At what point did gaming stop becoming a addiction and start being a hobby? 
 
I have working with games for the past 13 years and have had many great experiences that stand out to this day.  I remember Red Alert being released and all of the hype around it.  Mass cue's in-store of people trying to get there hands on the 1st copy, also remember going to the joint launch of Quake 2 and Heavy Gear and getting to meet a couple of the ID guys and being a total fan boy.   
 
Back then I had money to burn and would buy a couple of new release games a weeks and only play them for an hour before it would collect dust on my shelf.  I have a HUGE poster collection of everything I could get my hands on, 100's of game shirts and cardboard cutouts. 
 
I can't seem to remember at what stage I start throwing them all out and watching my money and buying the games I knew I would play and get a good life out of.  Perhaps it was women that turned my addiction, or just a coming of age. What ever it was it happened without me ever noticing. I can't say i really miss those days but I can say I miss that kind of Freedom to buy whatever I want and play when ever I want too.   I miss staying up late and saying "Shit" out loud when you saw the sun coming up and you had to be at work in 3 hours. 
 
I have no conclusion or advice for anyone, just me writing about my loss of an addiction.

I was very  sceptical about the concept of network over power but was in a fortunate position to borrow one to try out.  I was pricing up the N adapter for my 360 but though this might work.  
 This product is fantastic, no set up required.  All I did was plug one into my router and one in the 360 and it just detected.  Fantastic Speed, updated all firmware in 20 minutes and I don't get any dropouts. 
 
Any one considering using one of these in the future, i would highly recommend it.  Only downside is that you can't run it though a power board. 

So i have just realized that people don't actually care about what i have to say which is find.   I am happy to follow someone that is remotely interesting.  But if you want to hear about me "Having a good weekend" or "going out for dinner"  then you may find me interesting...  @danielporter if you wish to be board.  I do however recommend @thatkevinsmith

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