Those 2 were just about the last video games I've ever played.
my son has several gaming platforms.
I liked the driving game on the ps1 or 2 or whatever from 15 years ago.
I tried to play a FPS game with him, but I just wasn't down with "press x to duck, y to shoot, z to jerk off, up arrow to go left, down arrow to run, etc, etc".
Simply couldn't develop ANY give a shit for the entire concept.
I guess it's like professional sports.
Adults, yelling about other (chronological) adults, playing a child's game.
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me."
"When I was a child, I played children's games. Then I grew the fuck up."
Oh, I'm terrible at the new stuff. DOOM is pretty simple, actually. It's something that anyone who uses a keyboard and mouse can figure out quickly, but it takes a long time to master. That's why it's still around all these years later; if it was too complicated, it never would have caught on in 1993.
Man, I wish I still had the copy I ordered directly from ID back then after downloading the shareware from a BBS. That stupid box would buy a full set of drive-shafts and gears to go with them nowadays.
I think in my case, I spent so much time in life doing rough stuff that I grew to appreciate geeky things even more over time. It seems I'm more interested in things like that now than I was as a kid.
I missed a lot, in the end, and while I didn't much care, I have enjoyed going back and discovering all the stuff that slipped by me.
Just about everything in my life has that disconnect. Half the building is cool, quiet, dark, and decorated with things you'd expect out of someone like me: Stuff I've picked up here and there, blades, art from around the world... It's traditional "Kennith" stuff.
If you look in the office, though... Man, I've got video games framed on the wall. The Land Rover is bad ass (in my opinion), but it's got an anime reference on the license plate. Half the time I'm facilitating stuff that's interesting, and the other half I'm selling retro electronics. :rofl:
It's strange, but I guess part of me is just so damned sick of what happens out there that I prefer fantasy entertainment to real-world accounts. The other part always liked it, it seems; just never had a chance to fully explore it all until later.
Life's funny that way. That said, there's nothing more amusing than seeing the expression on someone's face who's been around me a little while when they hear a Doctor Who quote come out of my mouth. You can almost see the gears turning in their head as they attempt to make those two pieces fit together.
Hell, I've been teaching swordsmanship to my lead programmer... In what world does that make sense? :smilelol:
I don't know what the hell I am, but at least there's only one of me. I think we can all appreciate that. Haha!
Cheers,
Kennith