This is a very nice summary of why I don’t play games. I never get this sucked into any game, but I am accutely aware of what I could have been doing with my time instead of grinding through some lame MMORPG.

For me, gaming is a refreshment tool; it makes me enjoy real life more. I game in like 2-3 week bursts every six months to a year. I can’t stomach any more than that. When I try to I get this overwhelmingly empty feeling with every single task I accomplish in game.

I get an item: I ask myself, “Now what?”. I make a level milestone: I say, “Great, who cares?” The bottom line is that I have so many real projects going on that I can’t get any satisfaction from virtual projects. If I want to do something “virtual”, I’ll install a new computer system in VMware and do something cool with it (like install Asterisk).

I was going to try real hard to get back into WCIII while up here in New York, but I just canceled my subscription. I have too much else to be working on.