Sadly, I have not had enough to to Blog recently, which is a shame, because I'm still loving it!
The reason for this, is that EVE is just so enjoyable for me, and has consumed every spare second I have.
This is both a blessing and a curse, on one hand its great having a game I can play for hours at a time and let it consume me, and when I do stop playing I end up very satisfied about what I have achieved. Even if it is some trivial, like high-sec cruiser mining. On the other hand it is quite horrible when I realize mid-morning that I have to wake up in 5 hours and catch the bus. It also forces me to delay RL responsibility, like, school work and study. Which I believe is incredibly unhealthy. Which is why I have had to force myself to step back from EVE and only play 3 hours at most a night.
So I ask you, have you ever become so absorbed in a game, that you have been forced to step back and take a break, or set a personal limit on playing. Or have you ever ignored RL responsibilities in order to play a video game?
PS. You can expect far more regular posts from now one, no more late night binges playing EVE for me ;)
I feel your pain. I'm 31 years old, with wife and kids, and I've always been a gamer. There are a bunch of occasions I can think of when gaming has disrupted my real life responsibilities. Not to mention, gaming has been pretty much the only issue that causes my wife and I to argue in our otherwise healthy marriage. I know I'm getting older and in progressively worse shape because seldomly can I pull "all-nighters" anymore. I have done my fair share of realizing that I have to get up for work in two hours and calling in sick, all due to gaming. I feel your pain. I might recommend not getting married and having kids if you really enjoy gaming (hind sight is always 20/20).
ReplyDeleteWhen Mrs Bhagpuss and I first began playing Everquest back in 1999 we just had the one PC and we shared an account. Each of us sometimes got up insanely early (like 5 am) to get a couple of hours in before the other one woke up. Wasn't long before we decided we really ought to have an account each.
ReplyDeleteNowadays its a lot easier to pick up and put down but still every time a new MMO really bites we end up spending most of our free time playing, which I guess is what we are looking for. Hoping to get that from GW2.
Excessive gaming is very troubling. I mean when you think that at times games can be so immersive that we lose track of time and play for hours in the night, its very troubling.
ReplyDeleteI mean, remember the incident where a baby had starved to death because her parents were so absorbed by WoW
(http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news200605wowbaby)
Troubling indeed.