I used to be really into this community and soent a good amount of time modelling and improving my skills but I always had a recurring problem. For every hour I spent modelling I'd soend an hour playing games. Soon I realised I was gaming far too often and quit cold turkey. That was 77 days ago and initially my desire to…
I think that's a pretty healthy attitude to have, honestly. There's a lot of negatives in gaming that people sort of compartmentalize, but as artists/coders etc it gives us something to strive for. Granted I don't think you can cut off games completely, you still have to be in the loop, but right now I think online…
I actually stopped playing for maybe 10 years, like really almost none except for school or work related playing, but since a year ago the interest has come back and now I play almost daily, so I don't think it's something that dies when you get older. but yeah some stuff is more important.
Man, O'm only at college and I already miss the full days I used to pass in front of my Ps2 back in Highschool summer vacation. I remember I'd beat dozens of games, weeks after weeks. SO many memories playing with my friends, stories to know about, gameplays to master...*sigh* Unfortunately, I haven't bought a game since…
I definitely spend much more time building games then actually playing them. Every once and a while a new game will come out (or I will find one I haven't played before) and I'll binge it until I complete it (usually SP games). However this isn't always super often. I'd say it maybe happens once every couple of months…
What works for me is to keep and healthy relationship of work vs videogames or other non work stuff. I personally can't focus on working 1 hour to play 1 hour, I'll be 1 hour working and thinking about the hour of play time that comes next and can't really seem to enjoy one or other thing. There were a lot of masterminds,…
I'm a little confused why anyone would want to work in the video game industry who doesn't live and breathe video games. Aren't there less notoriously volatile, exploitative, and competitive industries that employ 3D artists which would allow a better quality of life if the art is the only thing you care about? Serious…
I agree wholeheartedly with @teaandcigarettes. I almost thought of it as a badge of honor not to play video games when I was working hard to get into the industry. And that may have been due to time restraints aswell, didn't really have time for much else than school and portfolio work. ^^ I don't judge anyone for not…
The flipside of that is someone who always eats out and doesn't know how to cook. Like with everything there is a balance that needs to be struck. I think it even needs to skew heavily toward not playing games when a person is starting out or learning. Using a justification for playing games can end up stunting a person's…