Ive been thinking over this subject for while. Earlier was going to write about brands, almost wrote a couple of paragraphs and then it didnt appeal to me so i deleted it.
So back to addiction.
Let me start with my recent addictions
POKER on Facebook
This is addictive to say the least. So whats it about poker. Is it about winning, about the money that you win or lose (even though its only ficticious), is it about the people you encounter while playing. Is it about the brain? I guess its a bit of thrill, suspense. Would it be foolish to say that, its proabably the closest ill get to playing BOND at Poker. Ah forget it. Its not making sense to me, how is it going to make sense to you. This addiction recently died on it own, SCRABULOUS took over, and its back again now. In bombay this diwali, watched the WORLD POKER CHAMPIONSHIPS on tv, made me understand how the big fish play. Experienced players (as my bro puts it) play only 20% of the hands. Actually this is the right platform to blame him or rather thank him for introducing me to POKER. It was on a flight back to Bombay from Udaipur, i had seen nitin play his PSP. When I tried the game on the way back - i was addicted in 30 mins. So anyone for a game of Poker?
SCRABULOUS on Facebook
It took HASBRO to sue the Agarwala bros to get me off Srab. (as i used to call it). I used to play a lot. day in and day out. I also made hell of a lot of friends at scrab. What amazed me is the number of people from Pakistan who played the game and were bloody good at it.
XBOX - Burnout paradise
I just got the Xbox bout3 months back - the thrill of playing it on a 47" LCD with full home theatre surround sound is just awsome. This game is a revelation. This defies all the theories set by earlier car games. In the earlier ones - driving well, within the roads not banging your car was of prime importance. This game is bout pure speed, thrill, off road antics and much more. Nothing is more thrilling than a take down race - lemme explain - Ur supposed to drive as fast as you can and your given a target of taking down say 10 cars or sometimes 18 cars. What take down means is that - while driving fast - really fast - other cars are on the road - youve gotta squeeze them and make them bang up against the walls or sides or anything that you can. At times while driving in real, if some other driver irritates me, ive felt like taking that car down (hope you get the point). Im addicted to this as well.
Age of Empires
Another game - another addiction. This was a while back, maybe 2003 or so. This game was new and first time something like this was launched. We (its not I) spent hours playing this game. Each game could go on for 3 - 4 hrs. We really got hammered by our spouses for this. We includes me and my uncle and sometimes a family friend. It was all about strategy. How to setup towns, buildings, forts, army etc. There were choices on what kind of armour you had to develop, so it involved lots of thinking power. (or so id like to think). Id love playing that game again.
Does this post sound like a gaming magazine. I hope not. Anyone wants to share - addictions - past, present and future?
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Share the same sentiments as you on Poker and Scrabulous. Although, I couldnt come around to playing poker online; prefer real people.
Surprisingly, after scrabulous was scrapped, I didnt get around to playing on scramble (or whatever the legitimate application is called). Addiction eliminated.
Yeah tell me about it, however i wish i had real people around me who played poker. Would be fun to try it. Never tried it yet. The next time im in KL, we are on for a game of poker.
You should be glad you have a gal's perspective in here ;) for a break from all the male testosterone I see flying about (metaphorically). It's so cute that it's mainly gaming and nothing worse. :)
Your post on addictions - so thought-provoking. Getting the urge to ramble on lengthily again.
No gaming addictions as such really, except for word games once in a while.
An addiction I'd never want to wean myself off is my morning cup of coffee. Another, would be reading. Oh and chocolate - the darker the better.
My dream life would be to either have my own library or a cozy book store which would ofcourse have coffee and chocolate available too. Anyone interested in partnering?
Ps:- am cured of leaving lengthier posts. Wrote this nice long response to Beta's top 10 books post and it didn't get saved!!!
now I am annoyed. You have to write it again please. You owe it to the world
Hey Mika, you need to continue this thread. How about a part II? And don't just stick to gaming! :)
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