11 signs you're no longer a hard-core gamer

[one winged angel]

its kinda depressing I hope this will never happen to me I totally own CSS right now play 70 hours in 2 weeks but then again im still young compared to you guys

the only problem i have i mostly only get 4 to 5 hours sleep a night(with the exception of weekends where i 12 to 16 sleep a night)

[osgeld]

few weeks ago i was trading in some psp games for some xbox games

the kid asked for my birthdate (you have to be 18 to trade) and i said 6-26-79

and the kid honestly asked "did you just say 79"

mother f*W#!ng kids at gamestop

now let me talk fondly about my colecovision and about that time i saw SMB3 in the wizard and thought OMG those graphics are great!

[Ashen]

Tis mighty depressing. I've got a nice backlog of unfinished games from last year which I refuse to buy more until I've finished.

Its like... You work in IT coz you were always good at this stuff (because you played games back in the day), but when you get home the last thing you want to do is look at a screen. Thats such an old man thing to say, but its not just me. Alot of my gamer mates have been saying the same thing.

Also, lans have slowed down now... only 2 or 3 a year... as opposed to every 2nd week in the good old days.

*sniff*



Cheers.
Ash.

[Mr_Biggs]

Lol, I disagree with the nostalgic thing, even if I'm 17 I still have fond memories of playing Super Mario World on the SNES.

But other than that, I'm hardcore.

[masterchief929]

thankfully, im still a hardcore gamer.

[MicroNut]

I fit most of these but I don't think I am jaded or outdated.
I am just an old experienced shark in fresh waters.
Playing games online does not make you social.
Playing games with people that you really know means that you have friends.

[mike_jmg]

I'm slowing down a bit, cause there are no games that I like at the moment.

And I'm not buying a Ps3 at the price that people sell it in here (700 usd). I just want it so I can play resistance, DMC4 and Burnout Paradise (so, for three games I'm not paying that, maybe when there are more games that I like)

Soon I'll be able to play DMC4 on my PC

If you want to know I was playing Yoshi's Island like 3 minutes ago on my psp (it is my only nextgen console, and I need to get my hands on Naruto ultimate ninja 3 for my ps2)
Days without playing, I think it'll never happen

[urherenow]

You have a gaming history that stretches back beyond the PlayStation generation to the SNES, Megadrive, Amiga and ZX Spectrum. You were there at the dawn of gaming.


Dawn of gaming?

it's official. Wraggster is a child. I was gaming a good bit before the spectrum and amiga.

How about the original Atari? Coleco Vision? Commodore Vic 20? COMMODORE 64! (outstanding computer for its time imho)

[MicroNut]

My first system was a TI99-4a
Typing in and debugging my first games without a disk drive from Compute! magazine.
The moon patrol cart for it was the only real game I had that I could keep without power applied.
C=64 rocked!
Talk about the first real "pc" game machine.
First game studio related job was working for Dynamics
Caveman Ughlympics the first game I ever worked on.
The Amiga was the real super computer of the day.

[ExcruciationX]

I'll probably still be playing video games as much as I do now when I'm older. I don't want a girlfriend, or friends, so just omitting those two gives me more free time.