I usually open these blog spotlights with my own take of the articles subject, but this article captures my feelings so well, I want to use a long quote.

The older I get: the more money I have, the more games I want to play, and the less time I have to play games. When I was younger – in high school and most of college, I spent most of my free time gaming. I played single player and multiplayer. …

Of course, I graduated, got a job, got responsibilities, blah, blah, blah – you know the story. …Of course, I still buy games, even though I don’t play them as much. I’m not sure why. Maybe I think that sometime I’m going to have a bunch of free time and get all caught up on all the games I wanted to play months ago. Maybe I’m hoping a new game will capture my attention the way games did when I was younger. But it probably isn’t going to happen. All those games I own will probably just continue to sit on the shelf after I open them and play them for an hour or so before moving on to something else.

After reading Luke’s article on his blog Mispeled, I felt a stir of like-feeling within myself. He articulated my feelings on gaming better than I ever thought necessary. I’m glad he did, because this article is the mirror I needed to take a look into. Check out his article Enhancing the Idea of the Game as an Event. He has a lot more to say.