Wednesday, February 10, 2010

I Don't Game

Recently, I've started playing Starcraft again. Not even like the newest one is coming out and I would love to catch the story, but this game is like 10 years old and I totally remember watching people play this when I was a little girl. The surprising thing is, this is like the third time I've ever tried really getting into it and this time, it's working. Like all the other times, it was because everyone else was doing it. This time is because I seriously think the game is pretty fun.

I've realized that I'm getting used to doing everything on a touch pad. I deeply dislike using mice and if I have to (read: Desktop PC), I try to do as little as I can with the mouse.

This leads me to my next point: I do not play shooters ever. I think it's the combination of my inability to keep a relative calm while playing shooters and the fact that they just don't seem nearly as fun as real time strategy.

But, this all leads me to my title and probably the main topic of this post: I Don't Game. Well, I didn't use to. Well, I did and then I stopped and now I'm doing it again. I guess growing up with three brothers, I watched them game more than I gamed. Then with the advent of party games (Super Smash Brothers, Mario Party, and eventually Warcraft 3), I started to game more. It simply wasn't as fun with two people, so my brothers persuaded me to start playing some of the more easy games. Eventually, I got into the harder games too. It got to the point where I played Nintendo games (because those were mostly for kids) and massively multiplayer online roleplay games because most of them were Asian and in beta test phase and totally free. And that's how it stayed for a while until I stopped. Which very conveniently coincides with me being in this current relationship. And up until just recently, I didn't game. Up until recently, it didn't seem fun. But it is. I just never got to the point where I enjoyed gaming because it is fun; I had always enjoyed the company.

So there: I'm an on-and-off gamer.
Scarlet Bloodmoon