"How is this 'Gaming for Adults'?" you may ask, if you're one of those people that care about the tags on a blog post. I can't imagine that anyone actually does, but hey, more power to them if they do.

Previews of a game are a funny thing. Honestly, I consider it more "adult" in that as you get older, you have less time to play games, and typically you're more critical about which games you do play - while when younger you have more time to play, and are more willing to give a completely new game a shot, as well as be more enthusiastic about a game that isn't even out yet.

(I know those are crass generalizations. I also am way too lazy to create a new category for this kind of post, given how little I use the other ones I have and not knowing how often I'd write something like this.)

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I've touched on this a bit in other forums, but given my relative quietness in these where-abouts I thought I'd talk about it a bit more.

Recently I was given a 90 day trial of Lord of the Rings Online to try out and review. I logged in and played it more than a few times before I realized something.

I just - well - couldn't.

For a variety of reasons.

Now, don't take this as a review of LotRO. I would guess, in a way, it is, but it's more of a statement of where I am in terms of MMORPGs and my current gaming habits versus, say, where you may be. There are a lot of good things about LotRO, and especially if you're into the source material, I highly recommend it.

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