XJThrottle said:
LOL....
Silly gamers. Waste your life on something, well, else. Like a paper route. Mowing lawns in the neighborhood for cash, picking up bottles for candy money. Useful s***...
I agree if you are a younger dude. Funny but I only picked up Video games in any real way about 2years ago. When I was working I didnt have any extra time. I went years without a vacation and often worked well into the nights and many a saturday and sunday so I came home ate something had a couple shots of whiskey and went to bed. Your right .. trying to be a somebody takes time and effort!
I already reached for the brass rings, already raised to strong successful girls and will not go play bingo at the retirement center hall!!
I have a 12 yr old PC that I had built for doing 3d modeling and floor plans as part of my work life needs. When I stopped doing that I still had this somewhat beast of a PC so I figured I would turn it into a gaming system. So .. I didn't have to buy a playstation or X box. At the time I bought a tower because I didn't need it to travel and with a tower I can repair or upgrade pretty easily.
Its a bit long in the tooth but I have changed out the graphics card a couple of times, its liquid cooled and I had to replace that, Changed out the hard drives a couple of times, added ram and recently overclocked to squeeze out a little more performance and I can run just about all the newer games but I only buy games under $20 and most I get on sale for $10
I don't do the online thing because .. well this is about the only social interaction I do for the most part and its more than enough. I have become a dated relic and have not learned all the new Politically correct stuff so am usually unwelcome in any group that has people under 50/60. Even starting to feel like I have aged out here.
I dont think I take up any more time playing than most people do watching movies on netflix. The difference is .. I swear many of the games have better writing and I often get better "oh sh*t no way" surprises in games than I do in top tier movies. " I cant believe what that B*tch just did"
The best part is instead of just sitting in the corner of the couch watching a movie you get to participate in some small way. Instead of just watching the guys kill one another I get to kill them myself. In some games like fallout .. your decisions and dialog choices change the outcome of the "movie" I enjoy them but not to the exclusion of everything else. You may have heard I make leather things from time to time. :mrgreen:
Its just another way to use some free time. We maybe watch one movie a week now and every other time I ask the wife after dinner and a walk .. what do you want to do .. she says lets play fallout! Or what ever the game is.
You are right ... trust me from a guy that misses his work like no ones business .. if you are still in the living life game .. commit yourself to it like your a bull breaking through a brick wall. You get one shot and when its gone its gone and .. you WILL miss the sport of life when it slows down.
I heard so many people when I was younger say .. " i wish I had more time off" Take it from me .. you will get lots of time off .. and it sucks!
The worst thing for any go getter is not having anything to get.
but .. when and if you find yourself watching 5-6 movies a week on TV .. then try a few cheap games and see if you dont prefer them. 10 hours of one or 10 hours of the other ... I like the games!!
What I dont get is the really young guys. The ones still in school. Man you couldnt keep me in the house!
I didnt get to just "play" before ... Now I can play a little. Still rather be chasing brass rings though!
