Video games--again

I'm stepping down from the money focus for a while. These past few days have reminded me that there was a lot more going on when I didn't have to worry or think about money and budgets and savings all the time.

Truth be told, I am/was a gamer, big time. That's who I used to be. These days, I'm caught in between the no-identity crisis, and this blog is suffering from it. I really don't want to get creative about my budget anymore, because let's be honest... it's 8 lines long for a full month. Earnings are small, expenses are few, goals are a bit difficult, but still uninteresting. I don't really cook, don't travel much, and am not a hobby person... in short, quite a boring, quiet existence. And there's nothing wrong with that! Well, at least not until we add the blog in.

Anyway, I was keeping myself entertained yesterday playing a fairly old game... Prince of Persia. It was on a really good sale (about $8 for all 3 games!), so I thought, why not. So far, very entertaining. Then while getting ready to bed, it made me think... you know, video games is something I used to know so well, and relate to everything. People sometimes diss video games as low quality entertainment, when compared to books... but seriously, there is much to be learned from good games, if you just think outside the box. I've always been a defender of games, because I grew up playing video games, and I am not that horrible of a person, if I say so myself.

But one thought led to another, and I think that's something I'd like to try to explore... lessons learned in a financial sense from certain (old) games. Ha. That'd be very interesting, especially because most people wont know what I'm talking about!

But to not fully devoid this post of actual content, I renamed one of my 2 ING/CapOne360 savings accounts "Dad's savings". Why? Well, he's been in an ebay selling craze. Thing is, he doesn't want to see, touch or KNOW about the money at all. He wants it thrown somewhere until he forgets about it. He dreams of buying a small house, fixing it up, and renting it out. But he'd need a down payment. So he's starting this fund. I offered to serve as middle man; the money goes to my paypal, I send it to my savings account. If he ever wants the money, it's there, and it can be either withdrawn as cash (through my checking), or sent to his paypal through mine. I consider it a win-win. I'll be sneaking some extra there too, here and there. Sold a book I used for my SPHR exam, and tossed the money in with his lot. Who knows, it may amount to something eventually!