Am I a gamer? By some standards, I'd say yes. When I'm playing a game, my mind is inherently devoted to experiencing the atmosphere, the game world, to receiving the sensations of beauty displayed through in-game art, graphics, sound or dialogue. I read through the manuals, check out the web page and community and I never skip the stuff like intros or the 'written' part of the game (i.e. story) that some people would skip even when they aren't all that fun. Naturally, my open-mindedness to games leads to a very refined taste in the same. And that, I do not consider a virtue.

Did I mention I play PC games exclusively? Well, now you know. Anyway, it's been a while since I've actually finished a proper game. Not sure why, but it's just that every game I start playing...well...bores me quite soon. Or I start craving for another game. I also can't make up my mind on whether I should just start playing one of the games I'd loved once that has a high replay value or try something completely new. Just for the record, I've tried both and neither worked - the situation seems to be getting worse. Maybe I'm getting too old for games, maybe I don't find them fun anymore; yet the desire perseveres against all odds. So right now I'm playing Bejeweled 2. Yes, just Bejeweled 2 and nothing else. It's a nice, polished game with beautiful music and background scenery, there are plenty of modes to keep me occupied and it exerts my intelligence without leaving me frustrated and nervous. Quite the opposite. A welcome change I'd say.

Still, I feel that the time when I'll start playing real games (and enjoy them) is nigh, so if anyone has a good suggestion based on the info I'm about to provide, go right ahead.

My PC: A Dell Inspiron 1501 notebook (AMD Turion64x2 1.6GHz, 1.5GB RAM, Ati Xpress 256MB HyperMemory) = yeah, I prefer older games.

RTSs and those games where you control multiple units (except in the RPGs like Baldur's Gate II) were never my thing. More precisely, I'm looking for a single-player game where you control a character and preferably improve him/her as you progress, one that has a unique art style but will run smoothly on my wimpy notebook (Gothic II, Morrowind, Planescape: Torment come to mind as some of the games I'd liked in that regard); no particular genre, though I do like RPGs and I would like to try a horror game perhaps. I've been looking into Clive Barker's Undying and Divine Divinity as the potential games that could hold my attention over a longer time span.

Blah blah blah that's all for now, thanks for reading my first blog post, feel free to drop in something. See ya. 8)