So, I'm in my mid-thirties and I'm starting to realize that the more time passes, the more I'm abandoning video games. Recently (for 5-6 months) I have been exploring board gaming and starting my collection, and I'm enjoying collecting them and playing them more than any video game I bought in the last 2-3 years. For example in the last 5-6 months I played vampyr (and I was a huge fan of western rpgs) and RDR2, couldn't get to finish them. RDR2 especially, bored the hell out of me. Instead played the hell out of legacy of dragonholt (a heavy-narrative board game; more of a choose-your-own adventure game book) in the last 3-4 weeks.
But it's not just those two video games above; many others I just buy them, play for 1 hour or two and then can't play them anymore because getting bored and end up in the backlog. Even this whole digital only trend is taking its toll (whcih is the only way on pc but slowly creeping in also on consoles), having the boxes was a huge part of the hobby. I still have whole shelves of the old pc games, gameboy, nes and ps1-ps2-ps3 games. Now that I'm slowly getting sucked into board gaming, I like having these huge board game boxes on my shelves (I bought one shelf just for them and probably will buy more in the next few months); even just looking at them they are pretty nice.
The only video games I'm playing (and not even that much) is mini retro consoles (like nes, snes and even ps classic), and old retro wrpg (morrowind/bg2 mostly for a memory trip because I have some specific dear memories attached to them) and that's it.
Instead I spent my last 5-6 months playing the hell out of board games (legacy of dragonholt, fallout, eldritch horror). It must be because now I work 5 days out of 7 in front of a pc, and thus maybe I need more analog experiences when I'm relaxing.
It's probably also some kind of rose-tinted nostalgia for older-style gaming as I get older with age. And right now the "game" I'm most excited is the board game tainted grail, which I kickstarted. Even just having these large board game boxes gives me more satisfaction than playing video games. I just don't like most of the new games and video gaming trends that are being released.
So has anyone else slowly giving up gaming in favour of board gaming or other more "analog"/off-line experiences as they get older (over 30+)? I'm seriously starting to think of abandoning modern videogames and just play retro consoles and especially board games. Has anyone else gone through a gaming "crisis" and slowly giving up on this hobby in favour of others? In my case it's board gaming with physical components and to get more analog/off-line experiences, but for others it could be something else.
I never thought I would become like my parents, when they complained for the closure of blockbuster and simiar video-renting saying online doesn't have the same experience, but here I am yelling as an old man towards "progress" and going for more off-line experiences. What about you? Anyone else in a similar situation? So giving up video gaming as a hobby for other more off-line experiences?
But it's not just those two video games above; many others I just buy them, play for 1 hour or two and then can't play them anymore because getting bored and end up in the backlog. Even this whole digital only trend is taking its toll (whcih is the only way on pc but slowly creeping in also on consoles), having the boxes was a huge part of the hobby. I still have whole shelves of the old pc games, gameboy, nes and ps1-ps2-ps3 games. Now that I'm slowly getting sucked into board gaming, I like having these huge board game boxes on my shelves (I bought one shelf just for them and probably will buy more in the next few months); even just looking at them they are pretty nice.
The only video games I'm playing (and not even that much) is mini retro consoles (like nes, snes and even ps classic), and old retro wrpg (morrowind/bg2 mostly for a memory trip because I have some specific dear memories attached to them) and that's it.
Instead I spent my last 5-6 months playing the hell out of board games (legacy of dragonholt, fallout, eldritch horror). It must be because now I work 5 days out of 7 in front of a pc, and thus maybe I need more analog experiences when I'm relaxing.
It's probably also some kind of rose-tinted nostalgia for older-style gaming as I get older with age. And right now the "game" I'm most excited is the board game tainted grail, which I kickstarted. Even just having these large board game boxes gives me more satisfaction than playing video games. I just don't like most of the new games and video gaming trends that are being released.
So has anyone else slowly giving up gaming in favour of board gaming or other more "analog"/off-line experiences as they get older (over 30+)? I'm seriously starting to think of abandoning modern videogames and just play retro consoles and especially board games. Has anyone else gone through a gaming "crisis" and slowly giving up on this hobby in favour of others? In my case it's board gaming with physical components and to get more analog/off-line experiences, but for others it could be something else.
I never thought I would become like my parents, when they complained for the closure of blockbuster and simiar video-renting saying online doesn't have the same experience, but here I am yelling as an old man towards "progress" and going for more off-line experiences. What about you? Anyone else in a similar situation? So giving up video gaming as a hobby for other more off-line experiences?
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