I have often wished that I had played some when I had the chance with kids and early gaming consoles. When I was coaching Jr. High Football (20 years ago) my brother in law and I would host a couple of Madden tourneys for our kids per year. I'd play but only calling plays. I'd get one of the kids to run the controller for me. I'm a much better coach than player :)
I did spend some time with a slow moving RPG called LoL (Lords of Lothar) a few years back. A friend and his brother developed it and I played it from beta to when they pulled the plug on it.
So I get it. Gaming is a great hobby.
That's cool getting involved in a beta from a friend, sucks they shelved it though!
Well, it was a pretty specific project and when the brother had his second child and my friend's kids were in Little League and ballet and that sort of stuff it seemed a good time to go. I understood it, but was sorry to see it go too.
Oh yeah for sure then, way more important things than a side project lol
it is a shame that your friend's game did not succeed.
Well, the platform changed and the brothers decided it was time to go. They are both tech engineers at the Magic Kingdom so it's not like they are starving. I've just recently started trying to get hold of them to introduce them to hive...