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Tales of an Aging Gamer: Why Don’t I Pick up a Controller as Often as I Used to?

posted by martyb on Monday January 07 2019, @07:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the Figured-it-out dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

ArsTechnica:

Gaming was like breathing. It was the biggest part of my life as a teenager, one of my priorities as a college student, and eventually one of my most expensive “hobbies” as a young professional.

Then all of a sudden, after thousands of hours spent playing across genres and platforms, boredom hit me hard for the very first time in my early thirties. Some of my favorite games soon gave me the impression of being terribly long. I couldn’t help but notice all the repeating tropes and similarities in game design between franchises.

I figured it was just a matter of time before I found the right game to stimulate my interest again, but time continued to go by and nothing changed.

Is it that games have failed to innovate, or that real life is ultimately more engaging?

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday January 07 2019, @08:29PM (3 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday January 07 2019, @08:29PM (#783353)

    AKA mid life crisis.

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  • (Score: 1) by NateMich on Monday January 07 2019, @10:17PM (1 child)

    by NateMich (6662) on Monday January 07 2019, @10:17PM (#783405)

    AKA mid life crisis.

    I would think a mid life crisis would be a desperate attempt to relive your past as a great gamer - not giving up gaming entirely.

    No, this is simply maturity, as he has realized these games were never as good as he thought they were.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday January 07 2019, @11:04PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Monday January 07 2019, @11:04PM (#783436)

      The classic midlife crisis is abandoning that which you have built relationships with for the past 2-3 decades in favor of something new and flashy...

      If you've been married to your gaming console...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @11:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @11:25PM (#783457)

    Only if you live to your 60s.