noiseredux wrote:it felt a little melodramatic. Like about skipping the prom and all that. It sounds more like the dude isn't upset about collecting, but rather time wasted and experiences missed. Don't get me wrong, I love collecting and playing and all that, but when my wife said she wanted to watch the basketball game with me, I did just that. Y'know?
Exactly. I fill pretty much every spare hour playing video games. I fell in love with them as a child, and I continue to delight in what they give me. But I can't remember the last time I've skipped out on doing something with others in favor of video games. Hell, the closest I come is sometimes I take a random day of work to play video games, and even then I need to do that just to avoid losing vacation days. In his case it's pretty clear he was not prioritizing his life properly.
