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.
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