I have been a console gamer since the early 80's (Atari 2600) and never really stopped. Currently I am using an Xbox One but was wondering if anybody else balances family, gaming and pens as I try to do!
I have been a console gamer since the early 80's (Atari 2600) and never really stopped. Currently I am using an Xbox One but was wondering if anybody else balances family, gaming and pens as I try to do!
"My God—it's full of stars!"......Bowman's last words before entering the Monolith.
Arthur C. Clarke - 2001 (the book)
I gave up on serious gaming long time ago. I'm more of a casual gamer now. I still pull out my Dreamcast once in a while for a game of Soul Calibur.
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TerraNoir (February 18th, 2014)
I used to be a pretty heavy PC and PS3 gamer. I just gave it up a few months ago though to spend the time on other hobbies/passions. I won't deny that I miss it at times.
I'm a gamer, and even used to work for the Xbox team at Microsoft for about three years. I'm generally a console gamer, with (currently) an Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PS3. This last year or so, though, I have had a hard time finding the motivation to game as much as I used to. Not coincidentally, I think, this seems to correspond with my development of a fountain pen hobby. (Who knew?)
I am also finding, as I get a little older, that a lot of the style of games I like to play just aren't being made these days, and if they are, they're not being made very well. I don't dig a lot of the repetitive quests and collection activities that game makers throw into games to pad out the length. And I'm not into shooter/warfare games at all.
In any case, I'm excited for a few of the titles that will be coming out for the XB One, and I've got a couple of games for both the 360 and the PS3 I need to get wrapped up.
I'm also more into board games and the occasional rpg, also painted toy soldier type games, though I haven't really been into that recently, what with all my stuff being in the wrong side of an ocean.
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
Have done computer games in the past,but my 2 subjects--WRC Rally
and WW2 aviation sim games--just aren't being made anymore,and the
previous software doesn't match up with today's software. I may only
play them once in a blue moon.
John
Fountain Pen Sith Lord | Daakusaido | Everything in one spot
I primarily play PC games, currently playing Neverwinter Online when I'm not working/studying/writing. Very excited about Witcher 3 and Dragon Age 3(can't be as bad as DA2 can it?)
Mainly Sony PS3: Borderlands2, Fallout & XCOM.
Also board & tabletop games; I seem to spend much more time assembling & painting than playing. Probably just as well Mrs Bogon usually trounces me anyway.
And if you guys think waiting for a pen is stressful don't get involved in Kickstarters with miniatures.
And you appear have avoided GamesWorkshop picking up on your use of some of their IP on your last year's InCoWriMo letter envelope or did you really have to move to avoid their cease and desist notices.
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
"Nothing means less than zero"
"What are moon-letters?" asked the hobbit full of excitement. He loved maps, as I have told you before; and he also loved runes and letters, and cunning handwriting, though when he wrote himself it was a bit thin and spidery.
Bogon07 (January 14th, 2014)
D3:LoD, UT2003, MOHAA:AA here.
Oldies but goodies.
Gamer here too, but not of the digital kind. RPGs, board games, card games, miniature games, and the like
Ever since the 1970's first PC based RPG games came around I used to enjoy the Dungeons and Dragons games.
Nowadays due to time restrictions I do not play computer games often but I still find that in times of high stress I go back to play them.
At the moment the one I have installed is Guild Wars 2.
I have an Xbox 360, current favourites are bf4, assassins creed black flag and skyrim ( can get lost in there for hours). I used to play all the stronghold games on the PC, they were ace may have to check out Spartan wars.
I used to be, I just don't have time anymore.
I'd love, love to find a group of geeky folks to do REAL gaming, like AD&D, run some adventures, use my fountain pens to fill out a character sheet and draw maps... That's what I miss.
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Current pen rotation: way too many!
Dreck (April 10th, 2015)
I used to game more often but don't have as much time for it anymore. Between indie bundles and GOG.com (they update classic games for newer OS) my PC game backlog is more than 300 games, I've given up on finishing them all now and just kind of play whatever I want when the mood strikes.
Have you looked at GOG.com? They make lots of old games work on modern computers and released some WW2 flight sims IIRC.
I play boardgames... even joined a club via another website with geek in the title! At the weekend, I went to a boardgame shop, then proceeded across the road to a bookshop with art supplies to buy some Pink Quink Ink!
My wife also used to play real life D&D gaming including a human dungeon master and following the D&D rule books. On my side I have always preferred the computer game side of things as I said in a previous post. Every computer game I have played though seems to have its own interpretation of the D&D rules.
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