Have I Lost My Gaming Mojo?

danabnormal writes "Increasingly I'm being frustrated in my attempts to find a game I want to play. In an effort to catch up, I've been using my bog standard Dell laptop to dig out treasures I have missed, such as American McGee's Alice, Grim Fandango and Syberia. I don't often get the time to play games, so I like to have the opportunity to dip in and out of a title without feeling like I'm losing something by not playing it for periods of time. But when I find a title I like, I make the time. Heavy Rain is the last game that gripped me, that truly engaged me and made me want to complete it in a single sitting. I'm tired of the GTA formulas, bored of CoDs and don't have the reaction time to think on my feet for AOE III. Is it about time I tossed in the controller and resigned myself to the fact that the games I want only come out once in a blue moon? Or have I just not found that one great title that will open me up to a brand new genre? Lords of Ultima is going OK at the moment — is there anything of that ilk I've missed? What are your thoughts? Do you stick to a particular genre? Are you finding it harder, as you get more mature, to find something you want to play?"

Comments

Chess

[BadAnalogyGuy]

If you're still playing games even though you're an adult, at least play an adult's game.

Chess is the way to go.

Re:Chess

[sznupi]

Oh just accept getting old. Accept how you change. Don't bother rest of the world with it, they don't care / it happens to everybody.

Re:Chess

[dreamchaser]

Ah, Slashdot, where the pedants come out and reply to someone's opinion as if it were a personal affront to them. 'So?' So I was just presenting the fact that not everybody stops enjoying gaming as they age.

Sure I don't play them as often as I did. I have a life and plenty of other things to occupy my time. As I said to the other person who replied to me I was just responding to the troll above with my opinion based on my personal experience in the matter. If your feelings on that are 'whoa, fascinating. So?' then why bother reading, let along replying.

The last time I checked this was a discussion site. Sorry if you missed the memo ;)

Re:Make some kids

[Intellectual Elitist]

> How about go adopt a kid instead? There's a world full of children that need good parents.

For a lot of people, the major appeal of having children is to mix their DNA with their partner's and see what they get. I would have no interest in raising someone else's child and pretending they were my own.

For the people who do enjoy this, great. I'm sure the children benefit from it.

> Quite frankly, I think it's irresponsible to have children of your own with so many that need the love, protection, and guidance that a good parent could provide.

And with equal frankness, I think it's ridiculous to paint people as being irresponsible simply because their priorities don't match yours. If you're happier raising a used child instead of a new one, bully for you. Other people prefer having sole responsibility for whatever baggage a child is going to carry through their life.