I started video gaming in arcades back in the early 1980's. This is before there were any real consoles or computers, I would save up all my quarters and head out to the arcade and spend my free time as a kid playing simple games like Centipede or Pac-Man. Then I got hooked on Ghosts N Goblins, I would spend my whole paper route money playing this game, even though I could never get past the 3'rd level. But I loved it. Then I finally got my first console, The ColecoVision, with its strange controllers that looked like telephone pads with a knob, I played Donkey Kong on it so much that I could not die anymore, so the score would run up to a million points then roll over back to 0, I would see how many times I could roll over the score playing the same 3 levels over and over. I think I got to 11 million or 11 rollovers to 0 before I finally got bored with it.
In 1984 I got my first computer, the Commodore 64, games started getting better, although the graphics were still pretty cheesy. Then my friend got a Commodore Amiga and when I saw those games I had to get the system. Then came the 3DO, and I played games on that. The games started becoming more and more complex, graphics became better and better and the stories in games became more interesting, no longer was it platform games, hop around like Mario collecting coins, games started becoming more like movies and stories. I totally loved these type of games.
By the time the PS1 came out you could play a great adventure game with a full story that would take you 20 - 30 hours to play without repetition and or blocks to jump or coins to collect. I loved that fact about games. It's at this time that I saw a friend play Tomb Raider, the original one. I immediately had to get that game, exploring tombs like Indiana Jones (I loved the Indiana Jones movies). Since then I have played every Tomb Raider game and they are my favorite series.
Today I play games on a PS4, on a 75" 4K HUD TV. Games are my escape from reality. I work a boring 9-5 desk job, I have worked for many companies but in the end it's still a boring 9-5 desk job. Gaming is my escape from that boredom. In games I can be anyone, go on any quest, do insane things that I would not do in real life and travel to all these exotic places that I could not afford to go in real life.
I don't gamble, I don't drink, I don't do drugs, I really don't do too much other than work and spend time with my family, so for my amusement and to relax, decompress and have fun I game. But I only play specific games. No platform games, no strategy games, no multiplayer games, no Indy games and no kids games.
Today I play games on a PS4, on a 75" 4K HUD TV. Games are my escape from reality. I work a boring 9-5 desk job, I have worked for many companies but in the end it's still a boring 9-5 desk job. Gaming is my escape from that boredom. In games I can be anyone, go on any quest, do insane things that I would not do in real life and travel to all these exotic places that I could not afford to go in real life.
I don't gamble, I don't drink, I don't do drugs, I really don't do too much other than work and spend time with my family, so for my amusement and to relax, decompress and have fun I game. But I only play specific games. No platform games, no strategy games, no multiplayer games, no Indy games and no kids games.
I want a game that is an adventure game with great graphics, preferably a scary game, maybe a stealth game, but I try to play adventure games that have good stories. I want to get immersed in the game, where I feel like I'm there, when your hands sweat at the thought of being killed after a long battle or trek in the game, or spooky where I might have nightmares after.
I want the game to be as realistic as possible. No music sound, nobody goes on an adventure and there is some music or orchestra in the background lol. Just sound effects, no maps preferably, I want to get lost in the game, I want to explore every corner of the world not have a crows flight to the next destination or mission. I also play every game on the most extreme, hardest level that's available as I want a true challenge, I have played and finished hundreds of games and so I want to be tested to the hardest limit. I want the one shot kills, nobody gets riddled with bullets and then they are fine one minute later after taking a health pack. I want the real experience.
I'm also obsessed with trying to get 100% completion on all games, although I rarely do, I only have 3 Platinum trophies for getting 100% completion in a game, but I try for it in every game. Maybe I have OCD but I have to collect every collectible in a game and finish every side quest. Otherwise I feel like I have not finished the game completely. This is why I have spent 223 hours playing GTA San Andreas because I wanted to collect all 100 spray tags, 60 pictures and all other side missions and collectibles, after 223 hours I had 99 tags and 44 pictures but could not find the rest and finally gave up but to this day it's still eating me up inside that I didn't do it.
Once I sit down to a gaming session I'm gone from this world and I'm fully immersed in the game I'm playing, I don't hear my family, I forget things I was supposed to do and I'm oblivious to things around me. It's like I'm gone to another world and only the shell of myself is on the couch. And that is my escape from reality of doing a 9-5 desk job for the rest of my life. This is my drug, my alcohol, my mind relaxer from depression and boredom of having to sit in an office for 40 hours every week. Now I only play approximately 22 - 25 hours a week, I could play more but I also have family and other things in life to do too. Gaming is just my hobby, like some people who like to play sports, hit the gym, garden or whatever they do in their spare time, I just love gaming, it's my escape from reality.
Once I sit down to a gaming session I'm gone from this world and I'm fully immersed in the game I'm playing, I don't hear my family, I forget things I was supposed to do and I'm oblivious to things around me. It's like I'm gone to another world and only the shell of myself is on the couch. And that is my escape from reality of doing a 9-5 desk job for the rest of my life. This is my drug, my alcohol, my mind relaxer from depression and boredom of having to sit in an office for 40 hours every week. Now I only play approximately 22 - 25 hours a week, I could play more but I also have family and other things in life to do too. Gaming is just my hobby, like some people who like to play sports, hit the gym, garden or whatever they do in their spare time, I just love gaming, it's my escape from reality.
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