This is why I don't want kids, the little fuckers are so selfish.

Dark Soldier wrote:

This is why I don't want kids, the little fuckers are so selfish.

Yeah, yeah, you just can't get it up anyway eh?

TheDJR wrote:

I'm playing about 8 hours a day at the moment, gotta keep up the grind.

Sing it brotha.

Have two teenage daughters and a tolerant wife who occasionally plays and very occasionally becomes addicted to a puzzle game. We have two sitting rooms downstairs which helps. Quite often though I'm too knackered to consider actually playing and would rather waffle on about it here.

It's quite the thing to experience the kids' skill levels overtaking yours. Just got trounced on 2 player Wii Punchout by my 16 yo daughter. I'm still ahead of them at Tetris and STGs but that's mainly because of their interest levels - everything else is up for grabs.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

RamSteelwood wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

... I could find time if I wanted it - I could find time to do a lot of things I don't get round to doing - but it's difficult not to prioritise fuck all if I'm tired during the post-9pm 'phew!' window.

this sadly for me is also true...i say "i don't have time" to do the things i say i want to do, but it's more accurate to say i just can't be bothered to do anything once it gets to the point i do have some time.  i then waste that time doing naff all but stay up later than i should, and thus ensure i'll be too tired the next day and the cycle continues.

Today I'm gonna play a game/practice guitar/put those shelves up/take the dog for a massive hike in some faraway woods/pimp up my JXD7800b emulation tablet so it's purring on all cylinders. I'm just gonna refresh the forum for 5 minutes whilst watching Dave first.

yep.  you should prob get a drink and an unhealthy snack while you do that, i'm sure this time it will perk you up rather than help you sink further into lethargy...

I get extremely fed up with story/campaign based games in long stretches.  I enjoyed The Last of Us (eventually, although even that took three months to click), but I become very conscious of the time once I've been playing that type of game for an hour.  Not because I think I should be doing something else, just because it starts to feel like a chore and I have to force myself to top it up to 90 minutes.  In contrast, when I was into Trials Evo/Meat Boy/'Splosion Man - the instant restart brigade - I could happily plug away for 2-3hrs at a time.  Obviously as a youngster I could play games for however long I was awake.

No time for campaign / adventure / narrative games. I'm not really a fan of them but there's no way I could commit to something like that without it creating domestic issues. It suits me fine as I'm a lover puzzle games, STGs and retro/arcade style games which fit my time budget just fine.

I'm living by myself amd currently working from 7am till 2-3pm so have quite a bit of time. Wouldn't mind trying to do something that feels more productive like programming or piano but it feels good working my way through my pile of shame.
The amount of hours I still spend half asleep on the couch disappoints me though. Too many things to do!

Pretty sure I'd be like most on here with any more commitments

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

I'm living by myself amd currently working from 7am till 2-3pm so have quite a bit of time. Wouldn't mind trying to do something that feels more productive like programming or piano but it feels good working my way through my pile of shame. The amount of hours I still spend half asleep on the couch disappoints me though. Too many things to do! Pretty sure I'd be like most on here with any more commitments

WTTC ambitions taking a back seat for now then.

I'm another "8.30-10:00"-er. Kids in bed. Food eaten. Communal show watched so the wife onto her shite. Me upstairs to the man room.

Main variables are the kids sleeping, what show(s) we're watching, how knackered I am, whether I have to log in to work. Often end up doing shite like GotY spreadsheets rather than actual gaming! Tends to come in fits n spurts when a game grabs me though.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

I get extremely fed up with story/campaign based games in long stretches.  I enjoyed The Last of Us (eventually, although even that took three months to click), but I become very conscious of the time once I've been playing that type of game for an hour.  Not because I think I should be doing something else, just because it starts to feel like a chore and I have to force myself to top it up to 90 minutes.  

As much as I like the Last of Us, I also felt it wasn't a game built for long stretches (unusual for a story game). I still haven't finished it despite downloading it in the Sony Xmas sales last year. Recently picked up GTA V for ps3 at a low price and I feel that may go the same way. It's a technically stunning game and much improved on previous GTAs in terms of general controls and gameplay but the story and missions so far have felt more like make-work tasks than enjoyable gameplay. As such, I'm already slowing down. Doesn't help that Rockstar clearly think they are better at stories and characters than they really are. 

So back in line with the topic, games with less clutter tend to get my vote. Vanquish, SF4, Outrun, Geometry Wars etc. are all great for this. I'll also started to develop a stronger love of turn based strategy games - perfect for small bites of gameplay. As it is though, as I get older the games have to take a back seat to more important and, to be fair, more rewarding activities. But in a way, its helped me enjoy them more. I now tend to focus only on the games I know I will get a kick out of. Bad for diversity but surely its the young 'uns with cash to burn that should be pushing the market trends, not the part-timers like me.

Its the old mindless 30-60mins on PES or get deeply involved in a story game debate really.

I've played MK8 for 80 hours. If you said do you want to play Skyrim for 80 hours or go to work... I'd go to work. A wise man once told me that.

As an old fart gone back to uni for a second crack, and this time for a pretty challenging course, how I've managed 300 hours of Destiny I don't know. If I'd put that much time into my studies this year if be laughing.

Have seriously considered chucking it a few times as I've apparently not got the willpower to play in moderation.

Outlaw wrote:

What course you doing JR?

I'm a year and a half off finishing grad medicine, assuming House is Wolves doesn't scupper it. Which it definitely might.

I don't like to overly simplify but a lot of the family gamers chime with me. I really enjoy me some FIFA clubs, but the older I get the more I have to try to get into game. In truth all I have really embraced in this new gen has been Sunset Overdrive (newish gameplay ish), Forza Horizon 2 (awesome fun and yet still haven't played MP) whilst dabbling in the rather purty Driveclub, Killzone and Infamous.

Truth is that there is very little new under the sun for me and I wonder if my lack of gaming is because I've kind of played it all before. There is no graphical leap that we got with HD tellies and even online stuff that made me fall in love with gaming is getting stale.

I guess there are always boardgames as I hit my forties