2-Bit Player

I was just a kid when the first NES came out, and so like many my age video games have been a part of my life ever since. I grew up with them, and always had at least one of the consoles every generation. So to say I play, and have played a lot of video game would be an understatement.

I used to be a lot more indiscriminate in what I would play. Any old game would do as long as it was supposed to be good. Or going further back, if it was one of the few games I had. Nowadays though, I have graduated to more complicated fare, and found that I really only get sucked into the really unusual games or the ones with very fresh concepts. And I just don't have the time I used to have to play them. The problem is, I get really sucked into these when I do manage, to the exclusion of other things. I am very much an addict then, ignoring the outside world, hunger, thirst, bowel movements (oh yes). 

Perhaps I have not mentioned this before, but I really hate feeling like I need to do something, or that I am addicted. It's a feeling that stems from childhood. My mother was a big smoker, and I always vowed I would never pick up the habit. Because of this, I am very sensitive to the idea that I might be addicted to anything and become leery of it when I feel I am becoming dependent. 

So while I love video games and have no desire to part from them, it is that very same sensation that tells me I should take a break, just in case.