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Since maybe a week or so before the gamecube launch, my interest in the topics in the ninty forum (my usual home here) has been gradually ebbing away. There seems to have been a (understandable) shift from topics that were generally not often too factual or game specific, but more speculative or more loosely attached to gaming, to topics about games we're now playing, technical issues, i guess more directly and realistically attached to gaming.
And the result of this is that i'm losing interest in the topics. It's not the topics themselves that have, in the long term, changed - i remember they were on pretty similar lines back when the n64 was making noise, and i was glad to be a part of it. But now i find myself drifting to the ramblings of the WLT, spending a bigger proportion of my time in the life forum, and to a lesser extent the ninty forum's topics about future develpoments.
Now, at this point i think i should point out that this isn't going to turn into one of those topics that were cropping up a few months ago, about people whinging about leaving the forums - i'm staying, and even if i was to drift away, i doubt i'd make a topic about it, least of all in prime. I just felt like writing, to bring up the issue in the post and clarify things in my own head. This seemed like the best forum to put it in.
So, what it seems to boil down to is that i have less interest in discussing the here and now of computer games.
Why?
I had a couple of theories initially:
1- Gaming is becoming less important to me.
No, i have my gamecube that's got my playing time up to the most it's been in a while, and just today as i was packing my n64 away (moving b/w flats), i was looking through the games, thinking i'd have to find time to get back to some of them. The town i'm living in virtually shuts down in the summer, when most of the students are gone, except for the tourists, so that'll be more of my free time on the cube, and i work mornings, to finish at about 2.30 pm, yet more game time. So it can't be that.
2- So maybe i'm playing more, but my heart's not in it, i'm just gaming as there's nothing better to do.
No, i'm loving it, even when i can tear myself away from burnout and super monkey ball, there are still pleanty of other games i'm itching to get on with.
3- And it feels like it's all i'm left with after getting rid of the other two:
I'm enjoying computer games more, sure, but i'm losing interest in talking about them.
Why? I don't know, i guess i've just changed, my interest in games has changed - beyond keeping up with significant shapes on the horizon i only want to play them.
So is it that i don't get it any more, or is it only now, for the first time, that i actually do get it? That finally gaming is, to me, just that - it's gaming, not talking about it, not sitting around without actually gaming, but actually playing.
Well, no. Like shigsy said in his european pre-cube release tour, talking about speculation about the new zelda, when you talk about a game, you're interacting with it, you're basically as good as playing it.
So maybe talking about games is gaming, and if it's not, it's as good as gaming.
Just different.
So the point of the post?
Well, to me, it's that i've changed. Not for the better, or worse, just changed.
For anyone who reads this and gives a damn, i guess that in my own questioning of the worth of the forums, i've managed to validate them. Maybe you didn't need that, but hey, i'm not about to delete all this now it took me long enough to get to the end : )
And the result of this is that i'm losing interest in the topics. It's not the topics themselves that have, in the long term, changed - i remember they were on pretty similar lines back when the n64 was making noise, and i was glad to be a part of it. But now i find myself drifting to the ramblings of the WLT, spending a bigger proportion of my time in the life forum, and to a lesser extent the ninty forum's topics about future develpoments.
Now, at this point i think i should point out that this isn't going to turn into one of those topics that were cropping up a few months ago, about people whinging about leaving the forums - i'm staying, and even if i was to drift away, i doubt i'd make a topic about it, least of all in prime. I just felt like writing, to bring up the issue in the post and clarify things in my own head. This seemed like the best forum to put it in.
So, what it seems to boil down to is that i have less interest in discussing the here and now of computer games.
Why?
I had a couple of theories initially:
1- Gaming is becoming less important to me.
No, i have my gamecube that's got my playing time up to the most it's been in a while, and just today as i was packing my n64 away (moving b/w flats), i was looking through the games, thinking i'd have to find time to get back to some of them. The town i'm living in virtually shuts down in the summer, when most of the students are gone, except for the tourists, so that'll be more of my free time on the cube, and i work mornings, to finish at about 2.30 pm, yet more game time. So it can't be that.
2- So maybe i'm playing more, but my heart's not in it, i'm just gaming as there's nothing better to do.
No, i'm loving it, even when i can tear myself away from burnout and super monkey ball, there are still pleanty of other games i'm itching to get on with.
3- And it feels like it's all i'm left with after getting rid of the other two:
I'm enjoying computer games more, sure, but i'm losing interest in talking about them.
Why? I don't know, i guess i've just changed, my interest in games has changed - beyond keeping up with significant shapes on the horizon i only want to play them.
So is it that i don't get it any more, or is it only now, for the first time, that i actually do get it? That finally gaming is, to me, just that - it's gaming, not talking about it, not sitting around without actually gaming, but actually playing.
Well, no. Like shigsy said in his european pre-cube release tour, talking about speculation about the new zelda, when you talk about a game, you're interacting with it, you're basically as good as playing it.
So maybe talking about games is gaming, and if it's not, it's as good as gaming.
Just different.
So the point of the post?
Well, to me, it's that i've changed. Not for the better, or worse, just changed.
For anyone who reads this and gives a damn, i guess that in my own questioning of the worth of the forums, i've managed to validate them. Maybe you didn't need that, but hey, i'm not about to delete all this now it took me long enough to get to the end : )
FantasyMeister wrote:
> (can't wait for the next AI post)
LOL its so true. I dont necesarily think it is you who have changed Dr Duck. I think also the forum has changed as well. There are a lot more "casual" posts in the Nintendo forum these days. Stuff like "pikmin, how are you getting on" and "ive completed master mode" ;) to name but a few.
> (can't wait for the next AI post)
LOL its so true. I dont necesarily think it is you who have changed Dr Duck. I think also the forum has changed as well. There are a lot more "casual" posts in the Nintendo forum these days. Stuff like "pikmin, how are you getting on" and "ive completed master mode" ;) to name but a few.
Grix Thraves wrote:
> Play Skies of Arcadia.
I second that. If you ever think your interest in games or gaming or the future of gaming is flagging, Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast is the tonic to pick you up and get you excited about gaming again.
Having said that, Skies is about 12 months old or even more now, so it may seem outdated by some recent titles. So this tonic may not even be as effective as it was on me and Grix.
The other thing that people forget is the reason we post here. It's because we're all like minded people with one thing in common: Monkeys. No, gaming I meant. Sorry, gaming. That's what keeps drawing us back to the forums again and again.
So even though the future looks a bit bleak in terms of new hardware (some great games coming out though, The Getaway, whatever happened to that one?), and talking about the future of gaming is a bit mundane because when you've been here a bit you only ever see old ideas rehashed by new posters (can't wait for the next AI post), always remember, we're here for you. Usually only to add a quick quip to your posts, but here nonetheless.
BTW, ditch the Nintendo games and try something different. When you play one console brand all the time it becomes more of the same after a certain length of time, it happened with the PSX, it'll happen with the PS2 and the XBox, only Sega managed to bring out new stuff right till the end but they died so they don't count. Forget loyalties, (cost is a factor though, but you could trade the 'Cube in for a DC and then buy another one later).
> Play Skies of Arcadia.
I second that. If you ever think your interest in games or gaming or the future of gaming is flagging, Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast is the tonic to pick you up and get you excited about gaming again.
Having said that, Skies is about 12 months old or even more now, so it may seem outdated by some recent titles. So this tonic may not even be as effective as it was on me and Grix.
The other thing that people forget is the reason we post here. It's because we're all like minded people with one thing in common: Monkeys. No, gaming I meant. Sorry, gaming. That's what keeps drawing us back to the forums again and again.
So even though the future looks a bit bleak in terms of new hardware (some great games coming out though, The Getaway, whatever happened to that one?), and talking about the future of gaming is a bit mundane because when you've been here a bit you only ever see old ideas rehashed by new posters (can't wait for the next AI post), always remember, we're here for you. Usually only to add a quick quip to your posts, but here nonetheless.
BTW, ditch the Nintendo games and try something different. When you play one console brand all the time it becomes more of the same after a certain length of time, it happened with the PSX, it'll happen with the PS2 and the XBox, only Sega managed to bring out new stuff right till the end but they died so they don't count. Forget loyalties, (cost is a factor though, but you could trade the 'Cube in for a DC and then buy another one later).
Grix Thraves wrote:
> Play Skies of Arcadia.
*Rolls eyes back*
> Play Skies of Arcadia.
*Rolls eyes back*
Skies of Arcadia is an amazing game, I have it on the DC and I'm gonna get it again on the GC, even if nothing changes.
Play Skies of Arcadia.
Since maybe a week or so before the gamecube launch, my interest in the topics in the ninty forum (my usual home here) has been gradually ebbing away. There seems to have been a (understandable) shift from topics that were generally not often too factual or game specific, but more speculative or more loosely attached to gaming, to topics about games we're now playing, technical issues, i guess more directly and realistically attached to gaming.
And the result of this is that i'm losing interest in the topics. It's not the topics themselves that have, in the long term, changed - i remember they were on pretty similar lines back when the n64 was making noise, and i was glad to be a part of it. But now i find myself drifting to the ramblings of the WLT, spending a bigger proportion of my time in the life forum, and to a lesser extent the ninty forum's topics about future develpoments.
Now, at this point i think i should point out that this isn't going to turn into one of those topics that were cropping up a few months ago, about people whinging about leaving the forums - i'm staying, and even if i was to drift away, i doubt i'd make a topic about it, least of all in prime. I just felt like writing, to bring up the issue in the post and clarify things in my own head. This seemed like the best forum to put it in.
So, what it seems to boil down to is that i have less interest in discussing the here and now of computer games.
Why?
I had a couple of theories initially:
1- Gaming is becoming less important to me.
No, i have my gamecube that's got my playing time up to the most it's been in a while, and just today as i was packing my n64 away (moving b/w flats), i was looking through the games, thinking i'd have to find time to get back to some of them. The town i'm living in virtually shuts down in the summer, when most of the students are gone, except for the tourists, so that'll be more of my free time on the cube, and i work mornings, to finish at about 2.30 pm, yet more game time. So it can't be that.
2- So maybe i'm playing more, but my heart's not in it, i'm just gaming as there's nothing better to do.
No, i'm loving it, even when i can tear myself away from burnout and super monkey ball, there are still pleanty of other games i'm itching to get on with.
3- And it feels like it's all i'm left with after getting rid of the other two:
I'm enjoying computer games more, sure, but i'm losing interest in talking about them.
Why? I don't know, i guess i've just changed, my interest in games has changed - beyond keeping up with significant shapes on the horizon i only want to play them.
So is it that i don't get it any more, or is it only now, for the first time, that i actually do get it? That finally gaming is, to me, just that - it's gaming, not talking about it, not sitting around without actually gaming, but actually playing.
Well, no. Like shigsy said in his european pre-cube release tour, talking about speculation about the new zelda, when you talk about a game, you're interacting with it, you're basically as good as playing it.
So maybe talking about games is gaming, and if it's not, it's as good as gaming.
Just different.
So the point of the post?
Well, to me, it's that i've changed. Not for the better, or worse, just changed.
For anyone who reads this and gives a damn, i guess that in my own questioning of the worth of the forums, i've managed to validate them. Maybe you didn't need that, but hey, i'm not about to delete all this now it took me long enough to get to the end : )
And the result of this is that i'm losing interest in the topics. It's not the topics themselves that have, in the long term, changed - i remember they were on pretty similar lines back when the n64 was making noise, and i was glad to be a part of it. But now i find myself drifting to the ramblings of the WLT, spending a bigger proportion of my time in the life forum, and to a lesser extent the ninty forum's topics about future develpoments.
Now, at this point i think i should point out that this isn't going to turn into one of those topics that were cropping up a few months ago, about people whinging about leaving the forums - i'm staying, and even if i was to drift away, i doubt i'd make a topic about it, least of all in prime. I just felt like writing, to bring up the issue in the post and clarify things in my own head. This seemed like the best forum to put it in.
So, what it seems to boil down to is that i have less interest in discussing the here and now of computer games.
Why?
I had a couple of theories initially:
1- Gaming is becoming less important to me.
No, i have my gamecube that's got my playing time up to the most it's been in a while, and just today as i was packing my n64 away (moving b/w flats), i was looking through the games, thinking i'd have to find time to get back to some of them. The town i'm living in virtually shuts down in the summer, when most of the students are gone, except for the tourists, so that'll be more of my free time on the cube, and i work mornings, to finish at about 2.30 pm, yet more game time. So it can't be that.
2- So maybe i'm playing more, but my heart's not in it, i'm just gaming as there's nothing better to do.
No, i'm loving it, even when i can tear myself away from burnout and super monkey ball, there are still pleanty of other games i'm itching to get on with.
3- And it feels like it's all i'm left with after getting rid of the other two:
I'm enjoying computer games more, sure, but i'm losing interest in talking about them.
Why? I don't know, i guess i've just changed, my interest in games has changed - beyond keeping up with significant shapes on the horizon i only want to play them.
So is it that i don't get it any more, or is it only now, for the first time, that i actually do get it? That finally gaming is, to me, just that - it's gaming, not talking about it, not sitting around without actually gaming, but actually playing.
Well, no. Like shigsy said in his european pre-cube release tour, talking about speculation about the new zelda, when you talk about a game, you're interacting with it, you're basically as good as playing it.
So maybe talking about games is gaming, and if it's not, it's as good as gaming.
Just different.
So the point of the post?
Well, to me, it's that i've changed. Not for the better, or worse, just changed.
For anyone who reads this and gives a damn, i guess that in my own questioning of the worth of the forums, i've managed to validate them. Maybe you didn't need that, but hey, i'm not about to delete all this now it took me long enough to get to the end : )