I only buy video games I KNOW I'm going to love. Games like Bioshock, Mass Effect, Super Mario Galaxy, etc are the only games I actually purchase. I don't have to buy anything for my handhelds ​, and I update my computer rarely for some of the actual good PC games. Other than that, I don't game too much.

I really don't play many videogames anymore. I'm much more of a board game geek than an electronic gamer. Give me a table, a few friends and a board game any day of the week and I'll choose that over staring at the tv pressing buttons. That's not to say that I hate video games and think they're pointless. No, some are pretty good and allow you to spend time with your friends and have a good time, but I think that I lot of people just go overboard when it comes to video games, wasting their life away. Anything is good in moderation but in the video game industry it seems like a large amount of people are hooked to the point where gaming becomes their life and they begin to neglect the more important things in life, and that somewhat worries me. 

I really don't play many videogames anymore. I'm much more of a board game geek than an electronic gamer. Give me a table, a few friends and a board game any day of the week and I'll choose that over staring at the tv pressing buttons. That's not to say that I hate video games and think they're pointless. No, some are pretty good and allow you to spend time with your friends and have a good time, but I think that I lot of people just go overboard when it comes to video games, wasting their life away. Anything is good in moderation but in the video game industry it seems like a large amount of people are hooked to the point where gaming becomes their life and they begin to neglect the more important things in life, and that somewhat worries me. 

In terms of video games, I'm stuck in the 90s.

In terms of video games, I'm stuck in the 90s.

Yeah, this. I seem to have an 'old fogey' thing going on where the '90's were the good old days, with the SNES and Genesis in its prime, the heyday of Playstation and N64, some of the best RPG's came out around that time, and the Dreamcast. In my opinion I had the absolute best time of my life with videogames in the 90's.

I don't have much time for video games, but when I have a long enough break I play a lot of games.  I typically pick one or two systems and play them for a while until I feel like other ones, mostly because it's easier to NOT constantly unplug and plug systems or move them depending on what room I'm playing them in.  Since starting college I have more stuff I have to pay for, so I've been playing more older games since I can go to a local used game store and buy quite a few for a decent price.  I've been playing a lot of Dreamcast lately, but I also just got a 360 so I've been playing it quite a lot too.  I only get a game as soon as it comes out if it's a game I've really been looking forward to, otherwise I wait it out.  I can play games for hours on end, but those hours are just scarce for me now, so I guess I can only call myself a slightly-above-casual gamer.  I do keep up with gaming news and culture or whatever you want to call it.

I also spend a good amount of time tracking down rare games, both legitimate ones and ones that are so ridiculously bad sounding that I have to play them (and also Night Trap which is directly between those two ends of the spectrum).  I think I spend more time finding games than playing them.

It's a bit hard putting in time for video games these days, but I know one thing for sure: I am a gamer. I don't think I'll ever stop playing video games for as long as I live. They're very much a part of who I am, and no matter how busy life becomes in the future, I'll always pick up the controller and play when I can.

I've probably been spending a bit too much time with games lately since I got The Orange Box.

I still pay attention to gaming news and culture but since I've started university I just haven't had the time or money to play anymore. It really hit me when I tried to post in the Game of the Year forum but realised I didn't actually own any of the games on the 2007 release list.

I have a social life and hobbies and work out and am a student and have a job and everything, but I play video games on average several hours a day.  I probably spend more time playing video games than nearly anyone I know!  It isn't really that crazy to play video games for 20 or more hours a week, considering that most of us have at least 6 hours of free time every day and 12 or more on weekends.

I don't think that video games are a waste of time at all; they're something to do when you don't have something more pressing to do.  I don't understand the view that even some people on a forum like Gaming World have that video games are a waste of time.  I think that as long as you are doing something you have consciously decided to do, that is not clearly self-destructive (like heroin or something?), you are probably not wasting your time.  That said, I think some people play video games for the wrong reasons; they aren't a form of escape or a source of fulfillment, and I think a lot of serious gamers avoid responsibilities or people and direct too much useful energy towards video games.  I've seen this be a problem with some of the serious MMO crowd (my brother for example).

I was never into following gaming news at all until I got an iPod.  I have always loved public radio and thus naturally love podcasts, so I listen to probably an hour or more of video game podcasts daily as I commute to work or walk to class or practice piano or whatever.  It's kept me "in the know", but since I'd rather play games than read about them, I don't spend time at game sites unless I am looking up reviews.

I am still a very hardcore gamer.

I really don't play games too much anymore.  I haven't really for the last few years either.  I just don't really have the time for it anymore, and it's only going to get less with the future that I'm planning on going into too.  However, there are a few series that I am quite loyal too, and plan to continue with, as well as a few games that I always have my eye on to play eventually someday.

I would say casual.  I don't play games much at all.  I usually only play when my friends come over to hang out but I have started another game in Xenosaga and I got sucked in (I was reading about it again and all it's story and religious references) and now I am playing that, but even then I play it a bit at a time.

I'm trying not to play games and focus on other things but I'm such a compulsive spender that I can't help but buy crap.

Half the games I own are still in the plastic.

Yeah.