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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   
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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• The Bible says: (Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Tuesday January 08 2019, @02:53AM

  by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday January 08 2019, @02:53AM (#783534) Journal

  Keynesians 311 When I was a child I Walked like libertarian thought like a libertarian reasoned like a libertarian When I became a man I put childish things behind me *Incoming butthurt Meme

  No, that is not quite it. Second Corinthians, chapter Eleven, asset forfeiture bankrupcy:

  "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."

  , or, originally,

  ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΥΣ Α΄ 13:11 1894 Scrivener New Testament (TR1894)

  11 οτε ημην νηπιος ως νηπιος ελαλουν ως νηπιος εφρονουν ως νηπιος ελογιζομην οτε δε γεγονα ανηρ κατηργηκα τα του νηπιου

  Peoples play games to avoid being bored. After a while they realized they are still bored, but are giving money away for the privilege. κατηργηκα τα του νηπιου; Suckas!

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