Admitting my problem, I mean.
I've been fighting it off for a while, but I think it's time to finally announce it to the world.
I am a casual video game enjoyer. Not a Gamer. Not anymore.
Oh the shame and agony! Old Spammy would be so disappointed! Of course old Spammy was a pussy-whipped little bitch... so we don't really give a shit what he would think. But dammit, admitting this still makes me feel uncomfortable.
I was the king... nay... I was the motherfucking emperor of the original NES my brothers and I had growing up. Then there was the SNES and I rocked the shit all over that as well. I whomped the ever-loving mayonnaise outta the N64. Oh and my PlayStation 2...my baby...so many hours ruling the universe from the comfort of my parent's basement.
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| Yes! Now give me back my childhood you son of a bitch! |
Dammit I'm playing Skyrim right now. SKYRIM. The whole point of the game is to kill motherfucking dragons and use their souls to fuel powers that make the gods tremble... and just this last weekend I realized I'm bored and just trying to finish the story so I know what happens.
Damn it, I'm so embarrassed.
Also worried. I don't really have a lot of what people call "skills". At least once upon a time all the hours I put into sitting by myself in a basement transferred a certain level of respectability, at least in my own mind and in the minds of other gamers. Now what?
Even just as recently as last year I remember playing Fallout 3 and Mass Effect 2 in the living room while fielding questions, comments and thinly veiled insults from my housemates. Trying to explain to Becca and Kate why everyone in a fictional universe was trying to kill me usually didn't go so well. I also recall Meg one time making some scathing comment about how "it's just stupid stuff only dumb boys can understand". Not that she was all that wrong, mind you. Who would want to give that up? Me I guess.
It's not like I'm going to stop playing video games. I just can't take them as seriously anymore. Still a great way for me to relax and blow off a little steam. Just not as often.
Oh and funny story (also blatant observation from a friend). The last year or 2 is when my love for videos games started to seriously decline. That's also when I started collecting my plethora of wierd dating stories.
Coincidence? Maybe not.
That's me. Let's go collect some more!
Spammy
The only game I was ever addicted to was Tetris on the original (aka The One and Only) Nintendo.
ReplyDeleteI played that shit so much that it was all I'd see behind my eyelids when I tried to go to sleep. The music was all I'd hear in my head, over and over.
I hit rock bottom. I had to eventually go to TA. Tetris Anonymous. Finally got my life back in order.
Haven't picked up another game since.