Gaming fatigue?

[American Gunner]

It's good to see that I am not the only one going through this, so I am not broken haha. I will say that Bioshock is starting to get me excited again, now I just have to wait for it to show up, but the in-laws are in town until Thursday, so I would have been too busy to play it today and tomorrow anyways.

 

[purbeast0]

smackababy if you ever see me online on AE and wanna run some games feel free to send invite.

 

[jman19]

Work, social life, significant other, exercise, domestic responsibilities, etc. all take up a lot of time and are more important than gaming. I probably don't spend more than an hour or two a week playing games now which has resulted in a large backlog that I know I'll never get through... oh well.

 

[American Gunner]

Work, social life, significant other, exercise, domestic responsibilities, etc. all take up a lot of time and are more important than gaming. I probably don't spend more than an hour or two a week playing games now which has resulted in a large backlog that I know I'll never get through... oh well.

That isn't a bad thing. I go back and forth on if I should get a new console when they come out this fall, but I know I need to just wait. I want my kids to be as active as I was when I was younger, so I don't want them seeing there dad sitting on his ass all the time. They want to play baseball and always want to go to the park, so I am spending a lot more time out with them and a lot less time gaming. When I do get free time, I like reading books and watching a movie with our kids or just me and the lady, so gaming really does go on the back burner a lot.

 

[crabbyman]

Work, social life, significant other, exercise, domestic responsibilities, etc. all take up a lot of time and are more important than gaming. I probably don't spend more than an hour or two a week playing games now which has resulted in a large backlog that I know I'll never get through... oh well.

I am the same way. I would like to spend more time gaming but life has other things more pressing to me.

I remember right before my daughter was born I had a WoW addiction. I was playing for about 6 hours a night and losing sleep. I was seriously hurting my body.

I got wise after I passed out one day and I gave up WoW cold turkey.

I used to love play multiplayer games too. However, I also found they cause me a lot of undo stress and tension in my life.

Now, the only multiplayer games I play are co-op games but the last one like that I played was the small one with aliens that Steam/Valve was pushing a few years ago (Alien Swarm?).

I have even gave up on consoles altogether. Last console was the PS2.

Now I only play one player games that are on sale on Steam. Usually that means I am 3 years late to the party and usually backlogged on games. I do not have to worry about pre-teens, angry game nerds who take gaming too seriously, or having to get to a certain point to make it worth while. I just play my 30 minutes of Fallout New Vegas right now, take my shower and off to bed.

 

[American Gunner]

I am the same way. I would like to spend more time gaming but life has other things more pressing to me.

I remember right before my daughter was born I had a WoW addiction. I was playing for about 6 hours a night and losing sleep. I was seriously hurting my body.

I got wise after I passed out one day and I gave up WoW cold turkey.

I used to love play multiplayer games too. However, I also found they cause me a lot of undo stress and tension in my life.

Now, the only multiplayer games I play are co-op games but the last one like that I played was the small one with aliens that Steam/Valve was pushing a few years ago (Alien Swarm?).

I have even gave up on consoles altogether. Last console was the PS2.

Now I only play one player games that are on sale on Steam. Usually that means I am 3 years late to the party and usually backlogged on games. I do not have to worry about pre-teens, angry game nerds who take gaming too seriously, or having to get to a certain point to make it worth while. I just play my 30 minutes of Fallout New Vegas right now, take my shower and off to bed.

I also used to play WoW, and was pretty addicted. I knew it had reached a breaking point when we brought our youngest son home from the hospital and it was the first thing I did. I gave it up and never looked back. I would rather spend more time doing co-op, but a lot of my friends don't have the same taste as me in co-op games, so I usually don't have anyone to run with. But I am starting to enjoy single player games a lot more lately. Now, I usually jump into a party chat with my friends on XBL and chat with them while I play my game, and just turn down the chat volume when I go into a cut scene.

 

[ViperXX]

American gunner - Stop jerking off to gay porn while you play games and you'll recover.

 

[American Gunner]

American gunner - Stop jerking off to gay porn while you play games and you'll recover.

Thanks old man.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

With all that I play for my YT channel. The fatigue & burn out can happen. I usually try to pace myself enough so that it doesn't get too bad. Or I can do something/focus on something else while it passes.

 

[exdeath]

Burnout is caused by mindless repetition, and the player finally realizing it.

Given the state of current games, and publishers refusing to do anything other than "safe" franchises that appeal to the widest audience, we have lots of repetition, thus lots of gamer burnout.

 

[dud]

Has anyone gone through a time when no matter what good games are out, you just don't feel like playing anything? I have several games that came out recently sitting at my house, but when I turn on either my 360 or PS3, I just don't feel like playing anything and eventually end up in Netflix.

yes, especially when a loved one passes away ... which puts gaming in it's proper perspective.

Honestly, when I really need to be alone there are a very few games that I run too ...