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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 DannyB on Tuesday January 08 2019, @03:02PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 08 2019, @03:02PM (#783676) Journal

    Let's talk about TV series (but also movie) plots:

    You mentioned:
    * high school girls
    * ninja violence
    * undead
    * super powers

    I would add:
    * anything involving occult or supernatural powers
    * witches / warlocks
    * vampires
    * warewolves
    * dysfunctional families seems to be a hugely growing trend
    * super good guy cop (or some kind of law enforcement)
    * . . . often with an implausibly large number of super violent, super psychotic, ultra serial killer raper kidnappers amongst the general population
    * crime procedural good guy cops

    The worst: when occasionally a good TV series comes along, it doesn't have a major story arc or an actual ending. Like a good book that you might read multiple times and that might be enjoyed by generations of viewers even 10, 20 or more years later.

    As for Sci Fi especially space TV series, how about let's let Star Trek have an honored place in history and create a fresh new universe? Oh but that would require investment and commitment. (Just like having a real story arc would.)

    The real underlying problem I'm dancing around: all of these TV series are driven by a short term advertising profit motive. Very different than a good book.

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