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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?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by EJ on Monday January 07 2019, @08:35PM
Nope. That's not it at all. It's just how the brain works. Boredom is a real thing that has nothing to do with the actual activity or the "age-appropriateness" of it.
Just look at chess. Chess is just as much a game as Super Mortal Smash Kombat Party 12, yet we see many geriatrics playing chess without thinking they should "grow up" and stop.
Some people can go surfing every single day of their life without ever getting tired of it. Others are constantly looking for something new and different to do.
Everything can get boring after awhile.