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~~MicShazam~~ · 06-01-2018, 02:42 PM

Up until a couple years ago, I was a pretty dedicated gamer - having my fingers on the pulse of what went on in gaming and still playing new games.

These days, I'm oblivious to what games are coming out and what people are playing. I've sold a lot of my games and my PS3 as well. I also play games with much less frequency than what I used to. It's got to do with a few things. First and foremost, I guess I just lost interest to some extent.
Other than that, I've had kind of a "crisis" of some sort, where I've been worrying a lot about what I do with my time. I did some thinking about the briefness of life and fun stuff like that and concluded that sinking double digit numbers of hours into RPG's and open world games was a waste of precious time.

I actually went as far as to sell almost every single RPG and open world game that I owned. Only a precious few that I felt closer ties with got to stay. The goal was to have a smaller collection of games, that consisted of titles that I felt like offered more interesting and intense gameplay, moment to moment. Any sort of grinding and padding is very unwelcome when my goal is to avoid sinking time into a hungry black hole.

Try bringing out a calculator. Multiply the free hours you have in a day on average, having subtracted time needed for work and sleep. Look at the life expectancy for a person of your gender and where in the world you live. Subtract your age. Do some multiplication and you will find the free number of hours you can roughly expect to have left in life to do the things that enrich your life. Of course, much of that time will be used on practical matters, being old and generally not being able to sit and do something fun/interesting. The number you get can feel like a true gut punch, so be warned. This is what I did, and I'm glad that I did it.

All of a sudden, throwing 10's of hours away on some repetitive RPG loop seemed so frivolous and self-sabotaging that it made me gag. So I thought about what games really give me as a person, versus what I get out of music, movies and books. It's a controversial opinion, I guess, but I really think video games are a terrible thing to throw your life away on.

I still play games, but I like to do so much less frequently than I used to and I prefer to play games that I feel like really give me something, even if I only play for 30 minutes. I really like arcade games and turn based strategy games, for example, since the best of them have a certain intensity to them; making for a compact gaming experience where something engaging and challenging will mostly happen within the space of a minute. Some of these games are even to taxing that you won't feel like playing them for hours. This is a good thing.

The purpose of this journal entry is actually more positive. I want to write a list of all of my favorite games! Despite all of the doubts I have about my old gaming hobby, I still love a great number of titles that have enough to offer that I couldn't make myself get rid of them.

THE LIST
I'm not going to write any reasons why any of these games are my favorites. Maybe that's a thing for some later post (some of these games would definitely need an explanation). I'm just making a long list of favorite games, sorted by the system I have them for.

Playstation 1:
Worms
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor: Underground
The Need for Speed
Kagero Deception 2
Panzer Front
Mechwarrior 2
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Danger Girl
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
Pandemonium
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Bushido Blade
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Descent
Descent 2
G.Darius
Gungage
Azure Dreams
Pop N' Pop
Starsweep
Bishi Bashi Special
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Tenchu 2
Deathtrap Dungeon
Trap Runner
Front Mission 3
Legend of Kartia
Starfighter 3000

Playstation 2:
Armored Core 2
Armored Core 2: Another Age
Armored Core 3
Silent Line: Armored Core
Armored Core: Nine Breaker
Dynasty Warriors 2
Dynasty Warriors 3
Dynasty Warriors 4
Dynasty Warriors 5
Samurai Warriors
Warriors Orochi: Xtreme Legends
Samurai Warriors 2
Warriors Orochi
Warriors Orochi 2
Shadowhearts: Covenant
Soulcalibur II
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Capcom vs SNK 2
The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match
The King of Fighters 2000
The King of Fighters 2001
The King of Fighters 2002
The King of Fighters 2003
The King of Fighters Neowave
SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
Taito Legends
Taito Legends 2
Sega Classics Collection
1945 I
1945 II
Gunbird
Gunbird II
Samurai Aces
Sol Divide
Tengai
Dragon Blaze
Raiden III
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
Shinobido: Way of the Ninja
Disgaea
Disgaea 2
Makai Kingdom
Pirates - The Legend of Black Kat
Dark Summit

Xbox 360:
Dragon's Dogma
Armored Core 4
Armored Core For Answer
Armored Core V
Armored Core: Verdict Day
Soulcalibur V
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
The King of Fighters XIII
Virtua Fighter 5
Tenchu Z
Velvet Assassin
Deathsmiles
DoDonPachi Resurrection
Akai Katana

MS-DOS:
Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
Rise of the Triad
Duke Nukem 3D
Shadow Warrior
Realms of Arkania: Shadows Over Riva
Dungeon Master II
Doom 2
Final Doom
UFO: Enemy Unknown
System Shock
Stunts

06-01-2018, 02:42 PM	#80 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Up until a couple years ago, I was a pretty dedicated gamer - having my fingers on the pulse of what went on in gaming and still playing new games. These days, I'm oblivious to what games are coming out and what people are playing. I've sold a lot of my games and my PS3 as well. I also play games with much less frequency than what I used to. It's got to do with a few things. First and foremost, I guess I just lost interest to some extent. Other than that, I've had kind of a "crisis" of some sort, where I've been worrying a lot about what I do with my time. I did some thinking about the briefness of life and fun stuff like that and concluded that sinking double digit numbers of hours into RPG's and open world games was a waste of precious time. I actually went as far as to sell almost every single RPG and open world game that I owned. Only a precious few that I felt closer ties with got to stay. The goal was to have a smaller collection of games, that consisted of titles that I felt like offered more interesting and intense gameplay, moment to moment. Any sort of grinding and padding is very unwelcome when my goal is to avoid sinking time into a hungry black hole. Try bringing out a calculator. Multiply the free hours you have in a day on average, having subtracted time needed for work and sleep. Look at the life expectancy for a person of your gender and where in the world you live. Subtract your age. Do some multiplication and you will find the free number of hours you can roughly expect to have left in life to do the things that enrich your life. Of course, much of that time will be used on practical matters, being old and generally not being able to sit and do something fun/interesting. The number you get can feel like a true gut punch, so be warned. This is what I did, and I'm glad that I did it. All of a sudden, throwing 10's of hours away on some repetitive RPG loop seemed so frivolous and self-sabotaging that it made me gag. So I thought about what games really give me as a person, versus what I get out of music, movies and books. It's a controversial opinion, I guess, but I really think video games are a terrible thing to throw your life away on. I still play games, but I like to do so much less frequently than I used to and I prefer to play games that I feel like really give me something, even if I only play for 30 minutes. I really like arcade games and turn based strategy games, for example, since the best of them have a certain intensity to them; making for a compact gaming experience where something engaging and challenging will mostly happen within the space of a minute. Some of these games are even to taxing that you won't feel like playing them for hours. This is a good thing. The purpose of this journal entry is actually more positive. I want to write a list of all of my favorite games! Despite all of the doubts I have about my old gaming hobby, I still love a great number of titles that have enough to offer that I couldn't make myself get rid of them. THE LIST I'm not going to write any reasons why any of these games are my favorites. Maybe that's a thing for some later post (some of these games would definitely need an explanation). I'm just making a long list of favorite games, sorted by the system I have them for. Playstation 1: Worms Medal of Honor Medal of Honor: Underground The Need for Speed Kagero Deception 2 Panzer Front Mechwarrior 2 Tomb Raider Tomb Raider II Tomb Raider III Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation Danger Girl Duke Nukem: Time to Kill Pandemonium Real Bout Fatal Fury Bushido Blade Street Fighter Alpha 3 Descent Descent 2 G.Darius Gungage Azure Dreams Pop N' Pop Starsweep Bishi Bashi Special Tenchu: Stealth Assassins Tenchu 2 Deathtrap Dungeon Trap Runner Front Mission 3 Legend of Kartia Starfighter 3000 Playstation 2: Armored Core 2 Armored Core 2: Another Age Armored Core 3 Silent Line: Armored Core Armored Core: Nine Breaker Dynasty Warriors 2 Dynasty Warriors 3 Dynasty Warriors 4 Dynasty Warriors 5 Samurai Warriors Warriors Orochi: Xtreme Legends Samurai Warriors 2 Warriors Orochi Warriors Orochi 2 Shadowhearts: Covenant Soulcalibur II Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus Capcom vs SNK 2 The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match The King of Fighters 2000 The King of Fighters 2001 The King of Fighters 2002 The King of Fighters 2003 The King of Fighters Neowave SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos NeoGeo Battle Coliseum Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution Taito Legends Taito Legends 2 Sega Classics Collection 1945 I 1945 II Gunbird Gunbird II Samurai Aces Sol Divide Tengai Dragon Blaze Raiden III Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Tenchu: Fatal Shadows Shinobido: Way of the Ninja Disgaea Disgaea 2 Makai Kingdom Pirates - The Legend of Black Kat Dark Summit Xbox 360: Dragon's Dogma Armored Core 4 Armored Core For Answer Armored Core V Armored Core: Verdict Day Soulcalibur V Tekken Tag Tournament 2 The King of Fighters XIII Virtua Fighter 5 Tenchu Z Velvet Assassin Deathsmiles DoDonPachi Resurrection Akai Katana MS-DOS: Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate Rise of the Triad Duke Nukem 3D Shadow Warrior Realms of Arkania: Shadows Over Riva Dungeon Master II Doom 2 Final Doom UFO: Enemy Unknown System Shock Stunts Last edited by MicShazam; 06-01-2018 at 03:03 PM.