Games, Games And More Games ...

It's been a pretty boring day at work today. The general population of Malaysia are still on holiday for the Aidilfitri celebrations and so far I've had absolutely nothing to do all morning. Well, I did have a little cleaning up to do in my room at the office cos last week we had the place painted including my room (the smell of fresh paint is giving me a headache though) and things were kinda messy. But it really didn't take that long to clean my room and after that I ended up being bored again.

With nothing else to do I did my usual daily visit to all my regular blog buddies blogs and then ended up playing online games ... LOL! Hopefully my boss doesn't come in or anything (can't blame me cos I really have nothing to do, even my clients are still on holiday!). Those online games do serve its purpose,especially at times like these ... LOL!

Speaking of games, I was and still am a game addict (gee, I've already admitted to being a blog addict, a coffee addict, a reading addict, a comic addict, a running addict, I wonder what's next ... hehehe). Unfortunately nowadays I don't really have that much time to actually play any games, not like I did a couple of years back. Back then once I get home from work I'd get on the PC and game away till the wee hours of morning. (I was also so much younger then ... LOL!). And besides they didn't have blogs back then.

I played all kinds of games but mostly the real time strategy and simulation kinds. Those were my favourite genre of games. I also loved the first person shooter kind but they weren't fun playing alone on the PC. The best way to enjoy that kind of games was using a console and playing it with a buddy. Now that was fun!

My buddy Adrian and me used to also spend hours playing console games on the PS2 at his house every weekend without fail. What we'd normally do is before the weekend, we'd do our research on multi player games and then we'd go to this mall near his house and buy a couple of , urrmm, ahhh, hmmm, arrrr, 'cheap' games ... LOL! They were so 'cheap' that for every 5 we bought, at least 3 wouldn't work ... that's what you get for 'cheap' games I guess but we weren't complaining, as long as one worked we just milked it till the end :) I think we've played every title of multi player games out there ever made for the PS2. We'd start our gaming sessions Friday night after work (I don't work on Saturday's and neither does he) and we keep on playing till Sunday late evening, of course with breaks in between to eat, bathe and sleep!

We don't really do that anymore cos family life has taken a precedence to everything and we don't really have time to play games all that much, though recently Adrian did raise a suggestion about playing games online with each other, which i think is a cool idea now that he has his broadband up and working ... LOL! But first I'd have to pry the laptop away from the wife ... hehehe!

I was actually thinking about getting a game console of my own so I don't disturb the wife from her blogging and paid posting sessions (which she's been doing a pretty good job with it I must say, making quite a bit of mullah too!). I'm actually torn between a PS3 and an xbox 360, I kinda like both machines and can't really decided on either one. One way to solve this is for someone to get me either one as a Christmas gift (*hint, hint*) ... LOL! Yes, yes, I have absolutely no shame!

Ah well, it's only a dream currently cos I think if I did get a game console, my two boys would hog the machine all day that I'd end just being a spectator. Say buddy, you still do have the PS2 at your place, right? Maybe we'll just have to make do with that one after all ... :D