Interesting. I was reading this thread and found some similarities between my own experience and that from other people here. To keep things short, I played video games all my life, but began to drift away at my late teens ( the same with novels and fiction). Back then I was involved with various ideological groups, a political party, wanderlust, too litle time at home, etc. I was playing very rarely and would stay months without even touching a controller. By me mid 20´s I was slowly returning to game more often and then when I had my first real relationship it turned into something very present in my everyday life (also returned to literature). It helped relaxing and keeping my head out of work when I needed, and begun to turn into a hobby, even my girl became addicted. When our relationship ended I was in such restlessness that I barely stopped at home. For some months, I driftet away from all my real tastes. Then, when I calmed down, all was back to normal. Nowadays I have several friends that are into gaming, I learned how to manage my time, make money, partying, etc. I no longer care about politics or ideologies (especially politics and ideas that dind´t come from my own thought processes). Now it´s all about fun. Looking back, every time a stayed away from my hobbies it was due to lack of stability. Has many users here have said, it has nothing to do with, maturity or age, but more with a change in tastes. Best wishes to your new endeavours.
