I have had a wonderful year full of many fun and interesting things. I proposed to the wonderful girl that I had been dating since the end of 2011 in February and we were married in March. I found out that Jennifer and I were going to have a little one underfoot sometime in October (which is coming up here shortly and we both are super excited and just can't wait). We have cleaned out the old spare room and turned it into a nursery while also getting rid of years of boxes and various books that we didn't need or want and gave them to Goodwill or people who wanted them. My wife and I have repainted multiple rooms and have basically enjoyed what has mostly been a blissfully and happy engagement and marriage. To keep a relationship healthy and strong though, I definitely had to change my gaming habits. Gone were the longs nights of ramen and Mountain Dew drinking and getting 2 hours of sleep before working a 10 hour shift. Gone were the naps soon after getting home from work just to be up late at night when all of my friends on the easy coast started up their late night gaming sessions.
You know what. I don't miss it one bit. I love my beautiful and amazing wife and I couldn't be happier. While I not get to play games as much I do get to do other things that are just as enjoyable and it does help that my wife is just as an avid reader of great books as I am, though our tastes do differ a bit from time to time.
Yes my gaming habits have changed, but it has allowed me a deeper appreciation of what I do play and brought me back to my roots and allowed me to focus on the types of games that I enjoy the most instead of just playing the flavor of the month to keep up with everyone else and to follow my friend across the vast and expansive gaming universe. But I had noticed that my blog has gathered dust while my desktop has become the habitat of my wife and my 4 year old more then me. Does that mean I have stopped gaming?
No it doesn't, but the avenue and the things I enjoy about it do. I still love the sandbox, that open free to play style that allows you to do whatever you can dreams or think of doing. I have also been working through multiple android tablet/phone games enjoying the various communities that they offer and also enjoying the diversity of the different games that start up companies and even big companies are making to jump on the band wagon of what is looking to be a lucrative business model.
I've played the games like Zenonia 1-5 by Gamevil which has a wonderful model for allowing you the freedom of an enjoyable RPG that you can play for free but allowing you to spend your money to buy things from bigger bag space to better gear.
I have played a few of the standalone RPG's like Dungeons of Doom or Pixel Dungeon which were both great and interesting games. They both had interesting play mechanics and were very enjoyable to play.
Playing Rage of Bahamut was fun when it had the whole trading aspects between players and I did play it for almost a year. But when they came out with the bazaar it became more of a pain in the ass then anything fun. It has even dropped out of the top 10 android games. Which doesn't surprise me as they have not even updated the graphics in the game or allowed it to work with a lot of the newer devices, but it was fun while it lasted.
After putting Cyanogen on Nexus7 I pulled out all my old roms of my old games systems and have tackled them on there. Everything from Techmo Bowl (NES) to Final Fantasy 10 (PSX) has been tackled on my tablet and it has enjoyed many hours of gentle abuse.
Pulling out my laptop has also brought my much joy as I have tackled a few Facebook's games such as The Last One and Kingsroad. They were fun and enjoyable and working with other Facebook members to complete tasks and beat bosses was very interesting if a little clunky and awkward at times (Facebook's games run so slow and their graphics are horrible).
The Humble Bumble deals that come through weekly and monthly are a blast. I have gotten so many great games for the price of just one new game that I have games to last me for years before I ever need to continue upgrading my current hardware. Sometimes whats the newest and hottest on the shelf isn't the best game around ya know?
I have dusted off my laptop and have decided to use it for more gaming also. It's not top of the line of anything so I have been regulated to playing games that are low on the graphic scale or turning the graphics as low as possible. I played a few of the MMO's that are out, like Tera or Ragnarok II. While they both were fine the whole play style just bores me after the first few levels. Do quest, rinse, and repeat. Oh god please shoot me.
I have just recently found a game that I had heard about but never tried. It has totally got me hooked into its clutches and I am going to tell you more about it, but this current post has gone on long enough. I will post again shortly as I delve into both parenthood with my wife Jennifer and tackle the vastness of the unexplored universe.
You know what. I don't miss it one bit. I love my beautiful and amazing wife and I couldn't be happier. While I not get to play games as much I do get to do other things that are just as enjoyable and it does help that my wife is just as an avid reader of great books as I am, though our tastes do differ a bit from time to time.
Yes my gaming habits have changed, but it has allowed me a deeper appreciation of what I do play and brought me back to my roots and allowed me to focus on the types of games that I enjoy the most instead of just playing the flavor of the month to keep up with everyone else and to follow my friend across the vast and expansive gaming universe. But I had noticed that my blog has gathered dust while my desktop has become the habitat of my wife and my 4 year old more then me. Does that mean I have stopped gaming?
No it doesn't, but the avenue and the things I enjoy about it do. I still love the sandbox, that open free to play style that allows you to do whatever you can dreams or think of doing. I have also been working through multiple android tablet/phone games enjoying the various communities that they offer and also enjoying the diversity of the different games that start up companies and even big companies are making to jump on the band wagon of what is looking to be a lucrative business model.
I've played the games like Zenonia 1-5 by Gamevil which has a wonderful model for allowing you the freedom of an enjoyable RPG that you can play for free but allowing you to spend your money to buy things from bigger bag space to better gear.
I have played a few of the standalone RPG's like Dungeons of Doom or Pixel Dungeon which were both great and interesting games. They both had interesting play mechanics and were very enjoyable to play.
Playing Rage of Bahamut was fun when it had the whole trading aspects between players and I did play it for almost a year. But when they came out with the bazaar it became more of a pain in the ass then anything fun. It has even dropped out of the top 10 android games. Which doesn't surprise me as they have not even updated the graphics in the game or allowed it to work with a lot of the newer devices, but it was fun while it lasted.
After putting Cyanogen on Nexus7 I pulled out all my old roms of my old games systems and have tackled them on there. Everything from Techmo Bowl (NES) to Final Fantasy 10 (PSX) has been tackled on my tablet and it has enjoyed many hours of gentle abuse.
Pulling out my laptop has also brought my much joy as I have tackled a few Facebook's games such as The Last One and Kingsroad. They were fun and enjoyable and working with other Facebook members to complete tasks and beat bosses was very interesting if a little clunky and awkward at times (Facebook's games run so slow and their graphics are horrible).
The Humble Bumble deals that come through weekly and monthly are a blast. I have gotten so many great games for the price of just one new game that I have games to last me for years before I ever need to continue upgrading my current hardware. Sometimes whats the newest and hottest on the shelf isn't the best game around ya know?
I have dusted off my laptop and have decided to use it for more gaming also. It's not top of the line of anything so I have been regulated to playing games that are low on the graphic scale or turning the graphics as low as possible. I played a few of the MMO's that are out, like Tera or Ragnarok II. While they both were fine the whole play style just bores me after the first few levels. Do quest, rinse, and repeat. Oh god please shoot me.
I have just recently found a game that I had heard about but never tried. It has totally got me hooked into its clutches and I am going to tell you more about it, but this current post has gone on long enough. I will post again shortly as I delve into both parenthood with my wife Jennifer and tackle the vastness of the unexplored universe.
Happy for you bro.
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