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Gaming is dying for me, it's trully fizzling out. It's not that I don't enjoy it anymore, and it's not even that I don't have time for it. I think the answer lies in the fact I don't abuse gaming and use it as my form of escapism anymore. Now I've turned to writing, filming and my mind for that. What then becomes of the games? The world which in all honestly brought me up through the rough as I tried to ignore the pain that I had everything else reminding me of.
I'm trying. Immediately after I finish writing this I shall go and pick up Prince of Persia and enjoy. Try to enjoy. It's a superb game, but I find myself distracted by pretty things flying past my window. Even if they aren't actually there.
I'll blame this bout and topic on depression and insomnia. I haven't slept since Saturday and I'm becoming very weird. I'm living on Mountain Dew!
Anyways - my question! Do you ever just hate gaming?
I recently got Hitman 2 and am enjoying it immensely but it's not the all-consuming enjoyment that I got when I first got Super Mario World. Games appeal doesn't last very long for me now, I just get bored of it.
I hadn't touched my GC for 6 months until I got Hitman 2. Instead I was (infrequently) playing Syndicate, Streetfighter or Super Mario World on my SNES.
I think Dan hit the nail on the head, we're simply moving on from gaming.
Shame really...
> You can't beat 8 hour sessions of new games...
Three hours in bed with Rachel Stevens?
;)
Some of the later ones were quite hard, which is why i enjoyed them - i knew I could do it, but it just wasn't letting me.
Like a Donky with a Carrot dangling on a string in front of it, the goal was always just one step away from me.
Same thing for Tony Hawks.
I like attainably hard things.