I've been a gamer since, well, the first computer games (Zork on a DEC?)
I own literally hundreds of PC games. Anyway:
I noticed one day that I spent the day:
- Reading online game reviews
- Reading online game message boards
- Reading some of the four gaming magazines I subscribe to
- Reading PC gaming hardware info
- Shopping for yet more games and components in several sales ads
Finally, later in the day, it was time to play a game, and I didn't really feel like it. I had enjoyed all the preparations, the other things, but as I clicked away in an old RPG - bleh.
I realized - wow, I seem to enjoy the 'meta' level of gaming rather than the actual playing of the games now!
Can you actually have a gaming hobby where you don't play the games, you simply know the best gaming components, the best games to play?
Why is it so satisfying to read about dozens of games you don't have time to play?
I just thought I'd post this as an unusual point of view on the hobby, and to see if others get a chuckle if they see any similarities.
And I do play games, too.
I own literally hundreds of PC games. Anyway:
I noticed one day that I spent the day:
- Reading online game reviews
- Reading online game message boards
- Reading some of the four gaming magazines I subscribe to
- Reading PC gaming hardware info
- Shopping for yet more games and components in several sales ads
Finally, later in the day, it was time to play a game, and I didn't really feel like it. I had enjoyed all the preparations, the other things, but as I clicked away in an old RPG - bleh.
I realized - wow, I seem to enjoy the 'meta' level of gaming rather than the actual playing of the games now!
Can you actually have a gaming hobby where you don't play the games, you simply know the best gaming components, the best games to play?
Why is it so satisfying to read about dozens of games you don't have time to play?
I just thought I'd post this as an unusual point of view on the hobby, and to see if others get a chuckle if they see any similarities.
And I do play games, too.