I've been a bad blogger lately. The main reason is that I've been seriously cutting back on the time I spend on my computer at home (therefore wasting a bunch of money that I pay for my DSL service & phone line). I used to find myself coming home many nights and spending a couple of hours at the computer after having spent 8+ hours at the computer at work. I'm no expert, but that seems like rather unhealthy behavior. So I've made a conscious effort to cut back and have been pretty successful so far, albeit at the expense of blogging and other online activities I participate in. Not sure when I might "relapse" and change back from "real world" productive to "online" productive. So there, that's my excuse.

So what have I been up to with all the time I have freed up? Playing video games of course. I was lucky enough to snag an Xbox 360 earlier this month and have found myself consumed by playing games once again. I was deprived as a child and did not get my first gaming system (besides the ol' Atari & some underpowered PCs) until I got a Nintendo 64 in college. So in terms of video gaming, I have some catching up to do. I graduated from the N64 to the first Xbox (I was one of the nerds who got it the day it came out), and now onto the 360. A bunch of my coworkers (including my managers) had one, so I caved in and bought one a bit sooner than I had planned. And I've enjoyed every minute of it.

I only own 2 games so far ('Call of Duty 2' & 'Project Gotham Racing 3'), but I've also signed up with Gamefly (think Netflix for video games) which I've found to be perfect for a gamer like me who tires of most games rather quickly and likes to try many different ones. With games going for $60 each these days, I can't afford to try one out just because it sounds like it might be cool. Now if I get something and I don't like it, I can just drop it back in the mail and get something else. No more getting ripped off on trading games in.

This entry was posted by Brad, on Thursday, March 30, 2006. You can leave your response.