Gaming - do you still do it?

[Az]

seriouspostmode

Do you?

For a period of some 3-4 years, I lacked the access to a computer with the power to run the games I used to enjoy.

I, once again, have the computer.


the will's gone. Completely, as I grew to enjoy far more interesting stuff - I've rediscovered the appreciation of good books, music and the company of young women.

I've got Simcity 4, f.e., a game I would go bananas over a couple of years ago.


I haven't even installed the mother****er.




Don't. care.



I can occasional enjoy a dumb console-based 3d slug**** like Killzone 2, or that MMA-based game for the PS3. that's it?


Is this it? the final end of childhood? because, man it came late and I still have some catching up to do.

[chequita guevara]

I haven't played a game since February. I keep thinking I want to, but I just don't bother. I have a bunch of games I never even opened.

[Jon Miller]

I like books.

I would really like the company of a young woman.

I enjoy gaming though, mostly with people. It is very rare that I break out a SP game.

JM

[Aeson]

I played a lot of LOTRO a year or two ago. Nothing much since.

[Heraclitus]

I like books.

I would really like the company of a young woman.


JM

JM, this is very easy indeed. Do you have a job with reasonable pay?

If the answers is yes and you are average looking you might find reasonable succes even with something as silly as online dating.

[onodera]

I still do it. However, fewer and fewer games bring me joy and satisfaction.

[Asher]

Yes. I play many games on many platforms.

[duke o' york]

I only play Civ IV these days, but am looking to cut that down through the same method as JM.

Unless I ended up with someone like Ali*, in which case my gaming time could easily quadruple. My best mate has managed this and I'm very jealous. Very few hot women play games, except on Wii.

* like, like - not with! Stop laughing, and leave me alone.

[Riesstiu IV]

Not as much as I used to. I'd say I do about 2-4 hours of gaming a week, if at all. Maybe it's just a part of getting older and having less time coupled with the fact I use a OS with few native games (OS X). I'm also out of the loop. Don't know any of the new PC games, hardware, or console systems but I really don't care to know.

About the only thing I play right now are Civ2 scenarios through VirtualBox. I had Civ4 for a while but for reasons I can't really explain, it didn't appeal to me as much as Civ2 still does. Sadly, the Civ2 scenario creating community is pretty much dead not only at Apolyton but everywhere else on the net.

[DanS]

Nowadays, I get more into the quick online games. Think tower defense and the like.

[Jon Miller]

JM, this is very easy indeed. Do you have a job with reasonable pay?

If the answers is yes and you are average looking you might find reasonable succes even with something as silly as online dating.

I am good looking, but am a physics graduate student.

JM
(for a few more months)

[Kitschum]

Yes. Nowadays it's Heroes of Might and MAgic III, but I still play civ, col, and paradox's games occasionally.

[duke o' york]

Sadly, the Civ2 scenario creating community is pretty much dead not only at Apolyton but everywhere else on the net.

You what? The Scenario League is going strong. Sure, there isn't a new scenario released every month, but even so: curt's ToT games alone have kept me playing for several months at a time, and afterwards there is always either something new, or a recommendation for a scenario I haven't played before to keep me going until the next new one.

Here's to curt, arthedain, fairline, and the team.

[Kitschum]

I just read the first post. That UFC demo was pretty fun. The game looks sweet. Is it out yet?

[Riesstiu IV]

You what? The Scenario League is going strong. Sure, there isn't a new scenario released every month, but even so: curt's ToT games alone have kept me playing for several months at a time, and afterwards there is always either something new, or a recommendation for a scenario I haven't played before to keep me going until the next new one.

Here's to curt, arthedain, fairline, and the team.

People like curt, arthedain, and fairline are the pillars of Civ2 scenario building community!

Are you sure though? When I browse the Civ2 forum here, there is very little activity. The only person who seems to post regularly is McMonkey. The scenario league website hasn't been updated in since January 2008. I haven't seen a new scenario in a long time. When I came back in 2007, the community was small but scenarios were still being developed but now there just doesn't seem to be that much going on.