All of this. (Destiny)

by Malagate , Sea of Tranquility, Friday, June 19, 2015, 21:28 (3684 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

I think you're facing a transition that most of us go through at one point or another. As life moves on, many of us find ourselves with less spare time, more restrictions and/or responsibilities. Priorities change.

For me, I'm lucky enough to be in a place in my life where Destiny fits in quite nicely. I have a full time job, a wife, and an 18 month old daughter. My spare time during the day is exactly "0". Social life is equally non-existent. I make it out for a beer with friends once every 6 months or so. I haven't been to the movies since Man of Steel.

But every night, after I put my daughter to bed, after my wife goes to sleep, I have a bit of time to sit on the couch and play videogames. Over the past 9 months, "videogames" has morphed into "Destiny". It's just about all I play. Not to sound too corny, but it's because of the people here. I jump online, boot up Destiny, and I've got 15-20 friends online to have fun with. Destiny has become my "videogame time" as well as my "social time".

The rest of my life still takes priority. Anyone who plays with me on a regular basis has witnessed me suddenly vanishing from the game because my daughter has woken up in the middle of the night. But at a time in my life where routine has very much taken over, I consider myself lucky to be able to fit Destiny in to that routine in a way that doesn't interfere with my responsibilities.

Except for those nights where I stay up waaaaaay too late ;)

Life morphs you, and much of it for me (and I suspect for everyone) is a struggle for maintaining a balance; achieving a wavelength they desire to operate on and sustaining that. Destiny strikes enough of the right notes that resonate with me on a gameplay level across activities; as well as fits in with the tempo of my life. It's lean and mean and it's not missing much for me. There are loads of experiences that I think can be built on top of what already exists, I play as much or as little as I want, and many of the people in this community are the part of my family that I have chosen for my life.

So there's that.

;]

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