I like video games. Really I do. I tend to get bored with them, though. Most of the time I would rather watch my husband play a game than actually play it myself. There have been a few notable exceptions over the years, but when I play they tend to be the kiddie type games. I love the Spyro the Dragon games and pretty much anything along those lines. I also enjoy Twisted Metal, though. That's one we got to play together, and I loved being able to trash and destroy things indescriminently. It was just fun. RPGs (role playing games) are just one of those classes of games, along with first person shooters, that I would much rather watch than play myself. Except for Kingdom Hearts. When I played this game for the first time, my OCD kicked in big time, and I would spend 8-10 hours with the controller in my hand without realizing it, sometimes longer. I moved the PS2 to another room at the other end of the house so I could keep playing late at night after Nbs had gone to bed so I wouldn't wake him. I really didn't do much of anything else until I beat it. And it wasn't any better when I played it again. I'd managed to avoid the games on the computer, though, and generally laughed at people who became obsessed with games to the detriment of everything else around them. The only MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online RPG) that I'd ever played was a parody called Kingdom of Loathing that I was introduced to by some people here. In fact singrdave has a link on his sidebar......you should check it out.......it's hilarious!
However, earlier this week I was chatting on Messenger with a couple friends back in TX, and the guy (one of Nbs best friends) was talking about this game he's been playing, and how I should come play so he'd know someone, and he could help me out there. And, well, dammit, I went and did it. After taking the six hours to download the game onto my computer (I went to the gym and walking), I signed on to 9dragons for the first time a couple nights ago. I was only on for a little while, learning the ropes, being shown around by my friend. But when he signed off, I decided it was time to go, too. Didn't get on at all the next night, but yesterday? Holy crap! I didn't have a clock where I could see it, so before I knew it, it had been 10 hours, and I'd leveled up 12 times. I really enjoy it, but I think I need to limit my time. Just a little bit. Of course, reality is bound to kick in sometime, right? Remind me of what else I need to be doing? Yeah, sure...... I can stop any time I want to........and I'm not OCD at all!
Seriously, though.....today I've got to go walk, clean the house, and bake a pineapple upside down cake and some white chocolate macadamia nut cookies before I even go near the game. If I have time before I have to leave for the FRG lu'au later this afternoon. If not, I'll feed the monster tonight. It will have to take a back seat to what needs to get done first. Of course, if I'm going to get all of that done and have any chance of playing, I better go...........
