Why I don’t play video games

I’ve explained to some people in the past that I don’t play video games because my attention span does not allow for it. Now, I suppose I should elaborate on that. My attention span is damn good; this is what allows me to teach six different classes and do everything else I need to do, on top of reading four or five books for fun at the same time on my own and knowing what is going on in every aspect.

The problem is that I get fixated. And I don’t walk away when I need to.

Example, All day Thursday, Friday, and today I have been playing Dragon Age: Origins. Boy bought it for us when it first came out, and I did not really play it. I knew that it would eat all my time.

I started replaying it when boy brought home Fable III that say it came out. He had gotten my to play Fable II, and that ate up a lot of my time. Since I knew boy was going to play that, and he doesn’t like ruining “surprises” for me (while I actually like watching other people play some games before I do, so I get an idea of what I am suppose to do) so I was poking around on-line – and I found a trailer for the next Dragon Age game, and it looked really cool.

Soooo – I started playing Dragon Age . . . and that is all I have been doing. At least it hasn’t invaded my dreams yet.

But when I say I don’t play video games because of my attention span, it really is because I won’t do anything else and I know it – and I know that can be a problem.

Makes me wonder why I still feel the need to escape this world so damn much.