Losing Interest In Games - A Natural Progression?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday February 17, 2004 @12:16AM from the near-death-experience dept.

MotherInferior writes "I'm 27, soon to be 28. I used to fiend over the newest games and eagerly play whatever I could get my hands on. Team Fortress Classic, Civilization, WarCraft, these were all games that I could literally lose myself for days in. I still drool over the newest games at Best Buy, but now that I actually have the money to buy them, I find myself saying, 'Nah, I'll just play what I've got,' or 'Y'know, I'd rather design my own game then play someone else's.' Even still, I don't really play the games I have. What's up with that? I'm sure my mom would sagely say (with some satisfaction in her voice), 'Wellll, you're just growing up...' Am I not as capable of having fun as I once was, or what? Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy gaming, but I can tell there's some kind of trend happening. Will there be gaming Viagra in my future, I wonder?"

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You LITERALLY lost yourself? by Hell+O'World · 2004-02-17 04:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...these were all games that I could literally lose myself for days in.
What are you trying to say, that your physical body got misplaced? Surely you mean you figuratively lost yourself for days.

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Huh? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-02-17 05:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'd rather design my own game then play someone else's

Why would you go the hassle of designing your own game, and then just ignore it to go play someone else's?

Does designing your own game rekindle your urge to play other games? If that's so, please enlighten us what it is about designing your own game that makes you want to go and play games created by someone else.