Ever get bored with games?

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In general i mean, not just one. i have over 400 games right now, and i dont fell like playing any of them. it just doesnt currently interst me. i still like my games but meh, i see no need to power on my system at this time, even though i have nothing else to do. this ever happen to anyone else?
 
i will never give my games to a communist squirrel!

^^ google it its a real conspiracy theory somwhere

i never get rid of games and its only temporsy, but i have no interest to paly anything. not even 500 mame games.
 
This sometimes happen to me, but I only have like 75 games. But usually, it wears off in a day and I'm right back on. If this does happen and I don't already have games checked out from Blockbuster, then I go there.
 
i can flip through my binder of almost 200 ps1 games and nothing will seem intresting, latley ive been really picky about what i play but when i get into a game ive been playing alot...latley ive been playing phantasy star 1, culdcept and ncaa2004 with my roomates
 
Nope. My issue usually comes up when I want to start an RPG, and look at my stack of RPG's yet to start... and decide that I'd rather just pop in a fighting or other short term time investment style of game.

I love side scrolling shooters for this reason.. I can drop a half hour on it, have a feeling of accomplishment, and then be done with it.
With RPGs, a half hour dropped on it will barely get you through the intro.
 
This happens to me every once and awhile...I also have a large amount of games (close to 500) and sometimes I just don't feel like even looking at them. I think its natural to sometimes be turned off by something you do (have done) for long periods of time, even if you love that activity. Usually a couple days to a week go by and I'm back at it and enjoying myself.
 
I have that problem, I think it is a combination of burnout and knowing that once I put in a game it will often require a large time investment to get anywhere. If I can't just jump right back into a game I may not play it for a while. I have many unfinished games, but still need more variety to keep me from getting bored. Sometimes it is just a matter of not playing for a few days, a week, or more, just to refresh. Anything can get boring if done too much.
 
Ive gone months without playing any games for no good reason except they just didn't interest me.

I just went through a 'dry' period so to speak. I spent the last 2 months just collecting deals at Circuit city, BB and TRU. I just started playing again after opening Baulders Gate from the TRU buy-1-get-1 sale. Collecting and finding deals can be just as fun as playing the games.

Before that period, the last system I bought was a sega Genesis. I skipped the whole Saturn/Playstation/Dreamcast period altogether. The PS2 release fueled my interest again and I got back into games in 2001. That's almost a 10 year period without gaming.

It's just a phase. We all go through phases, different ones for an entire lifetime.
 
Ahh.. If only I was young again. Spoken like an old fogie. Back in HS I would be committed to 1 game at a time until I finished it. I'd finish games pretty efficiently.

Now, however with school and bar-hopping and more school, the only games I can really get into are short term multiplayer dealies with my housemates. I see most of my friends working in the 'real' world and they don't have time for anything, especially games. I'm not looking forward to that at all....
 
[quote name='magilacudy']Back in HS I would be committed to 1 game at a time until I finished it. I'd finish games pretty efficiently.
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That's my preferred approach, though it rarely happens since I've been on CAG. I have a number of games which I've started, but it's so hard to find time to play when there's so many other things distracting you, like college. :(
 
[quote name='evilmax17'][quote name='bmulligan']Collecting and finding deals can be just as fun as playing the games.
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*:sighs:* Same with me too >.< When I was in 7th grade and had like...5 games, I would dedicate myself to one game until I was done with it and started the next...now...it's just so hard. I probably have more games than I could finish playing a year straight...
 
[quote name='magilacudy'] I see most of my friends working in the 'real' world and they don't have time for anything, especially games. I'm not looking forward to that at all....[/quote]

Your friends are doing it all wrong.... I work in the "real" world, and in an industry that has nothing to do with video games (we can't all be defender or Spiritseed) and its great. I have money to buy games and game systems, and after work, I can do whatever I want, I never have to worry about homework. My only beef with the "real" world, is that its a lot harder to have people over for multiplayer goodness, but hey, thats why I have broadband....
 
I have a damn room filled with games and systems with some names I can't even pronounce and all I do is play the same two games for the past two months--Morrowind and Star Wars:KOTOR.

I still make it a habit to hit the pawn shops after work though.
 
For me, the problem come about when I found myself with a large stock pile of unopened games. The thought of actually playing them was to much to stand (1000's of hours ). never had this problem when I used to buy one game at a time, play that game, then buy another. I blame cheapy :wink:
 
[quote name='Strider Turbulence']I have a damn room filled with games and systems with some names I can't even pronounce and all I do is play the same two games for the past two months--Morrowind and Star Wars:KOTOR.
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I'm tempted to start a new thread requesting a cheap deal on a DVD rack/shelf/tower as my room is literally overflowing with games (that I never play). Maybe later though as I got to get to studying unfortunately :( .
 
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