Games thread!

[madwilliamflint]

For my part, on Monday my desktop exhibited a remarkable flash, followed immediately by a popping sound before dying and filling the room with an acrid stench that's only now dying down.

I pulled the power cable with my feet (faster than bending over) and thought about it.

I've spent too damn much life playing games over the last 35 years.

I'm neither going to diagnose nor replace the thing. I'll pull the hard drives and attach them to my laptop to suck what information I can out of them, then put the whole thing in the basement to hold open doors.

enough is enough.

[Apoco]

Originally Posted by madwilliamflint

For my part, on Monday my desktop exhibited a remarkable flash, followed immediately by a popping sound before dying and filling the room with an acrid stench that's only now dying down.

I pulled the power cable with my feet (faster than bending over) and thought about it.

I've spent too damn much life playing games over the last 35 years.

I'm neither going to diagnose nor replace the thing. I'll pull the hard drives and attach them to my laptop to suck what information I can out of them, then put the whole thing in the basement to hold open doors.

enough is enough.

My point of view is that if I'm enjoying the time, then I'm not wasting it. But if you feel like gaming is stealing focus from more important things to deal with - then cut it off.

Best of luck

(If we played WoW right about now is when I would say "CAN I HAVE YOUR STUFF?" )
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[madwilliamflint]

Originally Posted by Apoco

My point of view is that if I'm enjoying the time, then I'm not wasting it. But if you feel like gaming is stealing focus from more important things to deal with - then cut it off.

Best of luck

(If we played WoW right about now is when I would say "CAN I HAVE YOUR STUFF?" )
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Heh. Indeed. I'm NOT trying to claim any high moral ground, and the imminent releases of Dishonored, Torchlight 2 and Borderlands2 are going to seriously test my mettle.

But I've just about literally spent 35 years getting home from work/school, plopping myself in front of the computer and pew pew pewing away, sucking away entire days in the blink of an eye. I do so enjoy it. But it's been at the expense of an awful lot.

I even bought a mac laptop last week so I could write on the train. Between that and a couple other things that have gone on in the last week. I'll take the synchronicity.