Not much

I played about 30 min of minecraft today, watched a lot of youtube videos, and hung out with my wife. Tomorrow might be a lame blog post too, since I will be hanging out with the Mrs. all day :)

I feel like I may be moving from a heavy PC phase to a PC/xbox hybrid phase. I look forward to Battlefield 3. But once Old Republic comes out, its back to computer!

Trouble on the homefront

Priorities:

9:30-2:00 (4.5)

minecraft and online research about it

3:00-4:30

sleep

Virtually virtual:

I found an awesome mapping program! It maps your Minecraft maps with a click of a button!

This is my survival server a few friends and I are working on.

Thoughtful gab:

It finally happened. When I lived with my parents my mom would often get on my case about playing to many video games. I'm sad to say for the first time my wife said this to me this morning, "All you ever do is play Minecraft." which we all know to be untrue. I go shopping and on dates and out to eat and watch StarTrek and other things with my wife almost on a daily basis. I think the main reason for her upset is that I'm not going into work with her today which she likes, only because I was planning on doing other things thinking they didn't need me but she told me they did at the last second. And because I once again stayed up late last night and didn't come to bed with her. Iv'e always loved that she accepts my passion for video games so it makes me sad that she said that. I agree that I need to come to bed with her, so we can talk and snuggle and stuff. But its silly and kind of hurtful to say that I only play Minecraft. Does she not remember all the work I did around the house too while she was at work? I hope that just how she thinks she feels, and after one night of me going to bed with her, she view on my video game playing will be back to normal. If you're ready this Ky, I love you and I'll do better about getting obsessed with minecraft projects.

Later in the day she felt a lot better about the situation. Still, tonight I'm going to bed :)

Sleepy

Priorities:

1:30-3:00

netflix

3:30-4:30

assassins creed

9:30pm-2:30am

minecraft

6 hours of gaming

Virtually virtual:

Ug. stayed up late trying to finish this automated animal trap in minecraft. Takes forever in survival mode. Can't write much. Must sleep. Ill update more tomorrow.

Thoughtful gab:

I can't really think right now. I have been writing these blogs last thing before I go to bed. It's late. Goodnight everyone.

Why parents stink at video games

Priorities:

9:30-12:30 (3)

minecraft

4:00-5:30 (1.5)

minecraft

6:00-6:30 (.5)

minecraft

5 hours of Minecraft

Virtually Virtual:

Worked more on renovating the village. Made a lot of progress including finishing the fence around its perimeter.

This is a picture of our new neighbors at our main gate. -->

Thoughtful gab:

Gaming requires time. Certain games more than others. I don't think I could consider myself a gamer unless I was very knowledgeable about the games and felt comfortable with them. Which is nearly impossible to do unless you spend a lot of time playing them.

Take this man, Rob. He just came home at 5 PM from his full time job to his three children and wife who all demand his attention, which he is happy to oblige. But he's tired and has fleeting memories of a time when he used to play video games frequently. Later that night when the house quiets down he gets on StarCraft 2. Maybe its only the third time since he bought it 4 months ago. He plays a campaign mission, not understanding what everything does or means, but its fun because its a game again. Then he plays a match online only to be swiftly destroyed by his much superior oppenent. He closes the game realizing that he can't compete with people like that and accepts that he will never be considered a dedicated gamer again.

VS me. Who works some, still cleans around the house and still goes on date nights with his wife and hangs out with friends, who also plays video games full time. I play so much that I know how everything goes. It becomes a second nature to me. Since I have passed that level of general learning, I can focus on fine tuning my skills, exploring and being even more creative. If it were Minecraft Rob was playing, he would probably die the first night, have a little fun mining some random resources, and at the most construct a mediocre base.

I would continue saying;

Like even I did the first time. But where he stopped, I continued, getting a better feel of the game.

But this is not even accurate. Because my first time wasn't that bad. I picked it up very quickly. Yes I wasn't as generally good at it as I am now, but still.

Why is this so? Because I think like a gamer. I have played so many other games that my brain is hardwired in a way to already be thinking in the manner of the game and absorb its knowledge quicker than the average middle aged man.

This brings me to the point of the generational technology drift.

My parents are horrible at video games. They weren't to bad at Mario Cart 64. But I had both my mother and my father play portal and it was... sad. I gave them tips, I gave them time and patience. But they had a hard enough time adapting to strafing to think about the puzzles. Even when they got that down they just didn't understand the concept.

This makes me wonder, will it be the same for me when I have children? I think the answer is no, for a couple reasons.

1. I am more dedicated to technology in the realm of video games, computers, ect.. So I will continue to keep updated about them as I grow older.

2. When my parents were young they didn't have computers. Then when they did, they were simple and impractical. The technology jump from record players to super computers was massive. So much, that almost nothing can happen in my time as an equivalent. What could be so much more upgraded, so new, in the next 30 years that I just can't comprehend it unless I grew up using it? Nothing. Computers only keep getting more advanced, which leads into virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Of which I am accustomed with already, at least in some form.

My parents had nothing to compare computers to in their day, so when computers became so popular, once they were busy with their lives, they were lost and just could never grasp the thought process behind video games.

Not trying to argue any point really and I know there are middle aged men out there that can game. I was just speaking in general terms.

Life transition

Priorities:

11:00-11:30 (.5)

minecraft

1:30-5:00 (3.5)

minecraft

8:00-12:00 (4)

minecraft

8 hours of Minecraft

Virtually virtual:

I didn't really feel in the mood for minecraft during the day. I really just wanted to make a minecart system but my friend whom I'm doing it with is was busy. Nothing else sounded appealing. So I went on some servers and tried playing but they were lame. I ended up just going back to my server, mining, and expanding my farmland.

Later, my friend got on and we made a really long mine cart rail from our main base, over an ocean, forest, and dessert, to an abandoned village. The rail ate nearly all of my supplies but it was worth it. The project we are now working on is restoring the village an claiming it our own!

Thoughtful gab:

Intense gamers like to play videos games all day with little to no socialization. A married gamer can't do that. Lately my wife is asleep by the time I get to bed. Neither of us like that.

Just tonight she said, "I'm a freaking Minecraft widow."

It was a joke but I know in all actuality I spend a little to much time playing games and not enough with my wife. It's the battle between the gamer self and the married self.

She likes games and doesn't mind me playing them to much. But there needs to be a balance. The sooner I find it, the better

Today's married gamer...

Router needed. Loosing game time

Priorities:

5:30pm-7:00 (1.5)

minecraft

8:30-11:00 (2.5)

minecraft

4 hours of Minecraft

Virtually virtual:

I finished the tower. It's awesome and all. But I don't have any use for it really, got dull quick. But its still just cool that I took all that time to make it. Im just glad I don't have to burn any more sand...

Yes that tiny thing down there is my boat

The most exciting moment!

The final product

There is another 1/3 of the tower under the seabed

Thoughtful gab:

I need to get a router so we can have more than one device using internet so she can stop using my computer! I would already be started on my next Minecraft project if she hadn't taken her time watching Youtube videos of cats. I had nothing else to do besides clean the house! D:

In all actuality I like cleaning the house. Mostly because its messy and I don't like living in the mess. But I have a hard time doing it on my own when I could just play games. So if anyone, or more specifically my wife, helps me, it changes my mindset to work mode and I do it. Sure I like to play games a lot but I still take responsibility when needed.

My wife and I watched more Star Trek TNG together today. She has not seen the series where I have. And she has been showing me Dr. Who where our situations are reversed. I enjoy our time spent together watching nerdy things. She plays StarCraft 2 and shes actually not bad at it but she doesn't have an account so we cant really play together. Now only if I could get her to play Minecraft...