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AS AN ADULT, DO YOU FIND YOURSELF PLAYING MORE VIDEO GAMES AT THIS AGE OR LESS?
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CloseI feel I definitely play less games. pre-RPG Maker (teens and before), I had time but I didn't have a super large variety of games so I played the same few games a lot. Naturally did stuff like getting all the stars in Mario 64, playing long RPGs and such.
Lately, I've been busy with game making when I get home from work (usually working overtime as well) so my game playing is done in binge mode, or on 3DS/phone in short bursts. I do play some games but it's mostly in like... I'll forget about any game making or such after work and just play the game for a few weeks until it's done or I got bored. Then back to working on my huge backlog of work to do... I do want to play a longer inspiring RPG, last time I really felt a kick of inspiration and got into an RPG was when I played Solatorobo 2 years ago.
Then there's games where I just am stuck in and can't make progress because I am bad gamer, so I go back to nice simple games where you collect fruits and sell them for bells.
Honestly I still don't have a massive collection of games, I'm still pretty stingy with purchasing because I know I haven't even finished what I have yet. I have a bunch of XBox360 games I inherited, but I don't have an XBox360 anymore. I have some PS2 games I wanted to play... but I don't have my console TV anymore. And I have 6 games for my 3DS and the rest on steam. However, most of the games I do wanna play right now are PS1/PS2 games that are not on PC.
Lately, I've been busy with game making when I get home from work (usually working overtime as well) so my game playing is done in binge mode, or on 3DS/phone in short bursts. I do play some games but it's mostly in like... I'll forget about any game making or such after work and just play the game for a few weeks until it's done or I got bored. Then back to working on my huge backlog of work to do... I do want to play a longer inspiring RPG, last time I really felt a kick of inspiration and got into an RPG was when I played Solatorobo 2 years ago.
Then there's games where I just am stuck in and can't make progress because I am bad gamer, so I go back to nice simple games where you collect fruits and sell them for bells.
Honestly I still don't have a massive collection of games, I'm still pretty stingy with purchasing because I know I haven't even finished what I have yet. I have a bunch of XBox360 games I inherited, but I don't have an XBox360 anymore. I have some PS2 games I wanted to play... but I don't have my console TV anymore. And I have 6 games for my 3DS and the rest on steam. However, most of the games I do wanna play right now are PS1/PS2 games that are not on PC.
I've gotten more interested in my video games as I've aged, but I've had less time to play them.
When I was younger, and had all day, yes, I was playing video games nonstop, but I didn't get into them like I do now. Back then, it was all about collecting or being furry creatures. Now, I usually get into the game for it's functionality and characters, so my interests have definitely switched.
When I was younger, and had all day, yes, I was playing video games nonstop, but I didn't get into them like I do now. Back then, it was all about collecting or being furry creatures. Now, I usually get into the game for it's functionality and characters, so my interests have definitely switched.
I definitely play less now. My problem nowadays is that like many others I use my free time to work on my games. But also when I play games it makes me want to work on mine so I usually stop and open up rpg maker lol
I don't play games any more, except for a very few tentpole franchises to which I am loyal (Uncharted, Persona). I am John Q. Consumer.
Less, but only because I work all of the time. This will be changing soon, though!
But when I think about it, it's only relatively less. I still play enough video games to be able to say 'I'm into video games', but it's only 'less' compared to the all night binges I had in high school and college.
But when I think about it, it's only relatively less. I still play enough video games to be able to say 'I'm into video games', but it's only 'less' compared to the all night binges I had in high school and college.
Gredge109
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29 now, and I think I play a good amount more. Got a busy job, working on a Master's program, writing papers, reading books, always busy with work, always travelling, and still manage to have a social life. But I've mastered the divine art of sleep deprivation!
So really, it is all thanks to the lack of sleep. Also helps that I don't have a family. It's also my favorite hobby, so it always gets a lot of my free time.
So really, it is all thanks to the lack of sleep. Also helps that I don't have a family. It's also my favorite hobby, so it always gets a lot of my free time.
In recent months, I've found myself in Deltree's situation, where I only play a few key series. Dragon Quest, Mother, Final Fantasy to name a few. I played so many games in my high school and college years, but it's become a combination of having less time to play them, and the overall state of modern day mainstream gaming becoming less and less appealing to me.
So yes, way less. And it's kind of a good thing because it also means I'm spending less money on them.
EDIT: I should mention that I'm also a librarian, so I've been trying to get in the habit of reading more and playing less. It hasn't been easy when I primarily played games growing up, but I kinda have to break out of that habit.
So yes, way less. And it's kind of a good thing because it also means I'm spending less money on them.
EDIT: I should mention that I'm also a librarian, so I've been trying to get in the habit of reading more and playing less. It hasn't been easy when I primarily played games growing up, but I kinda have to break out of that habit.
Kaliesto
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I feel myself playing less these days. Got to start concentrating financially, and thinking about not being single anymore. I want to start getting my life together since it had been delayed a few times. I would say if we all lived in a Perfect World we would all probably have more time for this, but society wants our blood, and all of our time.
author=emmych
i liked being challenged when I was a kid. these days i use vidyas to chill out and forget my troubles for a few hours. GIVE ME MY EASY MODE OR GIVE ME DEATH
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Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
I believe you mean
Rose_Guardian
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I turn thirty years old this July. I actually find myself playing them more often now especially JRPGs. I actually have an old Super Nintendo, as PS1 along with the newer game systems. I play them more now, because I missed out on a lot of good JRPGs when I was a kid, because back then my grandparents raised me, and felt that I was too young to play certain JRPGs. Now that I am almost thirty years old I can play whatever JRPG I want, so I yes, I play them more now.
@ Rose_Guardian - Aw, man, if I only could be you for a couple of weeks and play some of the old classics on the SNES and PS1 for the very first time today, that would be sweet…
And, yeah, getting into RPG Maker, especially back then, probably really influenced a great deal in my slow decline in playing a lot of games myself, because it’s so incredibly satisfying to make your own.
Although I still played a great deal of games when I first got RPG Maker in the earlier years, a lot of that was probably due to some days that I couldn’t go on the computer to work on anything at certain times because we all shared the same machine back then and if someone else was already on it at the time I had to find something else to do in the meantime. And there were also times I got kicked off the bloody thing for something stupid for a week or so and sometimes for very little reason, but I digress.
RPG Maker kind of killed it a little - but I don’t really blame it that much - considering that this was just around the time that I had my first job, started working a lot and getting some extra money, had some other hobbies going on, and the gaming industry and certain trends started to change quite a bit. Still, I try to find whatever time that I can.
And, yeah, getting into RPG Maker, especially back then, probably really influenced a great deal in my slow decline in playing a lot of games myself, because it’s so incredibly satisfying to make your own.
Although I still played a great deal of games when I first got RPG Maker in the earlier years, a lot of that was probably due to some days that I couldn’t go on the computer to work on anything at certain times because we all shared the same machine back then and if someone else was already on it at the time I had to find something else to do in the meantime. And there were also times I got kicked off the bloody thing for something stupid for a week or so and sometimes for very little reason, but I digress.
RPG Maker kind of killed it a little - but I don’t really blame it that much - considering that this was just around the time that I had my first job, started working a lot and getting some extra money, had some other hobbies going on, and the gaming industry and certain trends started to change quite a bit. Still, I try to find whatever time that I can.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
I think another factor in adults playing fewer games is that your reflexes tend to peak around mid-20s. Ten years after that, I'm definitely noticing my Tetris skillz declining. :(
Heed my words, children! Your body will betray you, too! You're all DOOMED!!!
Heed my words, children! Your body will betray you, too! You're all DOOMED!!!
Na-huh! My Tetris skills have never been better at this age!
But my Dr. Mario skills could use some work...
But my Dr. Mario skills could use some work...
Tbh, I never played a lot of games even in my youth. I was only exposed to the JRPG at age 13 back in 2001 and have played precious few games since then. Ever since getting my paws in RPGMaker back in 2009, I haven't had time to play a lot of games ( apart from playing FF12 like 3-4 times and a couple of older Fire Emblem games ). I just find more joy in designing them.
orange-
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I play very little these days. I rather use the time on creating something or doing something creative. It's been a slow decline since I first found RPG Maker, but especially last couple years now I've been able to concentrate even more on creative side of things. Art, music and such...
Games are still there, but I've noticed that video games as a hobby have changed form for me. I usually only play games anymore with other people. I want more from the time I dedicate to games, so I've added a social side to it. Not like it was a conscious decision or anything but that's just how it seems to be. Also I'm watching Let's Plays more than ever before. Actually, before I didn't even understand why someone would watch game being played rather than actually play it. Made no sense to me. But these days I find it even more appealing than stressing myself out trying to finish some hellish horror game. And I guess I don't have to commit so much brain capacity when I only watch.
Oh and I'm 28 if anyone cares..
Games are still there, but I've noticed that video games as a hobby have changed form for me. I usually only play games anymore with other people. I want more from the time I dedicate to games, so I've added a social side to it. Not like it was a conscious decision or anything but that's just how it seems to be. Also I'm watching Let's Plays more than ever before. Actually, before I didn't even understand why someone would watch game being played rather than actually play it. Made no sense to me. But these days I find it even more appealing than stressing myself out trying to finish some hellish horror game. And I guess I don't have to commit so much brain capacity when I only watch.
Oh and I'm 28 if anyone cares..
I just turned (OH MY FUCKING GOD NO!) 30. Actually, even more terrifying than that is it isn't even "just" anymore. It's been a month. I don't know which is scarier, the speed at which the last month flew by or the ten years before then.
Anyway, looking at the last 10 years in retrospect (so late college and then like 8 years of post-college underemployment), I'd say that with some mild fluctuations, I have played a fairly constant amount of videogames: an average 10-30 hours a week of vidya, with occasional spikes, binges, and droughts. Sometimes I will go a month or three without playing any (console) videogames: I almost don't count my super-lo-fi coffeebreak roguelikes, for whatever reason. Then something like Fallout 4 comes out and I fall in a Fallout hole or whatever.
In a sense, I think I'm lucky to be able to play as much videogames as I do: lucky to be self employed that I don't have to work a 40 hour work week with someone else as my boss, even if I'm unlucky that I literally could not do that if I wanted to, due to my illness.
Sometimes during my one to three month periods of "I don't feel like playing videogames" I think..."what if I just lose interest in videogames" and to be honest, it kind of terrifies me. It would be like losing a major part of myself. I mean, not as defining a part of myself as if I lost interest in the other kind of RPGs, but still, a major part.
Also: echo what people have said about replaying the same old favorites over and over again.
Anyway, looking at the last 10 years in retrospect (so late college and then like 8 years of post-college underemployment), I'd say that with some mild fluctuations, I have played a fairly constant amount of videogames: an average 10-30 hours a week of vidya, with occasional spikes, binges, and droughts. Sometimes I will go a month or three without playing any (console) videogames: I almost don't count my super-lo-fi coffeebreak roguelikes, for whatever reason. Then something like Fallout 4 comes out and I fall in a Fallout hole or whatever.
In a sense, I think I'm lucky to be able to play as much videogames as I do: lucky to be self employed that I don't have to work a 40 hour work week with someone else as my boss, even if I'm unlucky that I literally could not do that if I wanted to, due to my illness.
Sometimes during my one to three month periods of "I don't feel like playing videogames" I think..."what if I just lose interest in videogames" and to be honest, it kind of terrifies me. It would be like losing a major part of myself. I mean, not as defining a part of myself as if I lost interest in the other kind of RPGs, but still, a major part.
Also: echo what people have said about replaying the same old favorites over and over again.
