Do you game more or less when you become a parent?

Honestly Im only 16, soon 17.

Reading this thread honestly puts me off kinds, I love my pc (the hardware side/internet ****) Aswell as the silly amount of gaming I do per weak. I dont think I could leave that, I
Probably wont have kids until I am finacially stable and mentally stable but If it makes me lose interest in pretty much the only thing Im good at and enjoy then Im not sure I want them.
 
Less, for sure. But not just because I became a parent. The birth of our son ( now 15 months old ) coincided with a promotion at work which I seem to always be studying for or doing prep for courses I'm about to be sent away on. But I still wouldn't swop it back to the way it was before. Becoming a parent for the first time is something that those who haven't had kids simply cannot seriously comprehend nor comment realistically on. Those of you who haven't become parents as yet but either plan to do so in the near future or simply because of circumstances become one will understand that sentiment perfectly within a few weeks of the sprog arriving. Trust me. ;)

About 10 years ago at the age of 30'ish I probably gamed most. I was in a fairly competitive online clan and a member of the admin team on the game in question's official Valve forums. After a few years and the evolution of the game coupled up with real life events, that tailed right off to nothing. I don't game online anymore.

However, time management is the key here as it is with anything really. It's completely possible to fit gaming into a weekly routine if required even with kids around. I usually fire up the 360 around twice a week in the evening and play an hour or two of something single player. I'm into Alan Wake at the moment, playing it in bite sized chunks. Games seem to last a lot longer as you aren't spending hour upon hour playing them so your moneys worth is easily realised. In fact I'm a lot more productive with my time nowadays. I used to sometimes sit for marathon sessions and play for hours during the day and evening before the little one came along, getting nothing done at all apart from racking up high scores or great k/d ratios. :)
 
was a lot less when my kids first came along, but now their up a git my boys seriously into gaming and my daughters a casual gamer ;) so i get dragged into a lot of family gaming
 
Less, so much less.
I work, i come home, play with the child.
Usually by late we are all asleep.
Occasionally have a short while before bedtime in which to game or watch tv.
 
3 months till my first-born and I'm already gaming a lot less. so much to do, paint this, move that, fix this, "de-final-destination" that, clean that, clear that, insulate this... jeez....
 
I find that it's not about less or more time, it's about finding where that time can best be used. Being on the other side of the world means that my night time lines up quite nicely with those just getting up on Western shores, as well as the Oceania players still being around.

It's important to do things for yourself. That doesn't make you an irresponsible or bad parent, it means that you're seeing how you can use the day to its fullest. I would always put our little one's needs ahead of my own but if she's in bed and happy and my wife is having an early night? Game on.
 
Its difficult for me to say since i can't really remember how much i gamed before i had my son.

He's 20months now and i generally only game at night when he's in bed so after 7pm though it annoys people when we are half way through a boss fight on WoW and he wakes up cos then they all die, and have to wait for me to sort him out :)

i sometimes game in the day time on my days off if my girlfreind is here but most the time spend it with him. Cos kids are awesome !
 
Much less, I hadn't touched my Xbox for over a year and when I finally got to play it, it RROD'd on me and I don't have time to fix it or funds for a new one :(

Started playing a few PC games again though now, currently playing Saints Row 3 about an hour a week to chill out.

This could all change though depending on what my daughter gets into, she's 2 now and takes a lot of interest in computers and gadgets, doesn't really like TV though so you never know!
 
Less much less, I have also become to realise the time if game has changed. I used to play offline RPG's and RTS's, now I play games that have a quick fix as I dont have the time to give a game like Scrim. I own Scrim since release and I have played 10 hours.
 
Tachyon said:
I'm just not into games the way I was a few years back anyway.
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I think this is actually a factor in my "older" mindset now. I used to LOVE gaming but now it's merely a "meh" at best. I don't want to feel like that but I can't get enthused about most games nowadays any more :o

Does anyone else have that same feeling?
 
Parent for 15 years, I game as much as I ever have done.

If I didn't game I'd end up being one of those dreadful car or motorbike anoraks.

Or even worse, I might even of ended up being a golfist.
 
HangTime said:
Depends on how much they gamed before. Some people might have not gamed at all before they had kids.... would that make a dad a bad parent if he agreed to play on the Wii with his children?
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Well I define 'gaming' as solo, personal hobby. Your personal escape from life for a short while.

Playing videogames with your children doesn't count in that regard, imo. It's a very nice gesture though! You'd be a good parent in that case :)
 
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