do you game more or less nowadays?

[Steppingfeet]

The first NES hit sometime around the first grade for me. Though they didn't really have the money, my parents got my brother and me a system. We were hooked from then on. We still did manage to do things outside with the neighborhood kids, but gobs of our consciousness and childhood were devoted to Nintendo, then Super NES, then 64 I think, then PlayStation, among others.

But as my spiritual path took hold around 19 - 20 years old, gaming began to disappear from my life. Last game I remember really being into was I remember Tony Hawk's skateboarding game on PS. A big one for my group.

Since that time I've had this mentality which distinctly feels that time is too short, that there is too much to do, that I need to use my time as efficiently as possible, and that gaming does not fall into the category of "efficient use".

This is *not* to say that I actually make efficient use of time and opportunity - I'm still adept at indulging in distraction and escape. And this is definitely not to say that gaming is only distraction and escape. Like other posters have said in this thread, gaming can provide legit and valuable catalyst.

Just to say that, for whatever the reason, gaming fell by the wayside along with other activities and habits as the former life transitioned into the present life.