ekianjo
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A short survey to better understand the gaming habits, this time, of Pandora users. Feel free to post comments as well !
Gaming Habits of Pandora Users
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I would play more games if I didn't also have other things to do like... coding and "real life stuff"
I have a backlog of ... many many games that I haven't finished.
Games have improved in many ways - unfortunately developers don't seems to release that kids that they hooked in the 80s have grown up and got the money to buy their titles - but they don't have nearly as much free time as when they were little kiddies. It's quite frustrating as I like to complete games, as in, get everything... but I'm just flagging behind these days... sigh
I have a backlog of ... many many games that I haven't finished.
Games have improved in many ways - unfortunately developers don't seems to release that kids that they hooked in the 80s have grown up and got the money to buy their titles - but they don't have nearly as much free time as when they were little kiddies. It's quite frustrating as I like to complete games, as in, get everything... but I'm just flagging behind these days... sigh
ekianjo
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Same here. I have bought many games that I have actually never played... huge backlog. I have no idea when I will actually get to play these games
iprice
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I actually don't spend much time on my Pandora at all - it's only real use is for testing my own Pandora apps/games. Like others I've got a huge backlog of commercial games to play for other systems. Most of the time I'd rather code than play games anyway. And I like to complete games near 100%, so when I do play I'm obsessed with a single title until it's done.
ghostpatch
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it depends on my mood wether or how much I play. Sometimes I don't play anything for a month and then I "waste" a whol day for gaming
Any Left 4 Dead or Borderlands player here?
Any Left 4 Dead or Borderlands player here?
I've sunk a lot of time into Borderlands. I also game in waves though: right now I'm near the low end of the spectrum, playing nothing more complex or time-consuming than the odd puzzle from the Tatham collection.
But it's definitely time (and the appropriate weather) to get a boardgames night going soonish.
But it's definitely time (and the appropriate weather) to get a boardgames night going soonish.
ekianjo
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it depends on my mood wether or how much I play. Sometimes I don't play anything for a month and then I "waste" a whol day for gaming
Any Left 4 Dead or Borderlands player here?
I love left4dead!
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yeah I'm in the unhealthy range of gaming.. I'd say half of the gaming I do a week is entirely on the Pandora.
Most of which is done entirely on the weekend.. Weekdays leave little time for me to game..
Most of which is done entirely on the weekend.. Weekdays leave little time for me to game..
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ekianjo
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What kind of games do you play the most?
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I picked up Skyrim on the Steam summer sale. That game really sucks you in..
I occasionally, but rarely play Battlefield 3 on the PS3. I'm okay at the game, but the game gets my blood pressure up fierce.
On the Pandora, I generally been playing around with new games that are released on the repo, I've been playing through Zelda: Ocarina in Time again. Also have been playing with the new Oracle Java for ARM and the Carcassone Board game clone I packaged for the Pandora (JCloisterZone).. once we have new Java installer to include this version of Java, I will push up a newer version of this game with some improvements.
Also.. looking forward to Borderlands 2 when it comes out, have it on pre-order.
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GiraffeeDreams
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I used to play a lot more, or if the wife is away it could be 15 hours +, at one point It would have been upwards for 30, but that's working as QA at CodeMasters.
ekianjo
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Look at the Demographics - majority of people are in their thirties and plus, and probably most people have responsibilities nowadays (wife/kids/dogs/others) and the time invested in games probably goes down vs teenagers for example. At least that's how I interpret the data.
My name is 2bit and I collect retro games ! *
* breaks down into tears .
During the summer ( the current season where I live ) I really don't play that many video games . I ussally try and go out side or make some cash but during the winter time ... 3 hours a week man !
Yes that's probably the most I play , more of a collector who collects strictly FUN games
* breaks down into tears .
During the summer ( the current season where I live ) I really don't play that many video games . I ussally try and go out side or make some cash but during the winter time ... 3 hours a week man !
Yes that's probably the most I play , more of a collector who collects strictly FUN games
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Now when it is coming back to work after the summer, it'll be in the 6-10 bracket at least. My gaming goes up when I work, since that is what I do on my every day a-least-one-hour-commute.
GiraffeeDreams
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I used to collect retro games, but having 30 different consoles/computers and a good collection of games for each was just impractical once I got married, so I relunctantly let them go to people who would have as much enjoyment from them as I did.
All I really have left is my Sonic collection, this includes a a S&K mouse mat and the 15th anniversary statue and 10th anniversary SA2, but I'm considering selling these now too.
the last time I really put some time into games in one go was Disgaea 4, hitting 50 hours after a week (!) because I had time off work, wife was away and all of my responsibilities had been taken care of, it'll be a long ass time before I do anything like that again (maybe when I'm in a nursing home telling youngsters stories of how I was a veteran of the console wars, every one of them).
All I really have left is my Sonic collection, this includes a a S&K mouse mat and the 15th anniversary statue and 10th anniversary SA2, but I'm considering selling these now too.
the last time I really put some time into games in one go was Disgaea 4, hitting 50 hours after a week (!) because I had time off work, wife was away and all of my responsibilities had been taken care of, it'll be a long ass time before I do anything like that again (maybe when I'm in a nursing home telling youngsters stories of how I was a veteran of the console wars, every one of them).
My average is low, but the variance is really high: I can play nearly not at all for weeks or months, then one or two weeks >20h/week if I have time and I get sufficiently obsessed by some game.
