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.<\/p>\n
It then hit me.<\/p>\n
I’m not a portable gamer anymore.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Basically, I’ve completed way, way more console games than portable games in the last year.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
There’s nothing at all wrong with that. I just have to get that through my head. I play console games now.
\nFair enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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