Becoming less interested in gaming as time goes on?

[Timman_24]

I remember back to my EQ days when I was younger. No mmo will ever be able to capture those first great online gaming moments. Just like beating FF2 for the first time as a child or beating FF7. Can't bring back the magic that the games brought us as kids.

I've become less interested in the actual games and more in the hype/build up to the games. Just like GeoW or Lost Planet. I havent even beat Lost Planet yet and ran through GeoW on hardcore then shelved it. It is hard to keep interested long anymore.

[monroeski]

In my case, I don't think it's necessarily a bunch of new responsibilities taking up my time, but I just like doing a wider variety of stuff. My free time isn't really too much different from then (school + sports like football and track took up at least as much time as work + working out now). Back then, with my free time, all I did was game and read books, but now I just do a lot more. For instance, I've taken more of an interest in cooking as opposed to just sandwiches, microwaveable stuff, and whatever my mom made. So, I not only spend more time out of the day making food, but shopping for ingredients, comparing healthier alternatives, stuff like that. I also have a lot of good gaming time taken from me through my damn long *** commute.

I actually spend a lot of time online here at Sharky's and at other places reading about games, researching game topics, learning about the industry, etc., whereas when I was younger all I did was play the games. I can still put in 8 hour marathon sessions of games, stay up overnight, etc., but oftentimes now after playing a few levels I might want to get online and post my impressions, see what other people think of the game, read some designer interviews, check out sequels or prequels, stuff like that. So, gaming is still my #1 hobby, it has just taken on a somewhat different form than it used to have.