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January 12, 2005
In response to Doyce
In response to a comment Doyce made about controling my dosage of City of Heroes:
City of Heroes...
World of Warcraft...
[Insert Massive Multiplayer Online game title of choice here]...
It's all the same. It's all addictive. It's... that way by design.
Don't get me wrong. I love playing the games and given the chance, you'll still find me gravitating back to the computer to play when I have some downtime.
The key here is "when I have some downtime." I got off of City of Heroes because I saw how much time I was spending on the game and then I considered what it would be like a few decades down the line, talking to grandchildren. Would I want to be regaling my kids about the time that I took on Carnival of Shadows ten levels higher with my Force Field Defender? Could I be as passionate about this one game, or any other game, as I would with something else that might be more lasting?
That's when I decided to tap into the creative part of my core, which I had suppressed in college and which I have been struggling to resurface. As gamers, I have no doubt that there is plenty of creativity around and seeing Doyce's writing, I know there's plenty waiting to get out there, too.
It's just a matter of finding inspiration in what you're doing, rather than let the easy hedonism of the game get in the way. Video games are like a drug to me. It's just that, right now, I think there are bigger and better things to do with my time.
Einstein, Leonardo, and Prince all had/have the same 24 hours in a day. It's just a matter of what you do with them.
(Mind you, there are now 2.68 microseconds fewer than Einstein and Leonardo had, but that's not even a blink's worth of time.)
Posted by KinCross at January 12, 2005 10:31 AM