But gaming is not the same as television. I'll be honest: I kinda replaced it a little bit with television for a little while. I used to go to forums all the time, and I stopped doing that. I don't know how I did it, but I stopped cold turkey for about a year and a half-ish. I'm enjoying them, but I'm using them to escape my issues that I'm dealing with. In one of those early therapy sessions, I came to the realization that I'm using games to escape. I'm done." That's how it was for many years. But also, if I wanted a game, I bought it. There was no filter. "I want it. I had bankrupted myself several times because I have no concept of money and I grew up with compulsive spenders. I started hanging out with a group of Firefly/ Serenity fans and they started opening my eyes to the fact that, "Hey, I'm worth a little more." I ended that relationship, I started going to therapy in around 2006, and I realized in one of my first sessions of therapy that I'm spending way too much time and money on videogames.
I have to credit where credit is: Do you know who Browncoats are? Davidįirefly fans. But I had settled because I had no self-esteem, so I figured this was the best I could do. No one's real fault, just we weren't as compatible as we coulda been. It was about 2006 that I discovered this because I was in a long-term relationship that wasn't very happy for a variety of reasons. I love games but I was also using them a bit unhealthily for decades. When did you realize that games became a thing that were capturing you in a negative way? Is that how that progression worked? BrianĮventually that's where it went. So videogames just really clicked with me because it was one of the first things we were able to really focus on. Back then they called it hyperactivity, but now they call it ADHD. I found that gaming worked for me because I have a very short attention span. And then I got the Atari 2600 in like, '79, '80. Okay, so you might remember that one of the first home consoles was the Pong console. But chances are if you're talking about the '70s I probably have read a bit about it or dug it up or played it a bit since it was laying around the house growing up as well. I'm about to turn 42 and I got my first game machine - it was a Pong. So, the level of time and money I spent on games was unhealthy for a long time. I had a not very happy earlier part of my life. I was playing games for the escape, as well. But for a while I wasn't playing games just for the joy of it. I blog about space games for a site called Space Game Junkie and I am a very passionate, passionate gamer.
Hello, my name is Brian Rubin and I have been gaming since the late '70s for a very long time.
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