You're getting older unfortunately. I've been watching this happen among my friends for a long while now. They all slowly grow up and leave gaming behind replacing it with other hobbies or interests. Your free time becomes more limited the older you get and the more responsibilities you aquire in life (career, spouse, children, etc.). I'm one of the last hold outs from my childhood friend group, and even I'm slowly starting to lose interest in gaming. I don't think I'll ever give it up entirely, but it definitely doesn't hold the same appeal for me that it once had.

[–] oillut@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I can ask, around how old are you and your friends? How many years do I have left Doc?

[–] Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm in my early 40's. I'm still hanging in there, and I do still enjoy gaming, just not with the same passion or levels of enjoyment I once had. Every once in a while a new game drops that will bring it back but only for a little while though.

[–] oillut@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Good to hear you can still have fun with them, even if it’s muted in comparison to before. I imagine after so long, the reused game mechanics in most stuff would start to feel stale for anyone.

Hope you get some bangers in your favorite genres soon!

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well, and video games suck now. More and more they are just becoming over-glorified skinner boxes full of micro transactions and bullshit.