   ahhh Limits
  Yeah I thought I''d take a brake after all this stuff thats been goin'' on. Got some games from friends but it seems that after I''ve become familliar with game programming I realize that the games are  nothing but simple lines of code being executed (well maybe not simple but meh...) And I can''t relate to the story so they don''t give me that old "high" feeling that you get when playing games with good storylines.The characters now seem extremely repetetive and my eyes spot design flaws so quickly I can''t stay in the atmosphere. My only way of forgetting the misery of life is gone !! I need to rest my mind but I can''t .. Ive lost my intention in games so It just keeps building up in my head ..Has anyone been like this? any help ? how can I trick myself ?(meh..)ggaargh... 
  I have the same problem. Ever since I started programming (7 years ago) I haven''t been as big of a gamer. Don''t get me wrong, I still enjoy playing videogames, but not as much. I''m SUPER picky about the games I buy. It pisses me when a game is poorly programmed. I sit there thinking, I could''ve done better than that...   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | FreeBSD | gamedev.net | google;  Ironically this is our curse. Just make sure you don''t make the same mistakes in your own games (:It is enjoyment (in a way) analyzing a game you are playing, tossing around ideas on how something could be done better, how something that was done totally foobared the game, etc.In the end though, they are still an amusing diversion./waveFeral ;  Damn, I thought we were going to have an informal discussion on Calculus in the lounge.  