The Lighter Side of Absolute Zero: Responsibility Deals a Fatal Blow to Some Games <link rel="prev" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/08/philosophy_of_fun_as_it_pertai.html" title="Philosophy of Fun as it Pertains to Games" /> <link rel="next" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/08/sometimes_the_bad_guy_wins.html" title="Sometimes The Bad Guy "Wins"" />   <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/mt-site.js"></script> </head> <body class="layout-one-column" onload="individualArchivesOnLoad(commenter_name)"> <div id="container"> <div id="container-inner" class="pkg"> <div id="banner"> <div id="banner-inner" class="pkg"> <h1 id="banner-header"><a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/" accesskey="1">The Lighter Side of Absolute Zero</a></h1> <h2 id="banner-description"></h2> </div> </div> <div id="pagebody"> <div id="pagebody-inner" class="pkg"> <div id="alpha"> <div id="alpha-inner" class="pkg"> <p class="content-nav"> <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/08/philosophy_of_fun_as_it_pertai.html">« Philosophy of Fun as it Pertains to Games</a> | <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/">Main</a> | <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/08/sometimes_the_bad_guy_wins.html">Sometimes The Bad Guy “Wins” »</a> </p> <a id="a000977"></a> <div class="entry" id="entry-977"> <h3 class="entry-header">Responsibility Deals a Fatal Blow to Some Games</h3> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-category">{Rumination}</span> <span class="entry-topics">Topics: <a href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=5&tag=Games&limit=20&IncludeBlogs=5" rel="tag">Games</a> </span></div> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p> It seems the more responsible I and my friends become the more restricted our free-time becomes. There are many reasons why this is so, and I’d love to explore this at some other time, but the why isn’t as important as the mere fact that free-time is a luxury commodity and that makes it valuable. There are some games out there which I find quite fun and engaging, and I’d love to play them as often as I can (I’m thinking specifically of <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/15987">Arkham Horror</a>, <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/21523">Runebound</a>, and possibly <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/17226">Descent</a> though I don’t [yet?] own it) but they have one problem I’m not sure I can overcome: they all take multiple hours to play out to the finish. </p><p> I might be able to make the time to play, but can I find players among my friends who can? It seems two hours is the maximum limit for most of my game playing friends, and thus some opportunities are lost, that is until I can find more game playing friends. I wonder: how true is this across our culture? Is it just me and my friends? Is it our position in life? Or is it just a part of our culture in general? </p> </div> <div id="more" class="entry-more"> </div> </div> <p class="entry-footer"> <span class="post-footers">Posted by Seth Croston Barber on August 19, 2006 11:31 PM</span> <span class="separator">|</span> <a class="permalink" href="http://blog.0kelvin.net/lite/2006/08/responsibility_deals_a_fatal_b.html">Permalink</a> </p> </div> <div class="trackbacks"> <h3 id="trackback" class="trackbacks-header">TrackBack</h3> <div id="trackbacks-info"> <p>TrackBack URL for this entry:<br />http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-tb.cgi/420</p> </div> <div class="trackbacks-content"> </div> </div> <div id="comments" class="comments"> <div class="comments-content"> </div> <form method="post" action="http://blog.0kelvin.net/mt-comments.cgi" name="comments_form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie.checked) rememberMe(this)"> <input type="hidden" name="static" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="entry_id" value="977" /> <div class="comments-open" id="comments-open"> <h2 class="comments-open-header">Post a comment</h2> <div class="comments-open-content"> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> <p class="comments-open-moderated"> (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. 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