I have recently recovered a part of myself, that until I recovered it I wasn't even aware was missing.
Years ago with the help of a near and dear friend I rediscovered the comic nerd in me, and haven't looked back since. I frequent my local shop, know them by name and face, and even have a bit of a personal relationship with the owner because of my fight with cancer. He and Mike Turner were buddies so it was a thing we shared and talked about, me asking about Mike, he asking about me. Regardless I found that part of me and felt slightly more whole once more.
But I digress.
This part of myself was last seen in the waning days of my time in Las Vegas. Shortly before I picked up and moved out here I was really and truly a gamer. And not just MMOs, the kind of time sink those are can make you game but not make you a gamer. If you follow that at all. I RPG'd, I FPS'd, RTS'd, Platformed, and otherwised my days away. Shortly after finding the new home in Ohio the gamer in me died. Or was repressed into hiding. Who knows? Was it the ex? Did she condescend and talk down the gaming part of me to the point where I finally gave up on it? Was it the new sudden self reliance I had to find, forcing myself to grow up and be responsible? Or a combination of them all could be called to culprit.
I'd gamed since of course, you can't just kill that off. But I hadn't sat and played a game and just lost myself to it in a long time. In fact more often than not games would sit unfinished on my shelf, eventually set by the wayside for the latest release. You could say losing this slowly caused me to lose my mind.
And lose it I did. Monday night I went insane.
I bought a PS3. And a good handful of games that seemed fun, and I had heard mildly positive reviews for. The insanity also bled over into me picking up a brand new HDTV to truly enjoy the games as they were meant to be.
I've not been this happy or excited about a leisure activity in some time. I've spent many nights up until 5 or so in the morning, just losing myself to this digital media I used to love so much. I have entered the so-called "current gen" of gaming. And I'm having so much fun. I can completely agree with what many before have claimed: Arkham Asylum is an AMAZING piece of work.
So, welcome back to the gamer in me. Missed ya buddy. Lets go waste some time huh?
-JC
Years ago with the help of a near and dear friend I rediscovered the comic nerd in me, and haven't looked back since. I frequent my local shop, know them by name and face, and even have a bit of a personal relationship with the owner because of my fight with cancer. He and Mike Turner were buddies so it was a thing we shared and talked about, me asking about Mike, he asking about me. Regardless I found that part of me and felt slightly more whole once more.
But I digress.
This part of myself was last seen in the waning days of my time in Las Vegas. Shortly before I picked up and moved out here I was really and truly a gamer. And not just MMOs, the kind of time sink those are can make you game but not make you a gamer. If you follow that at all. I RPG'd, I FPS'd, RTS'd, Platformed, and otherwised my days away. Shortly after finding the new home in Ohio the gamer in me died. Or was repressed into hiding. Who knows? Was it the ex? Did she condescend and talk down the gaming part of me to the point where I finally gave up on it? Was it the new sudden self reliance I had to find, forcing myself to grow up and be responsible? Or a combination of them all could be called to culprit.
I'd gamed since of course, you can't just kill that off. But I hadn't sat and played a game and just lost myself to it in a long time. In fact more often than not games would sit unfinished on my shelf, eventually set by the wayside for the latest release. You could say losing this slowly caused me to lose my mind.
And lose it I did. Monday night I went insane.
I bought a PS3. And a good handful of games that seemed fun, and I had heard mildly positive reviews for. The insanity also bled over into me picking up a brand new HDTV to truly enjoy the games as they were meant to be.
I've not been this happy or excited about a leisure activity in some time. I've spent many nights up until 5 or so in the morning, just losing myself to this digital media I used to love so much. I have entered the so-called "current gen" of gaming. And I'm having so much fun. I can completely agree with what many before have claimed: Arkham Asylum is an AMAZING piece of work.
So, welcome back to the gamer in me. Missed ya buddy. Lets go waste some time huh?
-JC
This is indeed top news.
And of course the big question.....will you be replacing your movie collection with shiny new blurays? I said i never would, but of course i did. I am weak and will forever pay for it.