By Darren Murph
I used to love video games. You’re looking at a guy who, on several occasions, feigned sickness to stay home from school and sink untold hours into Twisted Metal. I was a moderator for the (now-defunct) Heat.net online gaming portal, where I spent far too many evenings blasting away in Unreal. I maintained a subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly, and the day of its arrival was undoubtedly the best day of whatever month it happened to be.
Then, I grew up.
As I’ve seen happen with so many others who now have no other choice but to call themselves “adults,” I too became unable to game as much as I used to. I graduated university, took a couple of jobs, worked nights on a master’s degree, and slept whenever I could.
Gaming just doesn’t fit into that kind of lifestyle, and once I deprioritized gaming, the yearning to play new titles as soon as they hit shelves began to fade. These days, I’m what many would call a casual gamer. I still love games, but I don’t have – nay, make – the time to play them regularly.
Activities like sleep, work, exercising, and getting on a …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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