{"id":312,"date":"2008-12-11T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=312"},"modified":"2008-12-11T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T17:11:57","slug":"what-box-or-i-am-a-sad-gaming-panda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/11\/what-box-or-i-am-a-sad-gaming-panda\/","title":{"rendered":"What box, or I am a Sad (Gaming) Panda…"},"content":{"rendered":"

First of all, definitely one of the best South Parks<\/a> ever.\u00a0 Second of all, I’d like to report we got our Xbox 360<\/a> on Friday!\u00a0 I’d also like to hang my head in shame because of what I have been doing.\u00a0 The first week I’ve had it I’ve made use of 2 things – playing Uno<\/a>, and the large majority of the time?\u00a0 Being addicted to streaming netflix.\u00a0 We’ve watched the 2nd season of 30 Rock<\/a>, a few movies, the first season of The Office<\/a>, some Tripping the Rift<\/a>, and now we’re glued to Weeds<\/a> – we’re about 1\/4 way through season 2 after finishing season 1.\u00a0 So, it’s not that I haven’t had time to play games, it’s that I have CHOSEN not to play anything.<\/p>\n

\"\"I find it sad, but I guess I can use the excuse that games are expensive.\u00a0 Yeah, the economy is doing it, right.\u00a0 This is from the people who spent 300$ on an iguana and an enclosure last week<\/a>, and over 200$ the week before buying clothes<\/a>.\u00a0 I guess I have to accept, that at this point in time, my priorities are elsewhere.\u00a0 I guess I’m just trying to figure out why.\u00a0 I have, in theory, the time to dedicate casually to a game.\u00a0 I have at least 2 hours on the weekdays where I’m not doing other things, even on workout days.\u00a0 We have at least some time on the weekend where we’re just vegged on the couch, watching TV.\u00a0 But I never feel motivated to convert this into gaming time.<\/p>\n

There is a huge connundrum being a game developer.\u00a0 You’re into your work because it’s fun, but after a while, it can feel like playing ANYTHING is work.\u00a0 For a long time, we worked at SOE<\/a> and played mostly SOE games (which were, I still believe, the best out there at the time and best of all, free).\u00a0 When we started being involved with making the games, we’d get our friends and guildmates sending us bug reports.\u00a0 We’d play through areas and make mental notes in our heads what to fix when we got to work (or would just log on right away and fix it).\u00a0 Imagine your favorite get-away-from-it-all spot, could be a vacation destination, setting of a book, movie, wherever – it just has to feel like paradise.\u00a0 Something I might name is a cruise, because we all know how much I love ’em.\u00a0 Now imagine being there, all the time, with work to do and schedules to maintain, and being responsible for parts of it.\u00a0 You have to capture and exhude the joy YOU feel for this place, and make other people feel it.\u00a0 Suddenly paradise isn’t quite as footloose and fancy free as you remember.\u00a0 I bet cruise ship employees probably don’t take their vacations there, and if they do, they hope to god a repeat cruiser doesn’t recognize them.<\/p>\n

\"\"However, it’s very very important for those making games to play games.\u00a0 Your ideas get stale if all you’re drawing from is real life and TV.\u00a0 It’s hard to be passionate about a medium that you don’t spend much time enjoying.\u00a0 I’ve seen the results of those who make and do not play, and I don’t want to continue down that road.\u00a0 I also don’t want to live life like I used to, with my friends pixelated, my computer chair the most important piece of furniture, and my body a pile of blubber.\u00a0 I have to come to a balance, and we all know how good I am at that, right?<\/p>\n

I think the answer, in this case, is gaming night.\u00a0 One weekday, I’m thinking Wednesday because usually it’s a day off working out (at least on the 4 day schedule), we are going to sit down and play at least an HOUR of a game after dinner.\u00a0 It has to engage both of us, either we take turns, play together, or we play separate games.\u00a0 I’d like to work back to regularly playing an MMO casually if we’re not really into something else, but there might still be a little too much scarring there for it to feel good and not workalicious.<\/p>\n

It starts today, because yesterday was full of fail.\u00a0 I’ll keep you updated on how we fare.<\/p>\n

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