Well, I've realized that I have a lot more free time on my hands now that I'm out of school than I thought I would. I finally got a projector set up in my room so I decided to buy a few new PS2 games so I went to Game Stop. While I was there I got a few games like the Star Wars Episode III game that was originally like $65 for $7 and a few other games. Then I decided to buy a GameCube. It was only $29 with all the cords and a controller so I thought "What the heck?."
For those of you who don't know, I used to be a real hardcore gamer until my computer work (and school) pretty much took over my life. Because of this, I used to get game systems all the time for gifts from relatives and such. I had a PS2 and a GameCube as soon as they came out, but I decided to return them and buy computer parts and such. I got out of gaming right after the N64 came out and I haven't considered myself a gamer since. I bought a PS2 a few years ago off eBay for $65 (the guy was real pissed I got it for such a good deal too). Now I've got a GameCube.
Yeah I know it's not much, but I'm definitely staying behind in the gaming craze. The way I see it, there's no reason to pay for the newest systems when you can just wait a few years and get 'em for $29 and the games for $5 a pop. So I'm always going to be behind a system or two. And I have absolutely no market for portable gaming. That's really dumb. I'll just use an emulator on my laptop. You can't even see those tiny screens.
I bought a few games for the GameCube including Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness, MarioKart, Super Smash Bros, and Rogue Leader. Altogether I spent less than $130 and I got 8 games (4 for GameCube and 4 for PS2) and a GameCube console. It still seems like way too much to me, but I suppose it's better than being gouged $750 if I had bought all the stuff new. So anyways, I might be spending as much as two hours a week playing video games again. But I have to be careful. I can't become addicted.
Back in the good old days I would spend 10+ hours per day playing games. That's obviously not going to work nowadays.
