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How Much Of Your Day Is Dedicated Video Games?
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Next week, a lot more... (Score:5, Interesting)
2-3 hours lately, but on May 15 that figure will go up considerably.
Re:Marketing (Score:5, Interesting)
Non-gamer here: Yes, really, zero gaming unless you count slashdot. I've found other hobbies to be more rewarding lately and there's only so many hours in the day.
I used to game a lot. It was a blast when it involved getting all my friends together for a caffeine-fueled weekend of cobbling together a makeshift network and playing for 36 hours straight (with random events like the all-chainsaws hour). It's a geek social thing, and it was great when we had games that supported squad-size collaboration (Q2 LMCTF was the pinncacle IMO).
These days FPSes and RTSes have lost the appeal. There are just so many that fail at basic multiplayer balance and teamwork issues. Maybe once every other year I'll find one that looks OK and put in a couple months, but once people aren't interested in LANing it, I'm done. The last one was Left 4 Dead... I'm sure there will be more.
There's also an occasional single player gem like Portal that's completely satisfying.
I tried to get into MMORPGs to rekindle that spark of social fun, but it didn't work out; they just bore me to hell.
So yeah, no gaming at all for now. I haven't played anything for at least a year. I'm not saying "never", but it's rare lately.
Re:Marketing (Score:4, Interesting)
I used to game a lot. It was a blast when it involved getting all my friends together for a caffeine-fueled weekend of cobbling together a makeshift network and playing for 36 hours straight (with random events like the all-chainsaws hour). It's a geek social thing, and it was great when we had games that supported squad-size collaboration (Q2 LMCTF was the pinncacle IMO).
I have some fond memories of dragging my full-sized P3 Tower all over hell and creation to build a BNC network in a friend's basement. I sure am glad that I don't have that heavy sucker any more.
But as you say, my hobbies have drifted farther and farther from gaming. I'd much rather build something or create something. Though I do enjoy a few hours of BLOWIN' STUFF UP in Ratchet and Clank (probably the funniest FPS ever made). I enjoyed playing Portal 2 in single player mode, but I don't have the patience to spend hours playing on line so I can keep up with the caffeine fueled thirteen-year-olds on line.
I would much rather spend a lazy Sunday afternoon modeling and 3D printing a toy these days. I also find myself spending less and less time in front of the screen and more time reading or spending time outside as I get older. Maybe I'm making up for a mis-spent youth.
Re:Marketing (Score:3, Interesting)
This is why you should click zero/none/never on every such survey. I don't play games, I don't have a phone, I don't use aliases, I don't file a tax return, I don't listen to music, I don't watch films, I don't own shoes... (To pick a few from the last 3 months.)
Then let /. try to sell that audience to their advertisers.
Old burned-out gamer chiming in (Score:4, Interesting)
Current situation: professional software engineer. Spend ~10 hrs. a day in front of a computer. Have absolutely no desire to sit in front of one when I get home. Frat bro is in the same situation, we actually worked at the same company right out of school. We both stopped playing the same week. A year later, we played some Q3 for giggles during lunch break and got depressed about how bad we sucked.
Conclusion: (this only applies to FPS, which is where >90% of my gaming experience lies) if you don't use it, you lose it. Online play has gotten sufficiently competitive that unless you have the resources and inclination to keep your skills up, signing on to a random server once a week for a few rounds is a completely demoralizing experience.
Re:Marketing (Score:5, Interesting)
Oh yeah...it played games too.
Well, I've enjoyed it for streaming netflix...and now Amazon prime movies too. I did buy a few video games, to piddle with.
Wow, I had NO idea how badly I have been moving into the "get off my lawn" segment of society. I mean, I grew up playing video games, and was quite decent at it....arcade games (robotron, asteroids, etc)...then to the various Nintendos....etc. I'd played computer games, Descent, Doom...etc.
Well, I read about and got Red Dead Redemption...looked very cool, and fun. It still looks fun, but for the life of me...I can't get the controller down at all!! I'm not used to the 3rd person perspective...every time I start to get shot...I somehow end up looking either at the sky, or the ground, with the camera spinning around me...the joy sticks are new to me....and they are just so sensitive...one touch and wham...way further than I wanted to go...whew.
I wanna give it more time, when I have time...but man, such a steep learning curve for these new controllers...and switching so many things at once...different targeting things, swapping weapons...and so many buttons. And my time is quite limited for video games...hard to find the time to put in the hours I'm guessing it takes to master this new system.
Yep...I certainly feel like shouting 'get off my lawn' soon...but I hope to go down with a fight.
I did get the Rocksmith game...which I can seem to play a bit better...since the control is a REAL guitar....so far, that is fun to me. but wow...I was shocked how bad I was at the 'new' types of game. Thankfully, I have a nice arcade MAME machine (built out of an original Tempest cabinet), and an old 1967 EM Pinball machine..to tide me over to futz with while having cocktails with friends...till I can find the time to grind out the skills to master the PS3 type controller....