May 25, 2010
A Change in Gaming Medium Focus
Yesterday, I was staring at the still unopened Amazon box which contains my copy of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, a game that, by all accounts, is completely badass, but is as of yet unplayed. There was a time in my life where I wouldn’t have been able to resist, a time in my life when I would have tore the fuck through that game and devoured it. I also thought about the fact that I’m still on the last case of Ace Attorney Investigations and haven’t played much Picross 3D.
It then hit me.
I’m not a portable gamer anymore.
A game used to have to be on a portable system for me to have any chance of beating it. I had the consoles, sure, but I got most of my gaming done on my GBA. I beat all kinds of portable games, constantly, because that’s when I had time to play. When I was home, I was talking with people online. I was doing other things.
Now, however, I find myself having to set aside time for games. “This is when I am going to play,” I say. As such, I have time to sit down in front of the TV and consume bigger experiences. I also have Gamefly, which brings a constant stream of cool new games to my door to give me something to focus on and work with.
Basically, I’ve completed way, way more console games than portable games in the last year.
Part of me feels like that’s really weird. I always thought that I’d always be a portable gamer. But I get most of my portable gaming in on my iPod now, little distractions to get me through the day, and when I really want to game, I’m not reaching for my DS anymore.
There’s nothing at all wrong with that. I just have to get that through my head. I play console games now.
Fair enough.