june gloom on 14/4/2011 at 23:34
holy shit lost_soul is a year younger than me and not in his 50s like i thought
worldview shattered
Renzatic on 15/4/2011 at 02:50
I remember when I had time. It was wonderful. I could actually do the shit I enjoy, rather than work for 14 hours a day.
PITY PARTY FOR ME! :mad:
...but on the plus side, I do have a nice tan right now.
bleaksand on 15/4/2011 at 14:06
(back on topic)
3 - 12 hours, Friday-through-Sunday. Depends on mood, game interest, and various life-demands.
NOTE TO FAMILY MEMBERS: The steam stats are a LIE! I have a bad habit of forgetting and leaving a game on pause while grocery shopping or doing laundry!
Matthew on 15/4/2011 at 14:33
2 - 3 hours per weeknight using the computer, a lot of that on games but sometimes just on surfing to music. At weekends, it can be 5 - 9 hours depending on whether I bring home any paperwork, am going out somewhere, or if my kinship has a raid going.
Shadowcat on 16/4/2011 at 14:18
Similarly for me -- I'm usually on the computer for at least a couple of hours each day, but nowadays that often does not involve any gaming (although I invariably read TTLG and a few other gaming sites, so I expect I've spent far more time reading about gaming than actually doing it in recent years).
When I actually get engrossed in something, I can happily play for hours, though. I think I played Realms of the Haunting for about six hours today.
More often it's just an hour here or there.
Shakey-Lo on 17/4/2011 at 09:13
Yesterday I had a six-hour session of Tribes 2 because the AU community was celebrating its 10th birthday. It was the first time I had played a video game in three months.
reizak on 17/4/2011 at 14:02
Inline Image:
http://i55.tinypic.com/351x00m.jpgIt's not that I'm particularly busy with anything more important, I just don't seem to have the energy lately.
Queue on 17/4/2011 at 17:33
Now-a-days, I'll play something just when the mood strikes me (which isn't as often as it used to be). And If I'm really into a game, I'll come back to it more often than not--recently, I replayed Vice City, and over the course of a month I completed 90% of the game.
But apart from those increasingly rare moments of immersion, I'd say I maybe log-in about three hours a week.
Instead of dedicated gaming time, I'd be interested to know (since my own enthusiasm has waned quite a bit, recently): Has your enthusiasm for gaming in general grown or decreased from where it was, say, two-years ago?
[edit] As a side-note, I bought a PS2 (because they are so cheap, and it came with Toy Story 3 bundled in) a couple months ago, along with used copies of GTA:Vice City Stories, Manhunt 2, and The Simpsons. The kids love TS3 and the Simpsons, but only play about twice a week (on the weekends) for a couple of hours, since they are "busy"; and I tooled around on the motorcycle for about 10 minutes in GTA, and played half of the tutorial level in Manhunt 2...and haven't touched it since.
I think the one thing most putting me off spending more time playing is getting used to using the controller. I don't mind the controller as much as I thought I would, but I do find it hard to use.
gunsmoke on 18/4/2011 at 17:21
@ Queue: my gaming interest was almost to zero. That died when I got 360. I am back in full swing. The Wii just didn't hold my interest long. I got the few games I really wanted, beat them and there is NOTHING left on that system besides Virtual Console left and bowling.
Save up for a 360 or a PS3. There is so much awesome shit that is out there on the console only side.
Queue on 18/4/2011 at 18:05
Yeah, I've decided I'm going to save up for a 360, gunny, and will give it a serious go. There are a bunch of games -- either coming out or already released -- that I really want to play (Hitman 5, Duke Forever, Red Dead Redemption, GTA4, Max Payne 3, Battlefield 3, and probably Thief 4 instead of trying to PC it...just to name a few).
Of course, the money I had been saving for a 360 went to taxes this year. I gotz FEEE-UCKED.
