I want to stop playing videogames

Hi guys. I realized a few days ago that I need to stop playing videogames. Videogames make me sad (can't explain why but they do). The only videogame that doesn't gives me trouble at all is World of Warcraft. The problem is that if I stop playing videogames I can never be an assassin on renaissance italy (assassin's creed) or a super hero on a asylum (batman: arkham asylum). I mean, I really want to stop playing videogames but my nerdhole just doesn't lets me. Now you guys must be wondering what a nerdhole is, a nerdhole is something invented by me, that stands for a hole in your heart that you must cover with nerdy things. I used videogames but that was hurting my nerdhole, so I need something else that to keep me distracted of videogames. I've tried music and books and they work ocasionly but sometimes I watch shows and I hear my friends telling their videogame adventures and I get a little bit jealous. It's not only that I need to stop playing its because I get bored to of playing those games. I've been playing World of Warcraft for almost 3 years and never got bored... I've played Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood for 6-7 hours and I couldn't play that anymore. It's a weird thing happening with me. The truth is that I love monsters and dragons and dinosaurs and fantasy creatures... creatures those that I can find on games like Dragon Age or The Witcher. I need a little help here.

P.S.: Just found my old Spider-Man comic book collection, I hope it helps. Oh and I am also thinking on collecting Magic: The Gathering cards, it's probably super nerdy but I need my monsters, my dragons and my dinosaurs and World of Warcraft isn't enough :p

Sounds to me like you should play some final fantasy. And then watch continous episodes of glee to get you in a good mood.

Get a job.

stop playing then

Just don't give up video games for a girl.

TheHighWind

Start lifting weights or biking or something a bit more physical. I guarantee you'll like it after you bust your ass for a while.

my advice is to limit your time playing video games, and get some other hobbies...there's alot more to do other than reading and watching screens!

personally i love model making, Airfix etc, which is pretty nerdy, so it could fill your nerdhole?

take up a sport as well, if you don't already play one. i think boredom is a crime really, there is so much stuff out there to do, not all interesting stuff takes a huge commitment either, you could write letters to a guy on deathrow (an important service i think), learn an instrument, do some of the many many many AWESOME d.i.y. projects available on the internet, set up a hedge cutting business if you live in the suburbs.... i'm just throwing ideas out here (obviously) but my point is that there is literally no end to all the awesome hobbies out there......i wish i had more time. my current hobby at the moment is juggling. a LOT of fun.

Imapirate0202: Im minor, how am I going to get a job? And how would a job fill my 'nerdhole'?tjricardo089

That's what I thought.

If that's true I advise you to play all the videogames you can right now. You'll wonder where all that free time went when you get older.

SolidSnake35: You see, this is not the first time this is happening to me. It happened to me 3 or 4 months ago. I leaved videogames for like 2 weeks and I was plain happy, but then school started and my friends kept talking about how the new X Videogame was cool or that the Y DLC was stupid. I just missed videogames, so I got back and played until now.tjricardo089

Learn there are better things in life than viedo games, women,etc.

Oh my god it's so hard to stop playing videogames when my house is crowded of them...

School, getting a job and investing more time in friends and family are all great ways to kill your gaming time.

School, getting a job and investing more time in friends and family are all great ways to kill your gaming time.

Suzy_Q_Kazoo

It's not about gaming time it's about something in my brain that tells me to download every recent pc game even if they are mediocre.

Did you make up something called a "nerdhole"? Sounds to me like its time you get a girl.Diablo-B

I just got out of a relationship it's not like i'm going to jump to another one, I even think I might reatach with my ex. But on topic, by nerdhole I meant nerd gap... something that needs a little of nerd love, WoW is the only game I am interested now, but I can't believe I will miss good games..

Find a new hobby perhaps?

Find a new hobby perhaps?

Shad0ki11

That's what I have been trying to do, but it is hard :l

It's easy. Most of the games suck. Just imagine if EVERYONE made their ownknock off of Mortal Kombat. That's what current games are but replace Mortal Kombat with firearms.

Sound like you just need to get out of the house to me. Gohangout with your friends more, or find some outdoor actvity that you enjoy. I would also suggest picking up an instrument.

Try casual games.. It will lighten you up..Kinect perhaps...
I get tired of hardcore games sometimes.. Its normal.

Nope, you can't give up gaming unless its forced at all aspects. Its like a crackhead in detroit with no cops or rehab, you cant get away from it. BUT... you CAN learn to balance it out, and thats what you gotta do. Balance is the key.

Dude.....what? A nerdhole.........seriously?

You shouldn't give up gaming because a girl told you to but it sounds like what you need to do is play less and go out and actually do a lot more interacting with friends and also a girl. It'll give you the social that you seem to be missing. Maybe that's why you like WoW because it's social to a point. But that's no substitute for healthy socialization. We ARE social creatures after all despite what some would have you know. A lack of it causes some people to feel sick inside and it messes with your head as well. It's just genetic so you can't fight it.

Try casual games.. It will lighten you up..Kinect perhaps...
I get tired of hardcore games sometimes.. Its normal.

LeonSykes10

I don't know which is more eerily creepie, your crazy cat eyes sig or the one that has the white llama or sheep or whatever that stares at you. That thing weirds me out. Lolz

Nerdhole??? lol wut? :question:

My biggest problem on videogames is that I am a little paranoic and I worry too much about the future. I worry about if the next console will be backwards compatible and things like that... videogames make me be reeeeeaaaally paranoic and that isn't healthy. I want to play videogames, but I keep thinking on the future :ltjricardo089

My problem with console is everything becomes consolidated. Look at Deus 2 & Deus Ex 3. Is that the team choosing a simpler design? Is it the console's inability to render huge environments or does the console gamer prefer a simpler game? One that's scaled down and obvious.

Dude in pc and mac games, you posted that you were tired of video games.

Nerdhole?

LOL.

Oh my god by nerdhole I mean that I need a nerd hobbie to fill a part of my nerd personality. Do you get it now? ... jeez

Just get out of that chair.. go to the frontyard or backyard, look up and see the light.Dogswithguns

Don't talk to me like I am some die hard nerd. I have friends, I play football and ride a bike every day. But I don't know i guess videogames gave me a little bit of nerd personality :p

[QUOTE="Dogswithguns"]Just get out of that chair.. go to the frontyard or backyard, look up and see the light.tjricardo089

Don't talk to me like I am some die hard nerd. I have friends, I play football and ride a bike every day. But I don't know i guess videogames gave me a little bit of nerd personality :p

But you have a nerdhole, so can you really blame him?

I AM BACK INTO GAMING. I don't know, just had a strange feeling after lunch and logged on my steam. I have this game that I bought on Summer Sale called Dino D-day, well I found out that this weekend it's free to play for everyone, so the servers would be full. I played it and I enjoyed a lot. I've played it with a friend and I had a lot of fun. Suddenly all the other games from my library were showing themselves interesting again :)

P.S.: I bought Borderlands, and I am lovin' it.

TC i know how you feel. I use to be able to play a single player games and do two or three runthroughs of the camapign and now it is a struggle just to finish one playthrough. I don't really know why this is. Last game I actually beat was LA Noire and that was because it was unlike anything I had ever played before. Give me another Faloout and I probably won't make it through half of it.