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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @09:46PM
I suspect the big reason is that you have a lot less free time now. Back when you were a child, you had something like 10-ish hours of free time each day. Now you probably have closer to 2-ish. I guarantee if you took a month long holiday from work, after a couple of days you'd go back to those video games you used to (and still) love so much out of boredom.
The other thing possibility is that it's a question of control over the environment. Back when you are a child, you had little responsibility and could only really influence and control things in a game. Now you have disposable income and can buy things on your own, set your own schedule, and maybe even tell other people what to do at times. Having the escape-ism fantasy of power is less compelling as a result.