Confessions of a Non-Gamer
Hey friends, Lou wrote a post yesterday about his long-term fascination with computers and technology and not being a gamer. I thought I would add my two-cents.
For someone who has had an uninterrupted fascination with technology for over 30 years, I have never been able to make the commitment of time and energy to get into computer games in any meaningful way.
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I'm almost 60 and I know their are gamers older than me. I've seen some of them on YouTube. I just feel like that if the urge to play hasn't grabbed me by now that it never will. I miss not being able to talk to people about something so many find pleasure in, but it is what it is.
My introduction to technology and personal computers was in the mid-1980s. Yeah, that was a long time ago. I had a Compaq portable for work and a Commodore 64 at home. As you can see, I’ve been into computing since the early days of personal computers. I find them fascinating, incredibly frustrating, and a hell of a lot of fun. That said, like Lou, I've never been a gamer.
But maybe I have been a gamer, just in a different sense. My games involve experimenting with different apps and learning everything I can do with them. I love creating automations with tools like Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, Alfred, Raycast, PopClip, Apple Shortcuts, and BetterTouchTool, to name a few. Fooling around with technology is my form of gaming.