Comments on: #oneaday, Day 7: Video Games: A Primer https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2011/01/07/oneaday-day-7-video-games-a-primer/ Memoirs of a nobody Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Pete Davison https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2011/01/07/oneaday-day-7-video-games-a-primer/#comment-2650 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:08:44 +0000 http://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=2010#comment-2650 In reply to pete485.

As with anything, it's just a matter of self-control. Yes, there are some games that can easily take over your life (mostly games with an online focus such as massively-multiplayer titles or competitive shooter) but there are plenty of quick-play, casual-friendly titles out there too. The Wii is stereotypically the home of these, but there's plenty available for download on the Xbox 360 and PS3 too. And PC too, for that matter.

In fact, the Xbox 360 even features a cool little piece of software called "Game Room" that allows you to purchase and play virtual arcade and console games from the 80s and early 90s if you ever want to recapture your youth.

]]> By: pete485 https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2011/01/07/oneaday-day-7-video-games-a-primer/#comment-2649 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:42:34 +0000 http://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=2010#comment-2649 Fantastic article!
Baffling as modern games are to me (purely as a result of my non participation), One of the main reasons I've studiously avoided buying a home console (I actually have a Sony PSP, which has been amazingly useful on tours) is that, as a musician, anything that would have the potential to hoover up a lot of my home-based time would essentially make me feel constantly guilty that I wasn't working hard enough at music. I have an addictive nature where these things are concerned, and I often work from home, so it could be a recipe for disaster for someone as ill disciplined as I am.

As a child, I had both a BBC Master and an Amstrad CPC, and was happily obsessed by the small number of games I had. My next-door neighbours' Nintendo consoles were a source of constant envy, so my potential enjoyment of games isn't a TOTALLY closed book to me but, like untried drugs, something I tend to decide that, fun as they'd be, might have a detrimental effect on my life if introduced at this stage.

]]> By: Pete Davison https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2011/01/07/oneaday-day-7-video-games-a-primer/#comment-2648 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:00:20 +0000 http://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=2010#comment-2648 In reply to simonreedportfolio.

Yeah, you're not the only one who feels that way. But old-school gaming still exists, even these days: look at Xbox LIVE Arcade, PSN, Steam's indie titles. It's still there. It's just not the only way any more.

]]> By: Pete Davison https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2011/01/07/oneaday-day-7-video-games-a-primer/#comment-2647 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:59:39 +0000 http://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=2010#comment-2647 In reply to ianos83.

Your face is shit.

]]> By: simonreedportfolio https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2011/01/07/oneaday-day-7-video-games-a-primer/#comment-2646 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:41:03 +0000 http://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=2010#comment-2646 For some reason I feel increasingly detached to videogames from the current generation of consoles. I kind of liked the whole barrier to entry element. But that's life I suppose, and there's always the retro side of gaming for people/weirdos like me.

]]> By: ianos83 https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2011/01/07/oneaday-day-7-video-games-a-primer/#comment-2645 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:25:56 +0000 http://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=2010#comment-2645 Nah, games are shit.

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