• Broken_Monitor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    3 个月前

    Finding time for them has become more difficult. The kids dont typically play great games. Its fun to play some things with them but by the 3rd lego game I was done, its so repetitive. I keep playing stuff like that to entertain them, not really to entertain me. Playing more adult games requires setting up a separate space or waiting for kiddos to be in bed, and man I’m too old to stay up so late. I still enjoy them and haven’t grown out of them completely, but in a sense I sort of have just because of competing responsibilities that win the fight for my time.

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      3 个月前

      Fucking REAL. My library continues to grow and my time continues to shrink. Damn the Steam sales

    • Anomaly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      3 个月前

      I feel this, I have a Steam Deck that allows me 30 minutes to an hour of play at a time with the ability to pause and resume games when other responsibilities come up. This allows me the separate space but I can always plug it back in to the TV and play with my children. Of course I play mostly single player games these days so it’s not a fit for online multiplayer games.

    • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 个月前

      When all the kids are outta the house and you have an empty nest, only then do you find the time.

      • peopleproblems@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        3 个月前

        I tell my son I don’t let him play Roblox because of all the exploitive stuff around Robux

        But the truth it calling those things Games is cancer, and we have to stop cancer before it spreads.

    • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      3 个月前

      Yeah. I set up the PS5 next to my work station at home and am on my fourth play through of Cyberpunk. I often play between or even during boring meetings.

    • jettrscga@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      3 个月前

      It’s gotten harder to find games that don’t feel repetitive or similar to other games I’ve played. I think that’s part of the joy of gaming for kids - it’s all new experiences.

      I find myself appreciating unique indie games now, especially if they don’t try to consume all my time. I don’t get much out of a 100hr open world game where I have to collect 500 keys since I already did that in so many other games.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        Another thing to do is just go back and look at older games. A lot of them fell through the cracks over the years. Like Arcanum: Of steamworks and magic only problem is half the forum posts are in polish or written cyrillic and the best guide is an ancient ass website I need to archieve.

  • hperrin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 个月前

    There are certain video games that I feel like I’ve outgrown, but I will never outgrow video games as a whole. That’s like saying you’ll outgrow movies.

    • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
      3·
      3 个月前

      I wouldn’t say that. At some point, you may just lose interest. I used to be playing all day, but during my 20s interest faded and now in my 30s, I maybe play some old games for a few hours here and there, but more for nostalgia. If I couldn’t play any games anymore, I wouldn’t say I would be terribly sad.

      Maybe it’s different for you. People are different, after all.

    • Thorry84@feddit.nlEnglish
      14·
      3 个月前

      I think I may be have outgrown movies, it’s that or almost all of the movies in the past 5 years have been total crap.

      Hmmm nah I don’t think I’ve outgrown movies, I think it’s the total crap thing.

  • OttoVonNoob@lemmy.caEnglish
    101·
    3 个月前

    I had thought about this today. When I was young, I would endlessly draw pictures for my future games. My parents pushed me into a different career path. Now I’m 34, have a child and coding my first game as a hobby. Video games are the media of my generation.

  • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    3 个月前

    I’m in my 40’s. The dad of one of my childhood friends is in his 60’s. He (the dad) grew up playing arcade games. He’s not just still playing them, that man and his boomer disposable income has had like every console that’s ever been made. He passes previous Gen consoles on to families in his community that he knows have little income when the next Gen comes out.

    He’s not just still playing games, he’s promoting them for the people least likely to be able to play

  • LordCrom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    3 个月前

    I’ve been a gamer since the 70s. Started with pong, Atari 2600, Atari 800 with basic… Compute magazine where games weren’t included on media, it was 5 pages of code you had to type in to play the game …

    I keep telling young people the reason you have these awesome titles today is because of my generation playing fucking pac man.

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      3 个月前

      I love hearing about the development of the old arcade games. It was truly the wild west. Uncharted territory.

      I grew up playing a lot of them on my dad’s Atari 2600, early DOS ports, and whatever arcade cabinets were still around through the 90s.

  • LordKitsuna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 个月前

    I mean I definitely play them a lot less, even when I find myself with some time it’s difficult to get invested when I know I won’t have more time going forward. But I do still play them, and I do still love them. Card games board games video games they are still a ton of fun with friends I just don’t have the ability to dedicate entire days to them anymore

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      I definitely play them a lot less, even when I find myself with some time it’s difficult to get invested when I know I won’t have more time going forward.

      This is it. I have less time now as a working adult to play games, and I am single with no responsibility to a partner or kids. Heck, I also find few times to read books and I have a book from library due soon to return. I am a bit traditional with wanting to read books but I might try audiobook at some point.

    • summerof69@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      I find myself with some time it’s difficult to get invested when I know I won’t have more time going forward.

      I feel the same sometimes. I’m so disappointed with games like God of War and Doom. Between my gaming sessions, I forget how their talents and upgrades systems work, and generally I have no interest in them. Nowadays everything wants to be an RPG, and throw as many mechanics at their players as possible. But I just want to have some fun after work, not obtain a PhD in game design.

      • Vipsu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        Returning to a game you’ve left unfinished or just havent played in a long while can really feel like leaving ones comfort zone. Funny thing though is that its often a lot easier than one might think once you actually gather enough motivation to sit down to it.

        When it comes to light rpg mechanics, those are usually designed so that you can’t really go wrong with them. They’re more of a problem when you’re a “minmaxer” looking to “optimize fun out of the game” as then it’s really easy to start overthinking about these things.

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    Can confirm! My daughter is getting pretty good at video games and our video game time together is some of my fondest.

    Any parents looking for a good co-op game, I can’t recommend Wobbly Life enough. It’s basically kid-friendly, multiplayer GTA with zero predatory mechanics. It’s a flat $15, and goes on sale sometimes. There’s loads of content, and more coming out pretty regularly. We’re 55 hours in and nowhere near exhausting the fun.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    Closest I’ve come to this is how I’ve overplayed the few games I’ve been playing recently and it’s started to become boring because of it. Though, I think I’ve ended up addicted enough to where I couldn’t fully quit games as a hobby, even if I wanted.

  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    “Game developers will change games from things you buy to things you rent and lock you out if they feel like it.”

  • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    3 个月前

    I and all my adult children play computer games. I started playing when I was about 6. This graphic is me.

    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      3 个月前

      Im sure hell has vidya games, I’m betting on it.

      Satan bro would not leave it’s subjects in agony (that’s just propaganda). And no video games is just that.

      Can’t wait to play Doom in hell! (perhaps multiplayer)