Ever feel tired of gaming?

[Sano]

Welcome to the forums!

Well, I get bored with the game I am playing and hop to another, get bored with that one and go back to the other. So I am always playing through 2 games at a time to keep myself entertained.

[Luke]

- our attention span decreases as we get older, that's for sure.

Huh?

To answer your question, nope. I still frequently play my 2600. Gaming has never been a fad for me.

[Key-Glyph]

The problem that I'm starting to have now as an adult is that I'm sometimes too mentally tired to play a game.

I'll come home from a particularly stimuli-loaded day at work, let's say, and want to relax and enjoy myself. I'll think something like, "I know! I am totally in the mood to start playing Ultima III!" But then I'll look at the manuals, materials, controls, you name it, and just feel so exhausted. I simply can't put the effort into learning something new or complicated on some days. And this can happen with non-new games, too, if they require a lot of concentration, skill, or quick reflexes; I'll be too mentally fried to stay on top of the gameplay and my performance will actually suffer for it.

My brain and energy quotas get used up as a grown-up in a way they didn't as a kid, and it makes me sad. I now I understand why my dad often fell asleep on the couch after work when I was a little!


^ Toothpaste for Dinner

[Luke]

I'll be too mentally fried to stay on top of the gameplay and my performance will actually suffer for it.

My brain and energy quotas get used up as a grown-up in a way they didn't as a kid, and it makes me sad. I now I understand why my dad often fell asleep on the couch after work when I was a little!

I'm the exact opposite. Even after a day of long boring meetings playing my Nintendo is a huge stress relief (with the right game of course). I'm a guy of habit though. When I wake up I always watch sportscenter and do not like to be bothered, and after work I like to play a game for about a half an hour and not be bothered.

[CRTGAMER]

I do feel there is a point when a game starts to feel like work and I would be all like "bleh, I don't wanna play anymore". The ironic part that its always at the near end of the game.

This is sooo true. that frustrating difficult level or boss and only one more mountain to climb.

- our attention span decreases as we get older, that's for sure.

Huh?

To answer your question, nope. I still frequently play my 2600. Gaming has never been a fad for me.

I always thought it was the opposite. I think I am more focussed as I get older. Of course I also claim in spite of what others think as not insane.

We definitely need a sticky thread for this weekly topic.

"WHINE HERE!"

Better yet, just merge with a previous I'm tired of gaming Thread.

For a new member who started this Thread, you are off to a crappy start, there has to be something positive you can write about.

[Retrogamer0001]

Maybe it's just my ADHD

[muhanad]

NO. NEVER.

I kid, I kid.

I usually try to beat two games at a time, so if I get stuck on one, I just go to the other and clear my head a little. This works great with RPGs.

I usually game every day, but its never so much that I would feel tired of it. Usually in short bursts.

I think it's pretty common to struggle with playing a game (especially an RPG) for four, six, eight hours at a time - our attention span decreases as we get older, that's for sure.

Damn! 4,6,8 hours! I've never played that long. I love to game, but the most I'll do at once is 2 hours. Plus I don't really have that much time (Who does?!).

[Retrogamer0001]

NO. NEVER.

I kid, I kid.

I usually try to beat two games at a time, so if I get stuck on one, I just go to the other and clear my head a little. This works great with RPGs.

I usually game every day, but its never so much that I would feel tired of it. Usually in short bursts.

I think it's pretty common to struggle with playing a game (especially an RPG) for four, six, eight hours at a time - our attention span decreases as we get older, that's for sure.

Damn! 4,6,8 hours! I've never played that long. I love to game, but the most I'll do at once is 2 hours. Plus I don't really have that much time (Who does?!).

Oh man, back during my teenage years (I'm 27 now) I could sit and grind away at PS1 RPGs like Final Fantasy 7, 8, Legend of Legaia, Lunar, and Jade Cocoon for up to ten hours a day, especially in the summer. I was a machine back then, though I won't deny that's it not exactly the healthiest lifestyle. Nowadays, I can put in an hour or two but then need a break.

[oxymoron]

Maybe it's just my ADHD

You stole the words right out of my mind.

[Luke]

Maybe it's just my ADHD

You stole the words right out of my mind.

Uh-huh.

See Dr.North.