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Au Revoir, Video Games...
10 years ago
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Alright, after talking it up almost a year ago, I've finally done it. I've sold off the last of my gaming systems. For the first time in nearly twenty years, I am without a gaming console in my life. It's a moment where I can really mark the end of a certain chapter in my life.
Have I given up gaming entirely and forever? No, of course not. At the very least, I'll always have a computer of some kind, and I've got a fine backlog of both old games and new Steam purchases to keep me busy (retro moment: over the past few days I've become unhealthily re-addicted to RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Just get one perfect park down and I'm done, I swear!). But I've always been primarily a console gamer, so it certainly will be an activity on the backburner for a while. It isn't so much a lack of desire that's pushing me away, it's just that I simply don't have the life for it. Games are a bit time investment, after all. A movie I can be done with in a few short hours, and I'll always be able to fit in work, school, and social stuff where appropriate, but games needed a few too many chunks out of any given week to really get accomplished. Down the line, once I'm done with school especially, I'll probably pick up an Xbox One and get back into the swing of things a bit. But not now.
So that's that journal. Gave a little meaningless update and pushed my old one off the page, like a good filler journal should. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Folders to obsess about.
Have I given up gaming entirely and forever? No, of course not. At the very least, I'll always have a computer of some kind, and I've got a fine backlog of both old games and new Steam purchases to keep me busy (retro moment: over the past few days I've become unhealthily re-addicted to RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Just get one perfect park down and I'm done, I swear!). But I've always been primarily a console gamer, so it certainly will be an activity on the backburner for a while. It isn't so much a lack of desire that's pushing me away, it's just that I simply don't have the life for it. Games are a bit time investment, after all. A movie I can be done with in a few short hours, and I'll always be able to fit in work, school, and social stuff where appropriate, but games needed a few too many chunks out of any given week to really get accomplished. Down the line, once I'm done with school especially, I'll probably pick up an Xbox One and get back into the swing of things a bit. But not now.
So that's that journal. Gave a little meaningless update and pushed my old one off the page, like a good filler journal should. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Folders to obsess about.
I don't know why we talk if you're not gonna learn anything from it.
Your motion is understandable; I don't play much myself because of how consuming they could be. That said, props to you managing to clear/play out your library over the course of the year. Here be to a mild increase in free time and extra space!
And yeah, games are really good at getting in the way of getting school done, too. It's good to have that level of self-control!
I do wonder if you picked up that book I suggested at BLFC: Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt. When I heard the interview on Opie and Jim I immediately thought of you. I recently have gotten back into tucking in with a book before bed and have found it relaxing after a long day of driving.