My slow demise from video games/nerdy stuff

[MetalMat]

I think I have finally hit the point in my life where I am caring less and less about video games and other nerd related stuff. I used to always want to play Role playing games, computer games, card games, etc.... but lately I dont really care about this stuff anymore. It seems like the older I get the less I care.

Now all I want to do is hook up with women(and hopefully find a GF someday), play guitar, go out drinking with friends, play darts, play pool, excersise, play soccer, listen to music, etc......

When I get home the last thing on my mind if sitting around watching tv or playing video games, I always wanna go do something. I figure that I am 23 and I am still very young, and should be out there enjoying what life has to offer. There is no way I would wanna be 30 something bragging about my latest experience in Starcraft and the next episode of some Sci-Fi show ( I know too many people like this).

 

[Schadenfroh]

I think I have finally hit the point in my life where I am caring less and less about video games and other nerd related stuff.

BAN

 

[apac]

and hopefully find a GF someday

You mentioned you were 23?

 

[ironcrotch]

You have just offended 99.67% of AT.

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: apac

and hopefully find a GF someday

You mentioned you were 23?

All I have had were a bunch of flings I used to be pretty anti-social in HS too

 

[lokiju]

So I'm guessing you do all your posting from work then?

 

[neutralizer]

Yeah, I know the feeling. Games are getting boring now, I pretty much just end up talking to people or hanging out for entertainment. So I'm gonna get to where you are soon. I'm 19 BTW.

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: lokiju
So I'm guessing you do all your posting from work then?

90% are

 

[chimmytime]

Haha enjoy, then it all comes crashing back at age 27, after you've had a gf for 3 years and you need time for yourself.

So don't delete anything, you'll be enjoying the games again soon enough!

 

[dug777]

i think you need to spend sometime rediscovering why you enjoyed those games so much

 

[Monkey muppet]

I bought Half-life2 and Doom 3 during all the hype - I played about 1hr in total on both of them, then bought GTA:SA - played for 30 mins, just got bored

Used to be havily into D20 and dot system role playing, larping and the gathering cards - got bored.

I prefer to go out on my road bike, motorbike and riding other beauties (if you know what I mean)

All to do with a change of life attitudes I suppose. I prefer to go to sleep knowing that I've got all hot and sweaty, rather than with sore fingers and caffine adiction

 

[lightweight]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
I think I have finally hit the point in my life where I am caring less and less about video games and other nerd related stuff. I used to always want to play Role playing games, computer games, card games, etc.... but lately I dont really care about this stuff anymore. It seems like the older I get the less I care.

Now all I want to do is hook up with women(and hopefully find a GF someday), play guitar, go out drinking with friends, play darts, play pool, excersise, play soccer, listen to music, etc......

When I get home the last thing on my mind if sitting around watching tv or playing video games, I always wanna go do something. I figure that I am 23 and I am still very young, and should be out there enjoying what life has to offer. There is no way I would wanna be 30 something bragging about my latest experience in Starcraft and the next episode of some Sci-Fi show ( I know too many people like this).

You're just finding new things that interest you, that's all. I'm basically in the same shoes as you are, but I have slowly gotten back into playing games. Games are still fun for me, but there are more options available for things to do, which is a good thing.

 

[rgwalt]

I go through phases, and I'm sure you are experiencing the same thing right now. Don't delete or sell your stuff as you never know when the bug will strike.

R

 

[Martin]

I know the feeling exactly. I haven't been able to play a full game in years. I got GTA:SA, but stopped playing after finishing like 4% of it. When I brought my last comp, I just went to the store and picked up stuff on the spot, when I was really into comps, I would plan the purchase months ahead..oh lord...

The only problem is, doing stuff IRL costs a lot more than downloading games or fiddling with apps. :-/

girls, alcohol, hobbies..hell, after the muchies are satisfied, even weed is expensive

 

[rudder]

Doing stuff like drinking and hooking up with women is overrated. I would much rather sit at home geting OSx to work on my 486 or boot linux on my cell phone. But that is just me.

 

[revnja]

I'll always be a nerd at heart -- but I seemed to have outgrown games quite a few years ago, and I'm 19. They don't seem to hold my interest the way they once did. I can still sit down and play the classics (NES, SNES stuff) which is always nice. I'm in the same boat as you, kind of. I'm still a technology-loving nerd and probably always will be, but tastes change. You're just finding more things to 'get into', so don't feel bad. You're just expanding your horizons!

 

[HardcoreRobot]

to each his own

 

[RedRooster]

Originally posted by: chimmytime
Haha enjoy, then it all comes crashing back at age 27, after you've had a gf for 3 years and you need time for yourself.

So don't delete anything, you'll be enjoying the games again soon enough!

Bingo!
I'm playing more XBox now that I'm married than I ever played video games before. I'm 27 now.
I'm far from a nerd, but it's nice having an hour or two in the evening to yourself sometime after a hard day's work.

 

[purbeast0]

i play games often still. i'm 23 and have a serious GF of about 3 years. i see her pretty much every day but we don't live together. she stays over probably 5 days a week or even more. i play games when i'm on my own mostly, but i play sometimes if she's over but is on the computer or something. i really don't play games as much anymore. i still play halo 2 probably 4 times a week on xbox live, but thats pretty much the only game i play. i just hooked up my SNES again and have bee nplaying mario kart again.

i also have gotten back into golf and am trying to play once a week as of now and go to the range once a week or so. i also workout 3-4 times a week after work, so i really am out from 8:30am to 7:30pm 3 days a week after the gym.

i try to stay busy too, but i still look forward to kicking back on my couch and puttin on my 50" DLP and watching some HDTV or some movies w/my 5.1 sound. and my GF loves movies as well so it makes it even better.

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: adambooth
I'll always be a nerd at heart -- but I seemed to have outgrown games quite a few years ago, and I'm 19. They don't seem to hold my interest the way they once did. I can still sit down and play the classics (NES, SNES stuff) which is always nice. I'm in the same boat as you, kind of. I'm still a technology-loving nerd and probably always will be, but tastes change. You're just finding more things to 'get into', so don't feel bad. You're just expanding your horizons!

Yeah same here. I will never deny that I am not a nerd, I am one at heart. However seeing a bunch of overweight people in their early 30's arguing over some dumb@$$ sci-fi show while working dead end jobs makes me sick. I also dont like how my roomate does nothing but stay home and watch tv, to each his own but I really wish he would want to go out more.

 

[Siva]

I had the same thing happen as soon as I went away to college. Now that I'm working I'm playing video games again, in fact my girlfriend just got me a gamecube I get too tired to go out late when I have to wake up every morning at 6am so video games help fill the void when all my friends would be out till 2 and I don't feel like sleeping through work. However most weekends I touch neither a video game or a computer because I have other stuff to do, and when I happen to go out on a weeknight its the same.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: Monkey muppet
I prefer to go to sleep knowing that I've got all hot and sweaty, rather than with sore fingers and caffine adiction

Too easy.

 

[mitmot]

im 21 and feel the same way, games are just boring and i'd rather go out and do something (or someone ) nowadays working a 9-5 job, you get home, eat dinner, and there's barely any time to do anything

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: mitmot
im 21 and feel the same way, games are just boring and i'd rather go out and do something (or someone ) nowadays working a 9-5 job, you get home, eat dinner, and there's barely any time to do anything

That's my summer. After work, I just plop down and play a little bit of xbox. It gets boring after a while. I already finished Crimson Skies this summer, but a few more friends are back in town, so I'm gonna go hang out with them. Movie and dinner tonight .

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: mitmot
im 21 and feel the same way, games are just boring and i'd rather go out and do something (or someone ) nowadays working a 9-5 job, you get home, eat dinner, and there's barely any time to do anything

What time do you have to wake up? I usually get only 6 hours of sleep max at night, usually 4-5