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Trepidati0n

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1. First real PC 8088...never played a single game

2. First real PC game --> Wing Commander on a 386 sx 16 MHz...every once and a while pressed the turbo button. Really enjoyed myself.

3. Next PC was a 486 DX 33 with 32 MB of Ram...big step but played a lot of MUD's and especially Descent (the original). Can't count the number of all night DOOM '1' sessions.

4. Moved up to a P133 with 64 MB of Ram...started playing more PC games. Descent 2, Doom 2, etc...

5. Athalon series came out and got hooked on Evercrack and PS2 RPG's (FF7, FF8, etc)

6. Flash forward 6 years...don't even finish have the games I start.

Somewhere between a year or two before graduation and now I have lost my desire to really play games. I try and get myself excited. The only one that I truly enjoyed playing was FFX. I have played tons...but most I either don't finish or just finish to see the final CGI scene. What happened. :( :( :(

-tReP
 
Maybe you just don't have that gaming killer instinct. You get a game cornered, right where you want it, but you just can't finish it off.
 
im in the exact same boat

im trying to decide if its the games are just sucking more...or I just dont care to play em as much. sure being all grown up means not alot of time, but even when I have time and nothing to do, the games lose my interest real fast...or they have some annoying qualities that just make me not want to even play it...
 
I find the same thing.

I think my problem is that I have money these days whereas I didn't way back when, because of that I tend to buy games faster than I get time to complete them and so they just get shoved in a pile.
 
]|[ Mar']['in ]|[ said:
I miss playing Pole Position on the Commodore 64
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I have Namco Arcade for Xbox and it has Pole Position 1 and 2. I prefer PGR or Rallisport over it by a long shot.
 
I am in the same situation. I graduate here in May with a B.S. in Computer Science. I find myself not excited about games anymore. The only games I play are CS:S and Americas Army. I will play for 5 minutes and then quite. I did have a gf until she decided to dump me and go out with a man 25 years older than her. Ok she is 17 and he is 42. Anyways I don't know where I was going with that but school has pretty much taken over my life and I don't have time for anything else. After I graduate I will probably move to Dallas Texas. Currently right now I am trying to get an IT job with the FBI in Dallas. My security clearence is almost compelte but they may stick me in another city.
 
old?

Old is remembering Buck Rogers on a Coleco ADAM
or the multitude of games on C64

Old is remembering how to put Pong into debug mode.


pssht old.
I prefer Vintage :D

Now lemme find my cane.
 
In the beginning there was nothing... so almost every new game was unique. I started Computer gaming in the late 80's. I remember playing SimCity for the first time. Harpoon, Space Quest, Wing Commander, Myst, Civilization. I stumbled onto Wolfenstein 3D in a software shareware catalog, paid like $1 for each 3.5 floppy it was on, I think there were 6. Then bought the full game. My first RTS was C&C, which I bought on a whim at BB when it was first released.

Today is it just basically a rehash of what we have played for 10-15+ years. Yes it looks 1000 tims better but the core of the games are the same. I don't anticipate this changing, especially with the industry dominated by these large publishers now who are more adverse to trying new and different ideas. The fresh/innovative games will be few and far between...
 
Bane said:
Agreed, I think your problem is that you have a life.
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Yes.. and be happy about it LOL!!!!..

unfortunatly mine is a different story.. i can't finish playing games cause

1)GIrlfriend (which isn't a bad thing)
2) school
3) school
4) schoool
5)school
and
6) school


:(

i spend about 50 - 60 hours a week on school alone.. sometimes more depending on if i have exams and junk.. and i only get 5 hours of sleep a day... and on weekends too!!!

I've thought about suicide...
 
I had a 22 year old tell me the secret to not feeling old is to play games and hang around younger people.

I was speechless. I just threw away a microwave older then he is. What does he know about feeling old?
 
Wondernerd said:
I had a 22 year old tell me the secret to not feeling old is to play games and hang around younger people.

I was speechless. I just threw away a microwave older then he is. What does he know about feeling old?
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Haha, that's funny. :D
 
Iratus said:
I find the same thing.

I think my problem is that I have money these days whereas I didn't way back when, because of that I tend to buy games faster than I get time to complete them and so they just get shoved in a pile.
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I agree. I was drooling over Rome:Total War and have yet to put in more than an hour with the game due to other games taking all my free time. And as I'm married, my free time is little enough as it is ;)
 
Same boat here too. Though I am 25. Games have been getting pushed wilfully to the back more and more as time goes on. I use to carry a picture of the PS2 in my wallet before it was launched, now that has been gladly replaced by my girlfriend and my nephew. I have already decided that HL2 is going to be the last game I play. I am not that interested in it as I was when it was being rumored, but I payed for it a long time ago and so I might as well give it a go at least once. I use to read every thing that I could about every game. I had at one time 6 gaming magazine subscriptions, but over time that has turned into Forbes, ESPN, and The Ensign. Don't get me wrong though, I don't even miss games, though I do come in this forum just to read a few things, mostly peoples opinions about games that are being hyped a lot. After HL2, no more games for me, I just don't get excited over them anymore. They don't hold a candle to other things that interest me.
 
I feel your pain man. I was a gamer way back when also. I remember my Commodore 64 and playing games like Karatika and Defender of the Crown and Summer Games (hammer that keyboard). I think the disk drive broke and I never got a new one.
Then I had an old 386 with maybe 16 megs of ram and tried to add some sort of processor booster to it. Ram was expensive as hell too.
Bought a Gateway and was able to play Kings Quest games, some Doom and Quake 1.

Got a newer system and played the shit out of Quake 2 and Half Life. The upgrades continued and I was playing a little Quake 3 and other games but I was slowly getting away from gaming for some reason.

I now have a nice system, a job, a wife and 2 kids. I buy all the new games but tend to play them sparingly. I get excited about games but when I get them they never hold my interest for the long haul. Maybe I too cannot finish it off.
 
It takes a lot for a game to hold me in now, I used to be able to pick up crappy games that nowadays get little or no attention. I do have a GF though, and enjoy many other things in life, so that doesn't bother me.

If you have a <3 for games, that never leaves you :)
 
Hehe, I remember in 9th grade sitting with my friend, and I think this was when 386s were middle of the road and 486s were the bomb... we were calculating how much a Gb of RAM would cost, we came up with $46,000... Of course now its about 150 bucks give or take a few trips to McDonalds. I guess that was 10 or 11 years ago. I am not old in people years, I am old in dog years, and in computer years, I am Ice Age -> 26.
 
Having a life, pshhhh, why would you want one of those ;) ? All in the eye of the beholder.
 
It's so wierd to hear the stories of people and that we feel exactly the same way. I would finish every game up until several years ago around the time Morrowind came out. I thought that game was amazing and I loved it but just couldn't finish. I have tried on several occaisions to finish the game and I always say to myself, "If you enjoy this game so much why can't you stick with it and finish?" By the time I do get back to it I've forgotten where I was and what I was supposed to do. This is happening with Doom 3, GTA, Sims 2, etc.
 
I'm 24 and I've been playing games for as long as I can remember. As of right now I still have no problem knocking a game out. I can still sit and play one for hours on end.
 
Trepidati0n said:
1. First real PC 8088...never played a single game

2. First real PC game --> Wing Commander on a 386 sx 16 MHz...every once and a while pressed the turbo button. Really enjoyed myself.

3. Next PC was a 486 DX 33 with 32 MB of Ram...big step but played a lot of MUD's and especially Descent (the original). Can't count the number of all night DOOM '1' sessions.

4. Moved up to a P133 with 64 MB of Ram...started playing more PC games. Descent 2, Doom 2, etc...

5. Athalon series came out and got hooked on Evercrack and PS2 RPG's (FF7, FF8, etc)

6. Flash forward 6 years...don't even finish have the games I start.

Somewhere between a year or two before graduation and now I have lost my desire to really play games. I try and get myself excited. The only one that I truly enjoyed playing was FFX. I have played tons...but most I either don't finish or just finish to see the final CGI scene. What happened. :( :( :(

-tReP
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Ive been feeling the same way for the past year or so, ever since I got married actually. Any game that has been coming out since January I just find myself playing it for a minute or two while being really excited, then all of a sudden I get bored, loose interest and go program. I think it has something to do with repetition of games lately coupled with a nagging wife. The last game I recall that I could spend countless hours on would have to be Action Quake 2.
 
I found that as I get older I can't deal with bad games anymore. I use to be able to sit and play a mediocre game for hours on end. Now since I have other things in my life, this became just a waste of time. However if the game is great, then there is no end to how much I will play it.


The basic question for me is, is this game worth the time away from other things? The list of games is few and far between. Althought this month is an exception to that rule. :D
 
Hey there's no denying your feelings. No sense in trying to "force" anything. I know because I'm actually old.

I enjoy the online games like Call of Duty United Offensive a lot, but only play a few days at a time. I tend to focus on only one game at a time, always have.

If you just forget about it, eventually it may stir in you again and you'll enjoy it in a different way.

Or you can just branch out and check out different stuff too.
 
your all making me soo sad. :( Right now I'm in college to get a BS in EE and I make time (whether I have it or not) to play. I always get scared that this will happen to me but so far being stuck here at college only makes the games more exciting and fun when I play. Aghhhh let the kids play on the street all day and learn how to live by learning from thugs! j/k I can understand that time gets pretty short!
 
Yep, I have given up MMORPGs because I flat out do NOT have the time. Between the new wife, new house (with all the damned housework), work, and Grad school... if I can get in 4 to 5 hours game time a week, I have lucked out. No kidding... counting weekends...

So, a game had better be really good. Problem is, when I find one I really enjoy, it makes all the other things that much harder to do... try sitting in on a Software Engineering Masters Course at 9:00PM when your'e thinking about owning your brother at Halo 2....

Its [H]ard!
 
Well it happens to the the best of us. I sitll play games and I am 29. I still like firing up games once in a while or when my friends are over.
 
In some ways, I can sympathize with you guys. I was never the owner of the brightest or best technology, but I can remember playing some older games on a 486, I can remember my dad telling me how fast 133 mHz was, and I can still remember the first time I saw things like Civilization, Sim City, Mario Bros. and Wolf3D. I can sypmathize with the ideas of feeling the same old recycled crap (*feels a Baseketball quote coming on*) wearing you down.

However, here's how I see it. I have a girlfriend who tolerates my gaming, a couple friends at work who like to talk games every once in a while, an a few friends in real life who enjoy gaming. Is my life centered around games? Not even close. But, there is enough support for me that I don't feel it getting old. Why not? Because I can still brag to my friends about how I beat such and such a game before they did. Regardless of whether it sucked.
 
You're just in "hibernation" ;)

Same thing happened with me. Wasn't excited with games like i used to. Played a few here and there that were pretty cool. But overall..didn't give a damn (plus it was too expensive). Now I'm full on interested again (I'm juggling like 5 games :D )

I thought games looked mediocre and graphics weren't doing the big leaps like they used to. Now though I'm all fired up again.
 
Trepidati0n said:
1. First real PC 8088...never played a single game

2. First real PC game --> Wing Commander on a 386 sx 16 MHz...every once and a while pressed the turbo button. Really enjoyed myself.

3. Next PC was a 486 DX 33 with 32 MB of Ram...big step but played a lot of MUD's and especially Descent (the original). Can't count the number of all night DOOM '1' sessions.

4. Moved up to a P133 with 64 MB of Ram...started playing more PC games. Descent 2, Doom 2, etc...

5. Athalon series came out and got hooked on Evercrack and PS2 RPG's (FF7, FF8, etc)

6. Flash forward 6 years...don't even finish have the games I start.

Somewhere between a year or two before graduation and now I have lost my desire to really play games. I try and get myself excited. The only one that I truly enjoyed playing was FFX. I have played tons...but most I either don't finish or just finish to see the final CGI scene. What happened. :( :( :(

-tReP
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OMG you described me. After FFX I just lost interest in games. Been trying to play FFX-2. But after like 4 hours into the game, I just stopped playing....But I do enjoy the mindless games like Dynasty Warriors, etc...
 
tacomaboy said:
Hehe you sound like me. But dude, its called Grad school :p
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lol.

I thought he was refering to his wife's schooling.

:D
 
Ahh yes mindless games! They keep you coming back and back because they are an escape without being an excursion. I still play starcraft and Warlords 1-2 for the same reason.

I also agree with the money aspect. As I got older, school needs faded, and a full time job entered, you find you would rather spend your money on other things (whereas your last 50 bucks = = = game back then). A night out with the GF/Family, a trip to the mall (ahem, srry I live in WY it IS an occasion here), or a bottle of good wine.

Interests change, I wouldn't be sorry about it. The key is you still have the enthusiam you may have had only for games before, now redirected toward something that you feel is more important, even though yourself at 16 would have told you you are old and washed up. It is okay because who wasn't a dumbass at 16, looking back?

:)
 
Mmm the ensign. good reading. RM?

Tiny said:
Same boat here too. Though I am 25. Games have been getting pushed wilfully to the back more and more as time goes on. I use to carry a picture of the PS2 in my wallet before it was launched, now that has been gladly replaced by my girlfriend and my nephew. I have already decided that HL2 is going to be the last game I play. I am not that interested in it as I was when it was being rumored, but I payed for it a long time ago and so I might as well give it a go at least once. I use to read every thing that I could about every game. I had at one time 6 gaming magazine subscriptions, but over time that has turned into Forbes, ESPN, and The Ensign. Don't get me wrong though, I don't even miss games, though I do come in this forum just to read a few things, mostly peoples opinions about games that are being hyped a lot. After HL2, no more games for me, I just don't get excited over them anymore. They don't hold a candle to other things that interest me.
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Trepidati0n said:
Married + House + Job....kids still a ways off because of masters school.

-tReP
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Heheh.. well when they get to grad school.. it's still not gonna be a relief for you lol.. their gonna hound you for cash to pay for tuition... that's what i'm doing to my parents
:)
 
I'm finding that I care less and less about games. Hell with a wife, 3 kids, and 2 dogs I don't have much time for games.

I bought Doom 3 because I was a Doom fan from way back but a couple hours was all I could take before I got bored.

I bought HL2 since the original Half Life was one of the few games that I enjoyed enough to actually finish, how much of HL2 I will play, probably not much, but one of my kids will like it and play it I'm sure. Oh and CS:S, played it for 30 minutes before I remembered why I quit playing CS last year - no more for me thanks I've had enough of that.

I bought the latest Leisuresuit Larry and was disgusted at what they did to that game, that ain't no Leisuresuit Larry - just a bunch of crappy repetitive mini-games to get to the next level of disappointment.

I get more enjoyment from taking a good dump than playing most of the games out these days.

Now I think more about what my kids might want to play than myself. I guess I'm about done with games at the age of 40 but I'll give HL2 a chance to bring me back into enjoying games.
 
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