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Do people grow out of video games?
- Thread starter Spunky Monkey
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Not psychologically as stated in the OP, but games tend to be a pretty big time commitment. RPGs were always my favourite genre, but with my family taking up more and more of my time, I feel like it's kinda pointless to start one up. Especially one a decent story to follow and choices to make. Watching a couple of 40min TV shows every week is a lot easier than playing a 100 hour game every few months.
I still play games though. Mobile games mostly.
I still play games though. Mobile games mostly.
To put it in the words of Henry Howard ("The Tudors"):
"You play very well, Mr. Leigh. Always the sign of a wasted life."
That being said, I'm 34 years old, married and play games much more thoroughly than 10 years ago. The PS3 is by far the platform I spent most of my time with in my personal history as a player.
"You play very well, Mr. Leigh. Always the sign of a wasted life."
That being said, I'm 34 years old, married and play games much more thoroughly than 10 years ago. The PS3 is by far the platform I spent most of my time with in my personal history as a player.
And some have Nintendo grow into them.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Damn those monsters!
REMEMBER CITADEL
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Grow out, no. Grow tired, yes.
I have a lot of friends that have grown out of video games. Some of these guys I've known since we were in the first grade. We were all hardcore into games then and as time went on they just started falling out of it. I never did.
It sounds weird but when that happened I suddenly had a whole lot less to talk about with those guys. They're still some of my best friends and we have good times together, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss having fellow game pals around.
It sounds weird but when that happened I suddenly had a whole lot less to talk about with those guys. They're still some of my best friends and we have good times together, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss having fellow game pals around.
Mr_Appleby
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seems appropriate thread to post this fairly ridiculous article: http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life/blogs/citykat/the-games-we-play-20120313-1uye0.html
basically same as the other comment: why can't gamers grow up and do mature things like going out drinking.
i've gone in and out of gaming, (mostly in
) but my most recent return was a few years ago at the beginning of this generation. i'd spent the last 7 years going out 3-4 nights a week at least, drinking and socialising and shmoozing, travelled the world doing the same thing and when i got back home not only was i broke, but i was thoroughly sick of going out. playing games was something i could do that not only was cheaper and less liver/brain destroying, but engaged my brain in more ways than just watching a movie.
It renewed my interest in programming and is directly responsible for me jumping schools from an honours in english lit. (i did finish it first) to a masters in computer science - through which i've met lots of cool people i wouldn't have otherwise.
In the end it's a stupid argument she makes in the above article since it implies the two things are mutually exclusive. i somehow spent two thirds of this weekend getting plastered with friends, and the rest of it playing Dark Souls while my gf watched Boardwalk Empire. Impossible!
basically same as the other comment: why can't gamers grow up and do mature things like going out drinking.
i've gone in and out of gaming, (mostly in
) but my most recent return was a few years ago at the beginning of this generation. i'd spent the last 7 years going out 3-4 nights a week at least, drinking and socialising and shmoozing, travelled the world doing the same thing and when i got back home not only was i broke, but i was thoroughly sick of going out. playing games was something i could do that not only was cheaper and less liver/brain destroying, but engaged my brain in more ways than just watching a movie.It renewed my interest in programming and is directly responsible for me jumping schools from an honours in english lit. (i did finish it first) to a masters in computer science - through which i've met lots of cool people i wouldn't have otherwise.
In the end it's a stupid argument she makes in the above article since it implies the two things are mutually exclusive. i somehow spent two thirds of this weekend getting plastered with friends, and the rest of it playing Dark Souls while my gf watched Boardwalk Empire. Impossible!
José Mourinho
cocknose
I haven't turned my 360 on or played a PC game in 2 months. The next games I plan to get will be RE6, BioShock: Infinite and GTA IV. I still like games and I still have the time for them, I just don't bother with them as much. I'm sure I'll always play the titles that interest me. I just know the older I get the less I can be bothered with them. I'm 23 for what it's worth.
zerokoolpsx
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Its another form of entertainment. They may play different genres now than which they started with and play less. If people really did, publishers would have to constantly target the younger audience as the older one quits which is not the case. Whoever said that comment figures games are only for kids. That last part of the quote is just ignorance.
Sidewinder
Member
I'd rather have people grow out of douchebagery than videogames.
But that's never gonna happen.
But that's never gonna happen.
The Anti-Monitor
Banned
And yet, somehow, older people play Nintendo almost exclusively.
Barrel Cannon
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This mainly. The little free time means I have, I spend on doing more important things. The irony of it all is that I'm buying way more games now than I did as a kid but play them less and less.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
do you grow out of movies or books?
teruterubozu
Member
Does Solitaire, 30 seconds of Angry Birds or a round of Wii bowling w/the grandkids count?
Of course most people play SOMETHING digitally on screen every now and then.
Of course most people play SOMETHING digitally on screen every now and then.
Depends on what you mean by "grow out of," though. If a successful businessman loses his taste for golf and starts spending his leisure time on yachting instead, did he grow out of golf?
Sapphire Dreams
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Do you grow out of watching movies or reading books?
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Seraphinianus
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Sometimes video games grow out of people
POWERSPHERE
Member
Ban this fool.
No, but your taste evolve. It's amazing being around at the start of something that'll be around forever. That's only just hitting me that I played the first home consoles, the first arcade games... It'll be some "when I was a kid" shit in 30 years that'll sound weird as hell. Even with skateboarding, hip hop, punk... All of that stuff happened for me as a kid. That's awesome.
So for me, i'll never enjoy a Zelda like OoT, but Mario games become more fun. I'll never play a Fable / Skyrim / Timesink game again, unless it's some special shit. But i'll game forever, it's just we're the first generation to EVER age with gaming, so we'll be the first OLD gamers. That's pretty rad. Hey Jeff Green, how does it feel? Jowx
POWERSPHERE
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He feasts on the dying souls of children. Be careful.
we.are.the.armada
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Ignorant, generic quotes such as that could be coming from someone that is insecure about their own maturity or someone close to them. Damn, it is hard to articulate in words how stupid this is.
Sounds like someone got neglected because they weren't attractive or interesting enough. Oh lets blame the symptom. Just like any other forms of entertainment, games can be a form of escapism. If someone plays too much games, they may be trying to escape you.
His body is ready. Is yours?
matrix-cat
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Count me in the 'tastes evolve' crowd. I can't play three or four hours of GTA Vice City every single day anymore, but I can still put thirty-something hours into Mass Effect 3 over a week. I'm no longer excited about just playing a game, but I can still pump hours and hours into the specific games I like.
Zapperkhan
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Depends on how you defined "growing out of" in the article really. You can grow out of anything.
FreeChicken
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Maybe during my university days I did not game as often as I had previously due to the myriad of social distractions on offer but since graduation and becoming a productive member of society my free time has mainly been taken up by gaming, that was 7 years ago now and shows no signs of relenting. Maybe I am a man child but maybe it is just the form of entertainment I get the most enjoyment out of.
To the comment saying it is a "waste of a life", I just don't see what about gaming qualifies as more of a waste of a life than going out drinking, watching a movie, listening to music or whatever else. Yes you are left with no end product but that is not the point of gaming! It is the pleasure you derive from the experience just like any other past time of that ilk.
To the comment saying it is a "waste of a life", I just don't see what about gaming qualifies as more of a waste of a life than going out drinking, watching a movie, listening to music or whatever else. Yes you are left with no end product but that is not the point of gaming! It is the pleasure you derive from the experience just like any other past time of that ilk.
Just watch some E3 coverage in June.
Looking from the cusp of this as I feel I am, I think there is something of a dearth of new mature content outside of strategy gaming on PC. The only thing that can really entice me now is looking through the old golden-era PC classics on GoG.
This is coming from my own p.o.v. that I don't consider anything where you aim and pew pew pew at people as remotely mature.
This is coming from my own p.o.v. that I don't consider anything where you aim and pew pew pew at people as remotely mature.
Always-honest
Banned
it would be a shame if you spend all of your life just playing videogames imo (there is so much more to enjoy).
But ofcourse that's entirely up to the person to decide.
Videogames are one type of entertainment i enjoy. Like movies, music, tv shows, playing guitar, drawing, etc.
Some people think you need to be a certain way when you get older.
And they think everybody should act that certain way when they get older.
Fuck those people. When you loose your playfulness spirit, you die.
But ofcourse that's entirely up to the person to decide.
Videogames are one type of entertainment i enjoy. Like movies, music, tv shows, playing guitar, drawing, etc.
Some people think you need to be a certain way when you get older.
And they think everybody should act that certain way when they get older.
Fuck those people. When you loose your playfulness spirit, you die.
I wax and wane on videogames depending on what else I have going on, but to actually "grow out of it," eh, really it's just like any other hobby a person starts. Something like model cars or legos, used to be all about them as a kid, but don't mess around with them anymore and other people still do. It's not about growing up or not, its just about what you do in free time for fun. I hardly ever play basketball anymore. I wonder if someone would try to relate that to maturity/growing up too? Or how about having a favorite sports team to root for? Is that juvenile and a "waste of time" too?
Typographenia
Member
Good to know everyone making games are kids. It would be a shame to know that grown-adults were actually spending time playing, let alone making, video games.
No, of course it's not something you "grow out of." It's a hobby, like anything else, and it holds interest for the individual as long as they allow it to. If it no longer interests someone, they'll drop it, but it's not because of getting older. Until games become the equivalent of pulling on a girl's pigtails, I don't think it can be considered something you grow out of.
No, of course it's not something you "grow out of." It's a hobby, like anything else, and it holds interest for the individual as long as they allow it to. If it no longer interests someone, they'll drop it, but it's not because of getting older. Until games become the equivalent of pulling on a girl's pigtails, I don't think it can be considered something you grow out of.
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I want to know the hobbies of whoever said that.
