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Nope.
I'd rather play TV than watch it.

Kirk wrote:

I'd much rather play than passively watch.

I tend to agree, but then shows like Lost and the new Battlestar Galactica come along...
A TV show also isn't as time consuming as most games are.

Wow! I had no idea you had a baby!  Or ... maybe I just cant remember .. days seem to run all together anymore. lol

I sooooo know the feeling!  I miss all the guys - the fragging I seem to have grow out of .. unless I really Really need to let of some steam..

I've got a family now.  No more time for killin.  I do miss it, but like I said, talking to everyone was a big part of that - the part I miss the most.  I catch MTM every now and then and chat for a bit.  But really no one else.  To partially quote a song .. "I've lost ... that fraaaaaggin feeeeelin .."   

If I'm Lucky .. I get BOTH the boys (who are 4 years -jake and 6 months today - Jesse)  down for a nap at the SAME time .. I play the Sims2 for a bit.  But even that can't compete to a good book sometimes.   GaK!  Am I a .... grownup?!?!  NoOOOOOOOO!! 

Anyway, I know whatcha mean!  (If ya ever need some 'mom talk' Im around from time to time   )

I was thinking last night that some may thing that I'm just whining and that wasn't the intent of this thread. I was just curious if others had found the same lack of good, new games that I have or if they've also just wandered away from gaming.

Levi- I work from 6 pm (after my husband gets home from his office job) to usually about 2 am, sometimes 3 am. Luckily, Christopher is amazing. He gets tired around 10, puts himself down to sleep and won't get up until about 10 the next morning. If he knocks on his bedroom door and I don't answer by opening it, he'll play quietly until I come get him....no screaming, no temper tantrums, no door beating. Good kid. Hard to believe he's related to me.

PL- He'll be 2 September 25th and I still have trouble understanding that I'm actually a mommy. Minivan: $16,000. Toys in purse: $2. Potty training, Dora, Wiggles, Muppet Videos: $25 off ebay. Quiet time and a dose of sanity while driving: Priceless!

I have two. Ages four and seven. Bed time has always been around 8PM...earlier when they were younger and still prone to sleeping for twelve hours. It's not that I think you're whining or such. Just stating the opposite. My desire is still as strong as when we got our first Atari 2600 so many years ago. It's just that people make time to do things they enjoy. I happen to enjoy games A LOT and manage to find a few spare hours every week to play something. Most of those few hours happen in the eves after the kids are in bed. My point is if someone really wanted to play they would. So SQ has lost the desire, no crime, it happens.

I will take issue on the said lack of quality games.   ::coughcoughbullstinkiescoughcough::

Of course I have THE bestest kids in the world. ;P
They go to bed when asked. Eat what's on their plate (even asparagus & broccoli). If only we could curb the brother/sister squabbles...I guess I'll have to get a bigger stick. d'oh! hell did I just say that out loud!

I now have two kids:  A five year old and a 3 month old.

I turned on Animal Crossing and was greeted with a ton of weeds and a bunch of characters telling me "Wow Spiff where have you been it's been 5 months!"

Five Months!

Oh well, soon they will be at an age where we can all play together.

... outside

I'm at the same place myself. I miss the action and comeraderie of the old UT days. I've been playing WoW, but I haven't gotten any of my toons past level 35-40 or so, and I just can't hang with my [MA] siblings who started a year before I did. I haven't even fired *that* up very frequently over the past few weeks (and I'm letting my sub run out for a bit...it's up in a few days).

I actually miss playing Star Wars: Battlefront II (the flying bit, anyhow), but my PC took a dive on me about 9 months ago, and I never bothered to get it running again. I just got an iMac Core Duo, so maybe I'll install Winders on that and game a bit...I dunno. I sold my Mac copy of UT2K4 a while back, when I had a Mac that could barely play it. I still have the Win version, though.

Also, until a couple of months ago, I was getting my gaming fix at work, playing Desert Combat (BF1942 mod) for an hour a day at lunch. Now that I'm at my new job, I barely have time to wipe my nose, let alone play a game.

Ah. Such is life. I'm sure I'll get back to it eventually.

Maybe.

Maya wrote:

Murr? *Nudge nudge*
the dirty woodland creature strikes again!

Jeebus! Maya is rarer than Big Foot.

The only gaming I really do lately is when I can fit it in at work, most of my coworkers come in on Friday nights & we play either Day of Defeat or Counterstrike.  Gaming at home is limited, mostly because I take care of the kids during the day and work at night.

The desire is there, just no time.