Can you believe it? Christmas is less than fortnight away already and as we draw closer, the more time we seem to have on our hands. University is done for the semester, offices are closed, and kids run amok with school out and a horde of presents lying just out of reach. As many will tell you, it’s a time to be with family and close friends yet on Christmas Day, everyone has their own rituals, especially when it comes to gaming.
As the tenets of parenthood dictate, Dom’s Christmas morning is often spent playing with his son, Noah, while tearing the paper away from his own stash of games and consoles. With a long day of gift-giving and eating ahead, it’s only when night falls that he manages to retreat away from the all the festivities and get down to business with those new games he’s accrued, after Doctor Who of course.
Dave’s more or less in the same boat. With Christmas celebrations in full swing, his only source of virtual entertainment is that offered by his smartphone and handhelds – if he remembers. Still, he recounts the Christmas days of old when he’d quite happily sit with his latest haul of games, plugging away until dinner was eventually served.
For Teflon, the Christmas period gives him the perfect excuse to play games with his brother. This, he says, includes the usual spot of FIFA and Mario Kart, ideal for getting those competitive juices flowing before the Christmas cracker tug-of-war. They also partake in a litter of co-op games too, the winter break allowing Tef to tackle those games clogging up his backlog.
It’s only in recent years that I’ve staved off my Christmas binging tendencies. Throughout childhood and my teenage years, it would provide an opportunity to break off from the family and play video game non-stop without incurring the usual complaints. Now I’m in my early twenties, and thereby able to buy what I want, whenever I want it – usually – some of the magic from year’s past has faded. Still, when everyone’s distracted by whatever the TV’s playing, I like to slip away for a couple of hours, immersing myself in the latest games joining the collection. During the build-up and subsequent lull, however, the Christmas period is spent entirely on decluttering that backlog. Well, I say decluttering – it often results in getting knee deep in whatever RPG takes my fancy and going from there.
So, what are your personal Christmas gaming habits? Do you spend the holiday period blitzing the backlog or do you kick back, waiting to see what stocking fillers there are to play as the turkey goes in the oven?
pdannysan13
I accidentally started a tradition one Christmas when I stayed up until dawn playing Warhammer 40K Dawn of War. I only noticed that time flew by when the sun started to pop up.
I did this about 3-4 years, but never as magical as the first time. However, I cant really do that anymore, too much energy consuming. But I sometimes manage to install a Warhammer game near the Holidays. I usually have a lot of activity during the Holidays. My gf and I are in that position when you have to go to each family for a few hours and sit and talk….whilst my family is more restrained, hers has a major get-together every year.
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