My disillusionment with gaming

My disillusionment with gaming





1 day 7 hours ago
| by:
BlackCountryBob





I
got my first computer when I was just 4, a Commodore 64 with R-Type and
Rainbow Islands among others. Who could really ask for more than that.
Over the following years I had a variety of systems until I hit the
mother load. My favourite gaming platform of all time was my PS1 which
came with a copy of Soul Blade which I practically played to death. For
me, gaming has never again reached the peak of enjoyment which I had at
this moment (though it may have had more to do with me being 12 or so
and having plenty of time to spend playing). I have had other platforms
over the years since of all shapes and sizes but looking back on it I
must ask the question now; why don't I enjoy gaming any more?

i don't think this has been a overnight change in me, I look back many
years and I can see the change. I just don't get that buzz any more. I
have tried to put a finger on it but I can't.

I started thinking that maybe I was bored of the buzz around games so I
cancelled my magazines, deleted my bookmarks, left my clan and started
reading no games news at all (including N4G) and I have been at this
for over a month. However, in this month I have sold my PSP and my PS3
has been switched on just twice, in each case for less than 30mins.
Even without the hype then I still don't care.

I think maybe the reason is that I am sick of the never ending
challenge of it all. I used to play to relax but now I find myself
playing just to finish games. There is no fun, little satisfaction or
feeling of achievement, just a need to move on and justify the expense
before shuffling off to the next game which a legion of half brain dead
critics and fanboys swear is the best thing ever made before telling me
the same of something else in 2 weeks.

Games have become a little bit unsatisfying in my opinion, we spend
hours pouring over and discussing the latest big event be it a video,
trailer, review or release to a point that you probably spend 2 or 3
times longer reading and talking about a game than you do actually
playing it. When did the competition of winning the arguement about
what is best or which game is the highest resolution become more
important than the enjoyment of the game itself.

There is always something new, always something better coming around,
bigger and better are the keys which keep the industry going. Problem
is, I don't really care, I fed up of playing something but before I
have even finished it there is something else telling me it is better.

I am bored of gaming and games, I am sick of the buzz, I am fed up of
hearing about the next big thing but feeling thoroughly unfulfilled by
it, I am sick of it all. The only question is, do I sell the PS3 and go
on with my life without games or do I hold onto it and hope that
something eventually comes around to peak my interest but probably sees
me just falling into the same cycle again.

One thing is for sure, games are not as fun or enjoyable as they once were, at least for me they are not. Am I alone?


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