Getting older. Not enjoying gaming like I used to

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I'm in my early forties, always been a gamer, even had a little computer games shop of my own back when an independent store could buy a AAA title from the publisher for re-sale cheaper than Tesco would sell it. I've seen consoles, good & bad, come and go.

I'm sitting there the other night playing the xbox one and I'm desperately trying to find enjoyment in games like I used to... but it's just not there.

I know I'm getting that bit older and slower, I'm nowhere near the player I used to be and maybe when something genuinely 'next gen' comes out, I'll feel different, but there's a bit of "seen it all before" at the moment.

Anyone else got to the point where gaming just doesn't do it for them any more?

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peterperkins said:

Perhaps the OP has finally realised what a total and utter waste of time/life computer gaming is.

I can see the attraction of defeating/killing others in combat. We can't do that for real in normal society, so games are a substitute to assuage our instincts and lust for blood.
It's what we are programmed to do after all, and it could be Chess or COD4 it's all basically the same thing.

There is a a great "Mitchell & Webb" sketch were one of them arrives at the pearly gates and is interrogated about the number of hours he wasted playing solitaire against his computer.
Sound familiar?

Now don't get me wrong, I wasted thousands of hours on Wolfenstein, Quake, Duke Nukem, and finally Half Life and Counterstrike on line!!
But at about 50 years old, 4 years ago, I pulled myself together and realised what a complete waste of time the whole thing was.
Telling the wife I was going into the computer room to kill some kids via counterstrike for a few minutes, but then emerging bleary eyed four hours later wears a bit thin for partners as well.
I very occasionally dip back in for a couple of hours of 3D Shooter action, but I'm down to about 0.01% of where I was time wise.

So get a life, and get out in the real world and do something productive.
You don't get bonus lives, save slots or God Mode in the real world, you get one life, so use it wisely.

Edited by peterperkins on Wednesday 24th December 09:57

I've got a few years yet then PP. I'm already playing a tiny fraction of what I used to, largely because I'm not finding the enjoyment that I used to (rather than a eureka moment where I decided spend my time building orphanages). Hope you find some happiness over Christmas.

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I played Limbo as a phone game (the little dude in grey-scale woods etc?) and couldn't get into it; if that's the same game. Imagine the atmospherics on PC would be a lot more impressive than its app version, but game didn't grab me*

• might have got stuck quite early on and lost patience!

My XB1 only gets switched on now to watch sky through it, must be something groundbreaking coming along?