The Admissions of a Gaming Addict

[PanzersEast]

So it goes something like this....So many games I need to make a list to play through some of them, lets see.....  What look, Alea Jacta Est... has Roman era military, insta purchase.....  X-Com, remake of a great game, need game, purchase..... Chivalry comes out, looks good and good reviews, fight... fight..... reluctantly purchase.  Oooh look Fallen Enchantress is released but probably needs time after the other mess..... good videos, reviews, gameplay....... will falters,  purchase.  A game of Dwarves, impulse purchase...... Mark of the Ninja, yea ditto.  Delete purchase emails, all evidence from wife (has become very good at from experience)....... ahh, ok no more purchases this year...... looking through Grogheads forum, ooohhhh  Euro Truck Sim 2........ arrgghhhh

In the end, play Dwarf Fortress  :o

PE

[Martok]

In at least one way, I'm glad I'm poor.  It forces me to (generally) only purchase the games I'm for sure interested in investing the necessary time. 

[steve58]

So it goes something like this....So many games I need to make a list to play through some of them, lets see.....  What look, Alea Jacta Est... has Roman era military, insta purchase.....  X-Com, remake of a great game, need game, purchase..... Chivalry comes out, looks good and good reviews, fight... fight..... reluctantly purchase.  Oooh look Fallen Enchantress is released but probably needs time after the other mess..... good videos, reviews, gameplay....... will falters,  purchase.  A game of Dwarves, impulse purchase...... Mark of the Ninja, yea ditto.  Delete purchase emails, all evidence from wife (has become very good at from experience)....... ahh, ok no more purchases this year...... looking through Grogheads forum, ooohhhh  Euro Truck Sim 2........ arrgghhhh

In the end, play Dwarf Fortress  :o

PE

PE, you are not alone!  It all sounds very familiar (except maybe for the EuroTrucker part)!  Unfortunately I'm now also finding myself buying into future games (M.O.R.E and Star Citizen).  Figured I'd never be able to explain that to the wife, so I didn't  :-[

[Gusington]

If you're having a good time, just take a deep breath, relax and enjoy.

[PanzersEast]

I honestly have the money (could be viewed as wasting money), but I have a formula for how much I get out of games, a 1 to 1 system.  1hr = 1$ spent, so I should get 25 hrs out of a $25 game at minimal, anything over is bonus.  I normally have a cap of $25 max to spend on a single game, but occasionally I break that rule.

In the end it is funny, I just role with it and if it does not get played, well it gets uninstalled.


PE

[PanzersEast]

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[Windigo]

I honestly have the money (could be viewed as wasting money), but I have a formula for how much I get out of games, a 1 to 1 system.  1hr = 1$ spent, so I should get 25 hrs out of a $25 game at minimal, anything over is bonus.  I normally have a cap of $25 max to spend on a single game, but occasionally I break that rule.

In the end it is funny, I just role with it and if it does not get played, well it gets uninstalled.


PE

If its cost per gaming hour.. I think I am at  $0.03/hour right now with Warlock

[PanzersEast]

If its cost per gaming hour.. I think I am at  $0.03/hour right now with Warlock

I would defiantly say you got your money's worth!

PE

[MetalDog]

I'm with Martok.  Being broke has its advantages. 

[Sir Slash]

Have you ever seen a great game advertised, and then when you check it out, you've already played it. Sometimes I try to remember how a game ended(especially RPG's) and can't, except for Planescape Torment, mostly I can only partially recall how most ended and sometimes only a little of what I thought was so great to begin with. That's when I feel shortchanged.

[MarkShot]

I think my rate of return an games played/purchased may be ahead of most of you. But nobody wants to make threads about people like me. Since consumers like me cause recessions!

[TheCommandTent]

This is what STEAM sales are for. If you can resist the initial urge to buy a new game along with the peer pressure around here and wait for a good sale, you not only get a good deal you get a fully patched up game :)

[Bison]

This is what STEAM sales are for. If you can resist the initial urge to buy a new game along with the peer pressure around here and wait for a good sale, you not only get a good deal you get a fully patched up game :)

You bought L4D2 of your own free will!

[republic]

I echo Martok and MetalDog.  Usually by the time I've saved up enough mad money to buy a game, the hype is gone and all the little nitpicks have been aired.  I've been able to keep from buying a lot of games that, had I had the money, would have been instant buys and later regrets.

[MengJiao]

So it goes something like this....So many games I need to make a list to play through some of them, lets see.....  What look, Alea Jacta Est... has Roman era military, insta purchase.....  X-Com, remake of a great game, need game, purchase..... Chivalry comes out, looks good and good reviews, fight... fight..... reluctantly purchase.  Oooh look Fallen Enchantress is released but probably needs time after the other mess..... good videos, reviews, gameplay....... will falters,  purchase.  A game of Dwarves, impulse purchase...... Mark of the Ninja, yea ditto.  Delete purchase emails, all evidence from wife (has become very good at from experience)....... ahh, ok no more purchases this year...... looking through Grogheads forum, ooohhhh  Euro Truck Sim 2........ arrgghhhh

In the end, play Dwarf Fortress  :o

PE

I try to curb myself.  Two things seem to help: expensive games and games I buy and don't play much.  The wife doesn't care much.  Last night she came into the game loft and observed Crecy (earliest use known of gunpowder artillery!).  Boardgames take up space, but I can store them in the barn.  so there is nothing to stop me but a desire to actually play what I buy.  Fortunately, learning the rules and setting up scenarions and so on takes a fixed amount of time so there must be a limit to my buy-rate.