Damn what odds this post is up since this is my first time on these forums in a long time. I was only peaking here because of GTA 4 hype but this is a good post and I have some good insights into the subject.
I'm 25 and my gaming habits have changed considerably in the past few years especially within the last year. I hardly ever game anymore, if fact I used to have a 360 but gave it to my brother a few months ago because with me it was gathering dust. No consoles are owned by me anymore. I don't know, gaming just seems so unimportant as you get older. I find so many other things I need to do over gaming. I'm essentially a workaholic so my career is very important so most of my time goes there. Women take up lots of time and a good woman is way better time waster than gaming and no I'm not married. And now I have hobbies I love or take more seriously than gaming such as traveling, the arts especially cinema, reading (politics, philosophy, classic lit, etc), and exercise. I just don't have much fun with games anymore, probably do to the fact that when I game I usually feel something more important should be done with my time. More complex rational thinking tarnished video games for me among other things I enjoyed growing up. Yes it's often a good time to play games and eat fast food, but the brain and body say to work hard at your craft and eat healthy. If you are getting older and still play a lot that's great, it's good to be passionate about things in this world, but I personally find it hard to justify the hobby these days.
I'll probably end up buying GTA 4 and playing it on my bros console this upcoming week, but who knows about after that. It'll probably be till the holidays that I play something at family and friend get togethers. What can I say? I'm getting older and the times are a changin'.
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