Not So Eager

Sometimes we get presented a situation and we surprise ourselves with the results!

A week ago or so, I finally completed one of the things I've been trying to do for many years. Beat the Zelda game! LOL

The interesting thing about that is since I played it for a month straight pretty much nightly.. I have had an interesting reaction to the thought of playing a game right about now: refusal!

I've been one to have an addiction to video games. Not as bad as others where it consumes my every waking moment, but I've spent a lot more time on them then I would like to say. Thankfully though, as I've gotten older, I've realized that it's really not worth it and I've tried to stop playing them as much as I can, with an occasional dabble here and there.

The dabble into Zelda was a great one! I had a lot of fun playing an old game, and it was very challenging still to this day. The game was also rewarding because it felt like I could finally close a chapter in my gaming life, one that had been opened but unfinished for so many years. Since I've finished the game, I thought of a few other games I could pick up where that one left off but I've not had the desire to dive into a game again, which I find interesting!

In my earlier years, I would finish games all the time and just pick up another one the same day or the following day. Those were certainly fun days because a lot of the games were long and had a lot of strategy involved but at the same time, it was really not the best. Thankfully I seem to have matured some, in that I am not finding that urge to immediately get into another game!

I think that is fantastic progress on my part, because it shows that I am much better at managing my addiction to the games these days than I was before. I've had a lot more life experience in the time since of course, so I realize that as fun as it is to play them, it's really important to get the more important shit done, the life shit. The game is the very end of the day which I think a lot more people should employ as a strategy.

As far as which game I'll be picking up next? That's a bit of a hard choice. I've got a lot of games that I found that I absolutely adored as a kid! I am debating diving into Resident Evil Director's Cut, but I know that too is a long fucking game, so is it worth it to get into that one and potentially play nightly for a month again? I'm not so sure about that.. I am thinking of something a much lighter and slower pace like Mega Man, or Mario lol where I can play it but not feel sucked into it. I even found a Command and Conquer version that I could play! There are lots of choices.. but I've bookmarked them all thankfully!

I'd also REALLY like to figure out how to save the damn games. Not being able to save them has really been a thorn in my side because I have to keep my laptop on in sleep mode for the whole time while I finish the dang thing. Not ideal for how I treat my devices that's for sure!

What about you, have you found that you've been able to manage an addiction much better as you get older? Let me know in the comments!