Can you give up playing Video Games?

Negetive. Gaming is my most favourtite pastime in the world and it always makes me so much Happy.I've / can limit my gaming schedule but never thought about giving up gaming altogether for any reason.

Well OT ? :)

I'm on a gaming hiatus for the past 3 months and the next 6 months because my dad says either bring good grades or don't come home. And so far, I'm doing just fine. Not in grades but living in the house, I mean.

Yeah I could stop playing video games if need be, I certainly wouldn't die or anything.

Sure. I cut down on video games when I was still dating my wife. I only resumed after the first kid came along because I was stuck at home a lot more.

Give up permanently -----> no

But I have taken breaks that last months and even a long one that that took years.

I did maybe. Gaming doesn't interest me anymore. :(

Sure, but the real question is why would you have to?

not altogether but i haven't spent a long time gaming in months

@indzman: I certainly can, but I probably won't. I'll probably be a gamer in some form or another until I die. But I have stopped playing games for long stretches (up to two years), so it's not like I feel like I need them or anything.

Yeah I pretty much have besides a few specific titles I really want.

I don't want too

I can stop at any time, I just don't want to.

Pretty much this.. I pre-ordered Fallout, Tomb Raider and Battlefront, so i kinda have some money invested in my hobby :P

Yes, I nearly have already.

Been not really playing games lately. Waiting for fallout 4 and others to get back into it.

I could, but i wont

no.

If it distracted me from taking care of my priorities and social life, yeah, but it has never been an issue....thank goodness!!

Yeah. I've taken large hiatuses before and could do it again if I had to, and could give it up if I had to. I love games, but I sure as hell won't chain my self to a fucking plastic virtual box.

Permanently? No. I have gone long stretches of no video games though. I think once I get this gaming laptop that I'm saving up for (MSI GT72S), I'll be back to gaming full time once again...

I did for about 5 years in my teens while doing a bit of soul searching.

I started that trend again and went back into political science and biology with very little gaming involved in my life. I like seeing how the world politics works out, sort of like a long plot in Game of Thrones to see who gains control of the Iron Throne. With a bit of predictions and observing patterns, I've gained a bit of knowledge on how the real, political world works and how it affects society.

Once Fallout 4 comes out or some new interesting games that don't feel recycled, I may just hop right back in and get back into gaming. These consoles are very dull IMO and the games that have come out lately don't awe me. Been gaming since I was like 3-4 years old with my NES that I got from my uncle. I'm beginning to think the industry is running out of ideas and aren't investing too much on new ideas, sort of like Hollywood.

Yeah, I've gone long stints of time without playing any video games tbh. Whether I play 30 hours in a week or none, I don't really care as long as I'm doing good shit with good people.

no

gaming is my only escape from this miserable existence,it's the only reason i still haven't killed myself

Yeah I can. Gaming has been going downhill for me for quite a while and I barely play anymore. The day I find something interesting to do with my miserable and boring life, I know that I'll probably quit gaming.

Technically I can, But I have no desire to do so.

I honestly think I could, and it wouldn't be too hard either. They're something I love and that's why I try to find time for them, but that's just the thing, I have to find time. If I simply stopped finding time I'd find myself occupied with plenty of other things.

What I don't think I'd be able to give up is my interest in games. Even when I'm not playing them they're enchanting for me and a pleasure to watch and read about.

I agree with this. While my game purchases have slowed down considerably in the last few years, I'll always be interested in what's going on in the video game industry at least. At some point soon, I will likely be greatly reducing my gaming time as I'm trying to be more social now.

I think I'll always want to play games in some capacity, though I feel like I don't really get into most video games like I did when I was younger.

It might be a good thing that a lot of newer games aren't appealing to me. Maybe I need that lack of so much distraction to help me become a more mature and respectful person. I wonder if I will continue buying game systems, or if that is something I'm done with. I am interested in the NX, but we'll see.

I haven't played any games.. on my gaming PC or consoles for like 3 months now...

PS2 was the last good system.

No thanks.

Only if i get paid not to.

Can I? - Yes

Will I? - NO

I won't if I can help it.
There is a secret sentence that broke one of my friends free from games.
For your protection I will censor it.
He said,
some things are bigger than games.

I feel the same way.

I love gaming, been doing it for 35 or so years. But I'd probably give it up when everything goes all digital.

While I don't intend to ever give up gaming entirely I have really only played through one game this year (GTA V), and I probably haven't picked up my 360 controller since spring. I want to play the the next MGS game though.

yeah I could give up videogames if I wanted to.

I doubt it

My hands are rotten with tendinits and arthritis

and i'm still playing

@indzman: hellz no, unless i lose all money and have to survive to make way off videogames then yeah. But otherwise nope!

I've only been playing Diablo 2 (a 15 year old game) these days.

I guess I could if I had to. But I don't see the reason to.