way I used to and even my Xbox has been acting up (its disc tray being very temperamental)
With the onslaught of another generation of consoles just around the corner I'm wondering whether or not I'm actually going to bother buying one. Although I'd play it a lot because of novelty value it'd soon become another dust-gatherer that caused me to fork out a fair amount of cash whenever I see a new game coming along. After all, new consoles have more games and higher prices.
Excluding San Andreas, I can't remember the last time I just sat and gamed in the room whilst the Sun drifted by outside. It shouldn't really make me forlorn that I can't get into a disc with some information on anymore, but, I enjoyed gaming for many years and it's something I devoted some time to. I will still go back and play my Xbox from time to time, but more nostalgically then anything else.
I still subscribe to OXM and read the magazines. Even that's not the same. I used to spend some hours reading the reviews, counting the days until games I wanted were out and putting money aside, I even played the demo discs for hours and entered the competitions. Now I barely ever put the disc on, if I do it's just to watch someone's Driv3r playback or PGR cone score.
Everything is subject to change. The outdoors is appealing, as it always has been, but now the indoor environments just can't hold their own against it even for brief periods of time anymore. I haven't played the discs as much since my old tv with VCR was replaced by a DVD-combi.
So, I'll still talk about games and my opinions and play the ones I already own but the future of my gaming is ... uncertain
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Well, we're posting on an internet chat forum here - I think 'trivial' pretty much covers all the bases. If no-one responded to all thing trivial, then there'd be about 3 posts a day.
But I like posting here ... if I didn't, then I wouldn't.
And I like writing stuff in general ... if I didn't, then I wouldn't.
And that's that, unless you want to go into a big pointless 'few, long post vs. many short post' fight, which might provide a bit of lunchtime entertainment and some more mini-essay in response to trivial matters.
Live? Nah, not for me ... I've always seen the XB as a bit souless, but that's probably my ignorance shining through. We'll see how it hangs with the next batch, I suppose.
Oh my, I appear to be writing about what the topic intended. How bizzare.
But yes, at the moment, I feel no compulsion to play any games - well, I do play WoW for stupid amounts of time, but even that's not really all it's cracked up to be most of the time.
I suppose games are mostly for relieving stress, having a bit of time-out ... but during the summer-holidays for most, and while I doss around waiting for uni to start, there's no stress to relieve. Hell, I haven't worn my watch for the last 3 months, and I love it.
Maybe I'll need my little virtual stress-ball when I actually have some work to do - ah, and they're also a good way to avoid work entirely, which is always nice.
Ah, gosh darn, another essay I see. Think yourselves lucky, you just get so much of my precious time. Yeah, it's just give-give-give with me.
Big hugs now.
But I like posting here ... if I didn't, then I wouldn't.
And I like writing stuff in general ... if I didn't, then I wouldn't.
And that's that, unless you want to go into a big pointless 'few, long post vs. many short post' fight, which might provide a bit of lunchtime entertainment and some more mini-essay in response to trivial matters.
Live? Nah, not for me ... I've always seen the XB as a bit souless, but that's probably my ignorance shining through. We'll see how it hangs with the next batch, I suppose.
Oh my, I appear to be writing about what the topic intended. How bizzare.
But yes, at the moment, I feel no compulsion to play any games - well, I do play WoW for stupid amounts of time, but even that's not really all it's cracked up to be most of the time.
I suppose games are mostly for relieving stress, having a bit of time-out ... but during the summer-holidays for most, and while I doss around waiting for uni to start, there's no stress to relieve. Hell, I haven't worn my watch for the last 3 months, and I love it.
Maybe I'll need my little virtual stress-ball when I actually have some work to do - ah, and they're also a good way to avoid work entirely, which is always nice.
Ah, gosh darn, another essay I see. Think yourselves lucky, you just get so much of my precious time. Yeah, it's just give-give-give with me.
Big hugs now.
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