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.
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.
The kids dont typically play great games
Fucking Roblox
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.
Fucking REAL. My library continues to grow and my time continues to shrink. Damn the Steam sales
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.
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.
When all the kids are outta the house and you have an empty nest, only then do you find the time.
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.
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.
That’s like saying you’ll outgrow movies.
I'm stealing this
Yeah this is a good one.
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.
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.
Well I’m 53 and my wife is 56 and it hasn’t happened to us yet.
I'm 47 and I did.
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
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.
Congrats! And best of luck on your new projects - both child and game. 👍 ( kidding of course, a child is not merely a "project") 😜
Is programming your profession?
I've always thought it would be a fun hobby project, but I know I'd have to learn everything from scratch
It's a hobby, honestly I would have never tries but my friend convinced me to just try it. I used the free Gscript starter app and KidsCanCode. Both are excellent resources that are designed to teach basics. Both are free as well and many months later im figuring it out as I go.
https://www.gdquest.com/news/2022/12/learn-gdscript-app/ Best place to start friend.
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.
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.
Maybe one day. But that day is not today.
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
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.
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.
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.
Audiobooks are a game changer for a time-strapped reader
"You will be to exhausted from being exploited at work to pursue your passions." Is another option here.
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.
yea what if your kids enjoy games that you really find stupid?
Fortnite Battle pass! Dances uncontrollably
That's a grudgen'.
Mid-30s here, fortnite is fun, you should try it
Or what if they prefer things other than playing video games? My buddy's sons really aren't into video games and he's one of those dudes who budgets to buy new games.
Let them play them! My son has changed games many times. Sometimes he gets me into something I didn't like at first but I end up liking because we game together.
They probably will, but I'll enjoy that they're enjoying them. I probably spent a long time on some dumb games when I was a kid too.
Politely but firmly introduce them to better ones :)
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.
It's not a phase, dad!
In my funeral pyre...maybe
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)
"Game developers will change games from things you buy to things you rent and lock you out if they feel like it."
Personally I feel that games are just one form of entertainment among many, it's not all that uncommon for people to have points in their life where binging tv-series or reading books can feel more novel and interesting. It's also possible that one finds a new hobby or interest that develops in to a obsession taking most of the free time with it.
Sure as an adult you'll have more responsibilities and less free time to play but I feel that at least for millenials and zoomers gaming in some form or another will persist throught our lives. For some it may be few hours a day, for others it may be few hours a month but it'll still feel good to pick up that new/old title and have some fun.
Art is essential to the human experience.
Just because we like a newer kind of art doesn't change anything about that
I and all my adult children play computer games. I started playing when I was about 6. This graphic is me.
