I stopped playing Dungeon Lords Completly

[Vampire_X]

i played yesterday for 8 hours and then today i made it to Arindale and i gave the sword to the guy for the fighters quest and wanted to become a Knight then he wants me to fight some Dark Knight at Bole Field im saying im not walking ALL the way back there.

I said ah **** with it then uninstalled dungeon lords lol , im not talking about the problems with the game i just got bored of the game.

But its probably me im growing out of games i think i cant play them any more i havent touched my ps2 in 10 days now.

I guess this is really it when i stop playing oh well thats all i wanted to say.

See you later.

[dommiel74]

ya Im growing out of games too. DL is fun and all but i cant sit in front of the computer playing games like i used to.
back in the day i could play games from sun up to sun down, now after an hour my *** gets sore and i have to find something els to keep my interest.
sucks getting old.

[PRiME]

Myself I'm growing into development and most the time only play games for a little fun or development insight. Im always commenting in my head about pros and the cons of everything.

Maybe one day when my brain permits me to learn advanced C++. maybe. :)

[Thalavon]

I understand completely. I'm definitely ramping down my gaming these days and I guess it kinda sucks but yeah getting older does kinda blow rofl. By the time I end up wanting to play games more often later in life (assuming the world doesn't blow up by then!) it'll probably be like that scene in Back to the Future:Part 2 "You have to use your hands?!? That's for LITTLE KIDS!!!" Oh man, where's my hover skateboard...

It's not just that though, the gaming industry in general is ramping down if you look at it from a faraway view. For those still heavily into games still you probably won't understand but they just aren't the way it used to be. I guess when you grow up in the prime of gaming era (Nes/Sega mastersystem/genesis/snes/old school CRPGs!) then it just seems kinda UGH after a while.

I have so many new games and most I just don't care about anymore ;), even if they're "awesome" it's just not the same anymore, for me. I'm seeing it in others too and it's kinda like the baby boomer generation, except some of us are like the NES generation and it just doesn't make sense to some of us anymore, or something...not even quite sure myself really lol ;).

I guess that's why I have the most fun playing old school style rpgs on my Gameboy advance bwahaha....err...sigh...=P

It's just an addiction in all reality though, if you've ever seen the movie "What the Bleep do we know" you'll probably understand as well. I guess it's like a bad drug in that sense, you just keep coming back and don't understand why, then realize one day "Hey wtf am I doing still???"

Anyhow don't feel bad by any means, you're not alone.

[Xyyth]

Wow! You mean kids are getting tired of gaming and actually might go outside? I may keel over in amazement.

[Thalavon]

That's the thing Xyyth, we're not kids anymore =\, guess those Toys 'R' Us commercials were a lie afterall, oh the humanity ;).

[PRiME]

Get outside and stop talking on this forum you!,. :)

Anyway the worlds popular is getting older and it doesn't help the industry when Publishers push projects out the door with more bugs then a oil tanker can hold!

[Xyyth]

That's the thing Xyyth, we're not kids anymore =\, guess those Toys 'R' Us commercials were a lie afterall, oh the humanity ;).

Have you noticed there are no more quality adventure games created these days? I used to love to play all the Sierra and Lucasarts adventures (before the 3D, move with the WSAD key stuff and the Myst stuff). Now, you can't find anything to remotely resemble a true adventure game. It's really sad.

I want games like Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Sam & Max, King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Freddie Pharkus (remember that one?), and even Microprose came out with a few good ones like Phantom of the Opera and Westwood Studios with the Kyrandia series.

Sigh.

[Xyyth]

I also wish someone would start up the D&D Gold Box games again. I would love to play the new Eberron stuff in a gold box game.

[LordFess]

Welp here goes I have been playen games almost 30 years and i am probably older than anyone on this forum I its funny I feel like computer gaming is just coming into it's own....I guess I just love computer gaming and will always get a thrill out of what our technology continues to bring to the gaming industry. I don't dwell on the past to much. I just try to keep an open mind and focus on the good parts and not the negitive end. I don't think I will ever cool down from computer gaming.

[dommiel74]

the only thing the gaming industry has going for them is the graphics. it seems as the graphics get better the quality, length, and overall fun of the game goes to ****.
people can OOHHH and AHHHH over graphics all they want, but if the game sucks whats the point?

[Thoros]

I've been going through the "I'm growing out of games" syndrome for several years now. Trust me...you will come back if you were a hardcore/addicted gamer before.

I spent about 4 months playing no games at all then I starting playing totally different genres of games that I would never try before like hex based games, old classics and stuff & had a blast. Now I'm back to RPGs again which is what I've been playing for many years.

I still love gaming. I just don't do 5,6,7+ hour gaming sessions anymore :D

[CallOfKtulu]

Have you noticed there are no more quality adventure games created these days? I used to love to play all the Sierra and Lucasarts adventures (before the 3D, move with the WSAD key stuff and the Myst stuff). Now, you can't find anything to remotely resemble a true adventure game. It's really sad.

I want games like Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Sam & Max, King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Freddie Pharkus (remember that one?), and even Microprose came out with a few good ones like Phantom of the Opera and Westwood Studios with the Kyrandia series.

Sigh.


Have you ever played "The Longest Journey"? If not, you are missing out on one of the best, if not the best, adventure game ever! Also, part 2 is (finally) coming and you can pick up the original for about $9 anywhere... such a good game :)

[CallOfKtulu]

MYST IV is also a very beautiful and challenging game. You should give that one a try if you like your brains a little on the fried side ;)

[Thalavon]

Well yeah I don't mean I'm giving them up completely, I just don't feel the need, like some of you mentioned, to play on and on and on like I used to anymore.

I do, however, find fewer and fewer games that truly grab me anymore. I do miss the oldschool fun games like Monkey Island 2 (didn't really play the first one, but man the 2nd was so funny :) ). I also had the old gold box games. Curse of the Azure Bonds, the Silver whatever one? (forgot the name lol), the one set in Krynn (don't remember the name of that one either!), and the others that came in that. Was a lot of fun and WOW those were so hard ;). Does anyone remember Realmz? Made by Fantasoft, was a shareware type game that was very similar to D&D goldbox but even better IMO. Had all kinds of little expansion campaigns you could get also, was a great game =). Of course I couldn't forget all the King's Quests either, those were some very awesome games.

Part of the big problem is that in trying to reel in all the "other" people that didn't play games as much to make extra cash, they have somewhat alienated the true gamers, or at least the ones that are the reason the companies got to be so big in the first place. Guess it's like that first line in Braveheart in a way eh "History is written by those that have hanged heroes." Not saying they're hanging us old diehard fans but we're definitely getting left out in the storm most of the time these days ;), or at least it seems that way. Now I guess I know how some of you older people felt when they started coming out with NES/Sega Mastersystem after playing stuff like pong/c64/the first atari.

And who could forget Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for the Apple IIE? bwahah.

[CallOfKtulu]

I was thinking back to those old Gold Box games a few days ago... realized I had a lot more free time and drive to complete games back then.

I must have killed like 2000 Frost Giants in Secret of the Silver Blades, and yet I can't for the life of me remember anything particularily fun about the game.. just that I spent 50 - 60 hours and beat it. Back then I beat games and didn't quit or buy another game until I beat the one I was on.

I've bought games now that I've never even took out of the package! I guess getting older and getting a job with lots of disposable income and having a diminishing attention span does that to ya. :)

Ah well :)

[Cresho]

30 years plus here. computer gaming took the place of watching tv. I also jog and work out

Games will always be apart of my life. TV sucks...Music sucks......Games are really good if you know were to find it.....hint gothic 2

[Eron]

You guys are really bumming me out..

TV sux.. Survivor? Gimme a break! I'd rather visit distant worlds, and fight great battles..

You know what, it's possible to go into gaming lulls.. You kinda get out of it for a while, then u have a power session of gaming..

Smoke some ganja and sit down in front of the comp for a few hours.. That'll take the wrist pain away..

[xerevos]

Have you ever played "The Longest Journey"? If not, you are missing out on one of the best, if not the best, adventure game ever! Also, part 2 is (finally) coming and you can pick up the original for about $9 anywhere... such a good game :)

:p you beat me to it.. was gonna recommend that game when I saw the thread but couldn't remember the name lol. Looking forward to the sequal later this year...

[AxiomOnline]

Man, this thread brings back the memories... someone mentioned Magic Candle in a different thread... that was one of the best RPGs ever!

The original Bard's Tale, Ultima series, Maniac Mansion, why the heck can't the game industry make games like this anymore?

Instead we get crap like Dungeon Siege, Diablo, and Neverwinter Nights. (which if it wasnt for the toolset I'll go as far to say NWN was one of the WORST rpgs I have ever played)

C'mon game industy! Pull your head out of your arse!

[ccbcc]

You have to open your eyes to look through the **** the game industry tosses out

http://www.spidewebsoftware.com

Avernum is better then 99% of RPGs i've played, especially console ones and things like Dungeon Lords. I've been playing Avernum 2 for about a month now, just going around and doing quests as I please.

[AxiomOnline]

I have the avernum series but for some reason I just cant get into them.

Which is a shame I love the old school feel but something about the game play just isnt there for me.

[Hickmanj]

My hopes are pinned on: Oblivion.

J

[freshjuice]

I agree with the tone of this board in general. I played Ultima on the Apple IIe back in the day...

I have two responses:

1) Morrowind (+ expansions + mods)

2) Morrowind's upcoming sequel, Oblivion

Without a doubt the best, most detailed, most thouroughly crafted RPG in history. :cool: Couple that with the unlimited number of mods and plug-in and add-ons, unlimited character creation and variability, and I've never tired of it.

I was hoping DL was going to fit into this list, but based on the abundant catalogues of bugs on these boards, I'm thinking twice. I had it pre-ordered but cancelled my order. :eek:

[Cathail]

Like others here, I've been playing computer games for many years. I have to agree on the whole tv, radio, etc thing. Can't stand non-interactive entertainment.

On the gold box thing, Pool of Radiance in theory was an attempt to resurrect them but it failed miserably for many reasons. One of my personal favorites, which I've not seen mentioned here much, was Eye of the Beholder. Played it on my Amiga endless hours ;).

[PRiME]

I remember a OLD D&D face down game called Shattered Lands or something.

Was pretty cool I have no link to it but it was turn base, I remember there was a huge arena part were you right off hordes of odd monsters. Quite good I thought.

Link

http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/539/539722p2.html

[ccbcc]

If you think Morrowind and Oblivion are pinnacles of RPGs, no wonder you're feeling so down.

Atleast play Gothic...

[AxiomOnline]

Nods... Morrowind is very detailed I will give you that... but for some reason I couldn't get into that either. It was such a mad clickfest my wrist hurt after a while.. also the quests were incredibly dull imho. Incredibly detailed, but dull. Wrap it up with a Inventory interface that is horrid and a quest log thats even worse Morrowind to me was the game that couldve been.

I will still probably try Oblivion though just to see if it got any better.

[ccbcc]

Oblivion reminds me of Vampire:Bloodlines, sounds great isnt too great when you get it. Bethesda has always had bug-ridden games.

Most of Oblivion's fancy new stuff have been taken from games that have done it better, anyways.

I look forward more to Gothic 3, which sounds very very good (I particular like how magic will be implemented in it. Instead of wizards running around all over, magic is a special power few can learn. If you choose to learn it, you have to do certain things to harness it, like be near a source of fire to cast a fireball.)

[AxiomOnline]

Nods

Gothic > Elder Scrolls

[-GuruChaz-]

i played yesterday for 8 hours and then today i made it to Arindale and i gave the sword to the guy for the fighters quest and wanted to become a Knight then he wants me to fight some Dark Knight at Bole Field im saying im not walking ALL the way back there.

I said ah **** with it then uninstalled dungeon lords lol , im not talking about the problems with the game i just got bored of the game.

But its probably me im growing out of games i think i cant play them any more i havent touched my ps2 in 10 days now.

I guess this is really it when i stop playing oh well thats all i wanted to say.

See you later.


Listen to you. You were also one of the people giving me a hard time when I tried to tell you this game was junk. I guess you finally figured it out on your own.

[sal pancho]

Listen to you. You were also one of the people giving me a hard time when I tried to tell you this game was junk. I guess you finally figured it out on your own.

Way to take it out of context...I don't believe he stopped playing because this game was crap, but because he's bored with games in general. The post itself even says that....

[Griever9977]

I understand completely. I'm definitely ramping down my gaming these days and I guess it kinda sucks but yeah getting older does kinda blow rofl. By the time I end up wanting to play games more often later in life (assuming the world doesn't blow up by then!) it'll probably be like that scene in Back to the Future:Part 2 "You have to use your hands?!? That's for LITTLE KIDS!!!" Oh man, where's my hover skateboard...

It's not just that though, the gaming industry in general is ramping down if you look at it from a faraway view. For those still heavily into games still you probably won't understand but they just aren't the way it used to be. I guess when you grow up in the prime of gaming era (Nes/Sega mastersystem/genesis/snes/old school CRPGs!) then it just seems kinda UGH after a while.

I have so many new games and most I just don't care about anymore ;), even if they're "awesome" it's just not the same anymore, for me. I'm seeing it in others too and it's kinda like the baby boomer generation, except some of us are like the NES generation and it just doesn't make sense to some of us anymore, or something...not even quite sure myself really lol ;).

I guess that's why I have the most fun playing old school style rpgs on my Gameboy advance bwahaha....err...sigh...=P

It's just an addiction in all reality though, if you've ever seen the movie "What the Bleep do we know" you'll probably understand as well. I guess it's like a bad drug in that sense, you just keep coming back and don't understand why, then realize one day "Hey wtf am I doing still???"

Anyhow don't feel bad by any means, you're not alone.


I agree with you completely. The gaming industry really is starting to decline. I still stick with it though, there's a few companies who still make great games, Mostly Atlus and Working Designs in my opinion. But, it is somewhat disappointing that gaming companies are starting to gear themselves more towards profit margin and less towards the gaming audience. I still play all the old SNES RPGs though. I even have Earthbound. Sorry to see all you guys go, but, glad you've enjoyed your gaming years.

[sal pancho]

I agree with you completely. The gaming industry really is starting to decline. I still stick with it though, there's a few companies who still make great games, Mostly Atlus and Working Designs in my opinion. But, it is somewhat disappointing that gaming companies are starting to gear themselves more towards profit margin and less towards the gaming audience. I still play all the old SNES RPGs though. I even have Earthbound. Sorry to see all you guys go, but, glad you've enjoyed your gaming years.

ATLUS is deffinately making a name for itself these days. I will never stop playing games--- but my respect for PC games has been dwindling for a while now. If OBLIVION bombs, I'm calling it quits for PC games.

Working Designs is a great company....how the **** they stay in business is one of gamings great mysteries.

[phalzyr]

OH NO I'm getting old, I actually remember all those games mentioned :o. My gaming tends to wane, some months I feel like playing others... Morrowing hit me at the wrong time and it poor quest log made me shelf it. If I can't find a certain quest NPC in a few hours...

[skace]

Gothic and Bloodlines were both amazing games. Gothic had craptacular controls, but easily overcome and Bloodlines had some sort of beta version of the Source engine which ate ram faster than Everquest 1. Morrowind, on the other hand, didn't have any glaring problems that one could find in the first 4 hours of playing it. But after a day, you realized that they shipped you a product without a game. The towns are there, the world is there, the characters are there, the engine and skills work, but there isn't anything to do. Once you get a sword and armor, nothing in the game is a challenge to you. I have my fingers crossed for Oblivion. I read that they are taking combat into consideration.

Oh and I don't know how old any of you are, the games listed don't give me a good time frame. I'm 23 and I started out playing Moria (unix) and Brimstone (dos text adventure). Also had an Atari with the full color version of Rogue. So yea, I've been playing games for awhile.

[Darkstar71]

Hi All,

Ihave to agree with most of the posts here. I am a 30+ gamer and I'm proud to say that us 30+ year olds truly grew up in the rennaisance period of gameing.
I'm in the UK here and remember growing up with the ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Dragon 32 comp, BBC comp, ColecoVision, Atari(wooden panel) and a host of arcade games which you can all now pick up on M.A.M.E.
I remember how overjoyed I was as a 15 year old to get a BBC computer(after an auction at my house selling all my old boardgames, which all went towards a part payment for an XMAS present). More importantly I remember how I opened a present and found ELITE in there. The graphics weren't great but the game was simply amazing!! I can't remember how many times I flew from Lave to Zaonce trading and eventually trying to dock with the space station.
These games all mentioned in previous posts were brilliant. The old Sierra Games and the Infocom games were great and not only that helped you with your typing skills.

But the sad thing is this; the gaming, film and music industry generally churns out complete rubbish all disguised with beautiful graphics/singers/actors with **** gameplay/singer's/actors and trying to pull the wool over our eyes thinking that us older people won't mind at all if it looks good. This is what annoys me, people nowadays just don't have patience anymore and I mean that from the consumer to the gamer. The real diehard gamers are the 30+ as I've possibly played almost every single game to date from going back to the turn of the 80's!!!
D.L. is prime example of gaming companies impatience and thinking that it will advertise the game no end and give it great graphics but after all the flaws in the game it has done them more harm than good. I can't honestly remember any game with as many bugs in it that was released. I used to be a gamestester and the gamestesters at Dreamcatcher must have all been sleeping!
Patience is a virtue and we as a consumer should be shown more respect from the music, the film and the gaming industries. Just because something looks good doesn't mean it IS good. So companies listen to us consumers and take more time perfecting your skills and the products you release or else you will find sales dropping even more than they are because people won't want to part with their cash on titles that are un-finished with great graphics and **** gameplay.

[CallOfKtulu]

All you old timers like me.. if you ever want a trip down memory lane complete with screenshots (and actual downloads if you have a computer that can run them) go to :

http://www.the-underdogs.org/

Such a great site for looking through all those ols games :)
I've gotten lost there for hours

[bromung]

Remember this one anyone? Anyone spend all night just playing melee? Even now that game would be extremely fun. Mid to late 80's is about when it came out. yes - those were the days of the great ones.

[michu]

armor work or not ? :D if i have 0 armor monster hit me for that same damage like i have 42 armor , next super bug ? :}

[freshjuice]

Morrowind required only one thing to make it instantly playable:
Better transportation system.

Luckily becasue of all the mods out there, there are abundant solutions to that.

In my opinion. I would much rather have the option of choosing my own path and discovering the adventure on my own than having a story and linear plot ram-rodded down my throat.

My guess is that most people who didn't did it didn't give it half a chance. It's still a consistent seller, and it's been years now.

[DoomAxe]

It's crazy to think that at 20 years old, I could feel the same ways most of you do!

I've been playing games since the grand NES! I loved the linear "Punch bad guy, you win." Not becuase it was simple, but becuase of how frustratlingly difficult a simple concept such as that was. Honestly, tell me, did you only break one controller when you tried to dodge out of the way in a horizontal then vertical pattern (becuase you couldn't go diagonal yet) and get smoked every time? haha! Contra, to this day, pisses me off like no other game I've ever played. The playability in the game is awesome.

I bought Dungeon Lords becuase it looked cool. Played it, and uninstalled it, and now Painkiller has my attention. I'm very happy it's much better than DL. Anyway, I completely concur that gaming industries are focusing too much on candy.

It truly upsets me that I need the Star Trek computer to play a goddamn video game. Why do I need 1gig of ram, and a 256mb graphics card with a P4 and a 2.5ghz computer to run a movie?

How come the NES ruled? Answer: games were quality. The graphicis were "top of the line" but they came second to gameplay. Why can all these people rip out names of games 20 years old? Becuase they were good! Quality! Impressive! Memorable!

Name five games in ten seconds that impressed you since 2000. I have a hard time. And in all honesty, I play old games. Delta Force, the old Unreal Tourney, Street Fighter (Dos! lol) I think i've rambled on enough, but it's just so totally lame that the graphics are more important than a good game.

A game needs to be emotional, grabbing, hard, intense! Those factors determine whether or not you load them up for a second and third time.

[charlieboy]

The consoles were not the glory days of gaming for most computer people.

I wouldn't call an rpg on the gameboy advance "old school"...console rpgs are linear and boring. My goodness...that FFX...there was nothing to do except walk in a straight line and wait for a cutscene to pop...and those endless battles to make it to a pointless level 99. That is not old school...Japanese rpgs are torture.

Old school is the Ultima series, Might and Magic series, Wizardry series, and the old D&D games (as well as some of those adventure games...King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry).

That is old school and that is why we had much hope for Dungeon Lords, but, alas, we were let down.

I'm getting older, but my gaming interest hasn't faded at all and I still love Dungeons and Dragons (Eberron is awesome). I wish I wasn't as interested as I am in them, but sometimes I'm bored and don't know what to do with myself either on the pc or off.

[msnevil]

Gothic Is Kings quest. Not Ultima. Or D&D.

Charlieboy is Right.

My kids play the Console,
I play the PC.

:D

[Raedwald]

The consoles were not the glory days of gaming for most computer people.

I wouldn't call an rpg on the gameboy advance "old school"...console rpgs are linear and boring. My goodness...that FFX...there was nothing to do except walk in a straight line and wait for a cutscene to pop...and those endless battles to make it to a pointless level 99. That is not old school...Japanese rpgs are torture.

Old school is the Ultima series, Might and Magic series, Wizardry series, and the old D&D games (as well as some of those adventure games...King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry).

That is old school and that is why we had much hope for Dungeon Lords, but, alas, we were let down.

I'm getting older, but my gaming interest hasn't faded at all and I still love Dungeons and Dragons (Eberron is awesome). I wish I wasn't as interested as I am in them, but sometimes I'm bored and don't know what to do with myself either on the pc or off.

Ours were the old Atari 2600 or the Sears game consoles. Then I moved up to the Commodore 64 and the rest was history. :)
I still remeber playing Ultima III on the C-64. Ahhhhh, those were the days....

Raed

[Shock]

If I have to look through a microscope to play an RPG, I don't mess with it. That's why I don't like devices like GBA and so forth. It eventually will ruin your eyesight. You will lose 10 to 30 points on an eye chart just by playing those small screened games for a long period of time.

I'm surprised the manufacturers like Nintendo and Sony haven't realized this by now...or maybe they have and just don't care as long as they get the almighty buck. That's the way it goes these days. Sacrifice health for fun.

[Visigoth]

If I have to look through a microscope to play an RPG, I don't mess with it. That's why I don't like devices like GBA and so forth. It eventually will ruin your eyesight. You will lose 10 to 30 points on an eye chart just by playing those small screened games for a long period of time.

I'm surprised the manufacturers like Nintendo and Sony haven't realized this by now...or maybe they have and just don't care as long as they get the almighty buck. That's the way it goes these days. Sacrifice health for fun.


They are trying to make all us roundeyes blind so they can take over the world.

[Shock]

They are trying to make all us roundeyes blind so they can take over the world.

Yep. Watch out for the new Asian 2.0

[Daystar]

Have you noticed there are no more quality adventure games created these days? I used to love to play all the Sierra and Lucasarts adventures (before the 3D, move with the WSAD key stuff and the Myst stuff). Now, you can't find anything to remotely resemble a true adventure game. It's really sad.

I want games like Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Sam & Max, King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Freddie Pharkus (remember that one?), and even Microprose came out with a few good ones like Phantom of the Opera and Westwood Studios with the Kyrandia series.

Sigh.

I agree; the old-style adventure games were always my favorites (not Myst!).

There is an easy but excellent text adventure game called Wandmaster (made in 2002). It is a completely menu-driven mouse game (no typing) with no graphics. If you are not obsessed with graphics then try it out - its 100% Free! Download it from this website:
http://www.geocities.com/bob_kraus_2000/GAMES.html

[lparnell]

Yes, I really miss the good old adventure games, but the ones I fondly remember are the ones from Infocom. Those were the best. Zork, Suspended, Deadline, Starcross, and so many more. They were text adventures, but they had a great story and excellent game play and flexibility.

[Daystar]

Wandmaster has very Infocom-ish type gameplay! But without the typing!

[armpit]

30 years plus here. computer gaming took the place of watching tv. I also jog and work out


Seems like there are more old-timers here than I thought!

I go back to the very beginning of computer gaming. Before that, I got hooked on pen-and-paper D&D (but had a hard time finding people to play with on a consistent basis, so I was really glad when computer RPGs came along).

I've gone through the cycle over and over. Felt compelled to play for a while, then just wore out and started to think I was wasting my life and pretty much quit gaming altogether, then I would feel a compulsion to return, etc. I'm in my "playing" cycle now and have been immersed in Morrowind, NWN, Gothic, DL, etc. Am just starting to sort of feel burned out again (might have something to do with college football season coming up, which I'm also addicted to), so I'll probably stop obsessing with games again for awhile. But I'm sure I'll eventually be back trying to find out what I've been missing.

So you young guys who think you're about to grow up and leave gaming behind: you may be right, but don't put any money on it. Take it from a 56 year old retired engineer who's been addicted since, well, almost forever. Once the notion of leaving reality behind for a few hours a week and immersing yourself in a fantasy world where anything is possible takes hold of you, it tends to be a hard notion to rid yourself of. You'll probably be back.......or not. Maybe it's just me who can't seem to shake the habit for good :)

[Visigoth]

I go back to the very beginning of computer gaming. Before that, I got hooked on pen-and-paper D&D (but had a hard time finding people to play with on a consistent basis, so I was really glad when computer RPGs came along).



Likewise... but fortunately I was able to continue PnP up until about four years ago... sadly all my buddies scattered to the Four Winds. We managed to take a crack at the d20 system DnD.... liked it and hated it at the same time. Made using miniatures more fun and intuitive though!

OH! Gary Gygax! Wherefore art thou???


P.S. 41 years old here.... once a Software Analyst, now a Massage Therapist.... go figure ;)

[Xyyth]

OH! Gary Gygax! Wherefore art thou???




He's here: http://www.lejendary.com/la/template.php?page=home&style=blaze

[Visigoth]

He's here: http://www.lejendary.com/la/template.php?page=home&style=blaze


Well I'll be dipped in ****.


Thanks!