I owe my entire career and livelihood to a childhood spent with the unbounded timesinks that were the games available to me on Amiga and my PC.
I might be a touch different in that it was obvious where I was going, and the correct decision was made to embrace my interest in the glowing screen and yes, the video games. It was video games more than anything else from which all other interests spawned.
More often than not it probably ends badly though I suppose. Despite a lifetime spent in front of screens all my social abilities work, I have a wide friends circle, a partner, my job requires me to work well with a wide variety of individuals and demographics etc which I couldn’t do otherwise. I have noticed this is not the case with all who shared a similar background.
I might be a touch different in that it was obvious where I was going, and the correct decision was made to embrace my interest in the glowing screen and yes, the video games. It was video games more than anything else from which all other interests spawned.
More often than not it probably ends badly though I suppose. Despite a lifetime spent in front of screens all my social abilities work, I have a wide friends circle, a partner, my job requires me to work well with a wide variety of individuals and demographics etc which I couldn’t do otherwise. I have noticed this is not the case with all who shared a similar background.