[Rant] Have Your Gaming Attitudes Changed With Age?

Oddly enough, I've been playing more games than when I was younger.

One major reason is that when I was doing my tertiary studies, I shifted my priorities to, well studying. It was largely because I didn't do as well as I expected during my first semester in university. I would, there after, avoid games for almost the entire semester until my exams were over.

Another big reason is that ever since I started working, I've had more spending power to buy games, including old ones I missed out on or couldn't afford to buy as a kid. In fact, I've turned into something of a small time game collector.

But in recent years, I've had to pull very long hours at work so during weekdays, and even some weekends, I have very little time to myself. So finding the time, and sometimes energy, to game has become more challenging. I think I'm playing less games than I did a few years ago before work took more control over my life. But it's still far more than when I was a teen.

Of late, I've also noticed that I prefer to play games with a short turn-around time. It's probably because I've less time to game now. I do have a very, very long to-play list, with some games dating as far back as the 1980s. I've also become more open to playing indie games too, in part because they tend to be short.

Nevertheless, I still look forward to playing a good number of games with a high time investment and many old titles. At the expense of sounding really nerdy and weird, life just wouldn't seem quite as complete without experiencing those games.

Jam it back in, in the dark.