I don't game

By Wreybies · Feb 18, 2014 · 1.9K · 18
  1. I don't game.

    I've been around for all of it. The entire phenomenon. From Pong to whatever it is that's happening right now. I had an Atari 2600 Gaming Console when they were brand spanking new. I had an Atari 800 computer when they were brand spanking new. I traded Pole Position and Frogger and DigDug and Avenger with friends on floppy disks that were actually floppy. I did all of that. All of it. And yet, I don't game. After the crash of '83 (I was only 13) I just couldn't be bothered. Yet, it seems I display some characteristic to other gamers that says I game because gamers often start chatting at me in Gamenese and I have to stop them with a polite "Sorry, man. I don't game" which evinces the same look as the just got friendzoned look. I actually feel bad when it happens. The look of disappointment is real and sometimes the guy keeps at it like no, you are not gamezoning me. We were totally talking and you gave all the signs that you wanted to game and now you say you don't and I don't accept it. I'm a cool guy, I think you're a cool guy, we should totally game. You cannot stand there in your Thundercats tee shirt and tell me you don't game. Why won't you game with me? What's wrong with me?

    Seriously, it's happened.

    I don't game and I don't know why.
    Andrae Smith and Pheonix like this.

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  1. Herbert H Hebert
    At a certain point, I realized I'd played enough computer games to last me a while. So I just stopped. I reserve the right to start up again if I ever feel like it, and I reserve the right never to start up again if I never happen to feel like it.
    Herbert H Hebert, Feb 19, 2014
  2. matwoolf
    I don't game, and always assumed 43 was the cut-off, but when I hear all the talk of these top class lady-hawks with their gaming backgrounds I am confused, and always I recall how the 'Game' store itself was a major obstacle to immersion, crammed with the insects, the acned, worse than HMV. I took my shopping to Waterstones and sniffed the books, until arrested. Though I am jealous. I was an original apple 2 kid, Castle Wolfenstein. Maybe it's something I'll do in old age?
    matwoolf, Feb 19, 2014
  3. AdDIct
    My life is a game. I stream games. I dream of games. I game way too much. I game enough for the both of us mate.
    AdDIct, Mar 19, 2016
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