| SamuelRSmith said: I don't think I've played a video game in 4 or 5 months, and I don't see myself playing them again for quite some time (I'm moving to Hong Kong tomorrow, for a year, so I'll definitely be too busy). But, really, I see gaming as a (sigh) waste of time. For the record, I watch maybe 2 or 3 movies a year, and watch very little TV. I dislike saying that, because I do remember really enjoying games when I used to play them... but if I switch on a console, or something, now, I just think to myself "There's a million and one things I could be doing, and I've chosen this". I never found games particularly relaxing, either. I found them fun, exciting, frustrating, and adrenaline boosting, but these things are the opposite to relaxation. Although I must admit, there was something particularly soothing about just riding around the planes in Red Dead Redemption. Anyway, that's my experience. Anybody else found themselves going off video games? For similar reasons? I don't know if it's just a part of "growing up", or whether I'm just too obsessed with "knowledge" (I can't even read fiction, anymore, I see that as a waste of time... and that includes the "News" |
)I think it all has to do with how you manage your time. Some nights I play video games, sometimes I don't. I like to read as well, and like you, I have given up reading fiction. I used to buy Star Wars novels, but eventually I found them to be poorly written/rushed books that made it onto the New York Times Best Sellers list because they had the Star Wars name and characters attached. However, I love history. So, I frequently buy history books from all periods of time (Ancient, Medieval, European, US, WWI, WWII, etc.) and I keep one book in my car at all times and read for half an hour a day on my lunch break at work. I read it till it's done and then I replace it with the next book. Sometimes I read at home too. I do watch TV and movies, but I also quench my thirst for knowledge with a good documentary. I used to buy them to compensate for not being interested in much of what is on the History Channel, but now I have Netflix and that gives me access to a choice of a ton of documentaries. I don't go out to the movies as much as I used to, but those more a financial consideration than anything else. Sure, you can always think of a better way to spend your time than what you are doing at that moment. It's one of the reasons why I have gone away from buying re-iterations of the same Football or Wrestling game year in and year out with little more than a different numbered year at the end of the title in favor of playing more fulfilling genres of games. But, like I said from the start, it's all about managing your time according to your mood. I like all the other things I do besides gaming, but I also greatly enjoy playing video games as well, and that's something I haven't grown out of.
