Just give 2014 a chance

It's the same here for me amigo. I think it's partially due to me moving on into an elderly gamer, I analyze things more, am more clear cut about my tastes and know exactly what I'm looking for. And, as of late, there's been none of that whatsoever. My friends list used to be active years ago, and I had a regular group of people I said hello to every day, and we all played the same game together. Over the years we broke off as new games came out that split us up, and eventually most of them disappeared. One went off to university, two became big-time druggies, one is missing because he got the One and me and all the others didn't, and one had a paradigm shift and up and sold his xbox on the spot. That currently leaves one of the older ones I've been around with for a few years, and one that I met a few months ago. Of the friends list I used to have, maybe around 43, I removed a massive chunk of people because I knew in my heart they would never come back on again, and my list went down to 15 people. Of these 15 people, I talk and spend time with around 4 of them. As for the others, these are people that are still on, in decreasing time spans, that I stop buy to say hello once every blue moon, and that I can't bear to remove. 4 people. 4 god damn people. And, with things so different now than they were just a few years ago, I can't throw myself into matchmaking, join a customs game with some dude I played with in a match and become friends and meet other people, because A) Everybody is in a god damn party, and B) As far as I can tell the old timers left, leaving us with the current entitlment generation. I bought my games, and I bought them for the right reasons. These games can last me a long time. But in terms of social interactions, I'm god damn lonely. And there's not much I can do about it. I think gaming will always be in me, albeit varying degrees in my life as things change and become more a priority, it will always be there. I remember every friend I ever had on LIVE, and I remember everyone that passed on that I lost, the feeling of knowing that I won't likely ever hear from them. It really does pain me to think, that after all this time, out of all those people, I'll be the last man standing.

It's probably not because you're growing up. Games are for everyone. It's because we're at a stagnation point. The modern military shooter formula has become rampant, and in turn caused many popular series to become easy and "accessible". This isn't just for shooters, though. I don't remember the last real challenge I had in a game, save for moments in the Arkham series.

OP edited for the next person who says 'gaming is for all ages'.

Strange. I'm having the exact opposite reaction to gaming. Hmm...

Well, I am not growing out of gaming yet. I am going to play games my whole life. It just keeps getting better and better. But recently I feel so.. tired of everything. I also love to draw and create comics. But recently I am just like "Nah.. why bother?" I just feel like doing nothing because it is either boring or there is no point in it. Then I just want to sleep.

Nice blog. Seriously though, I'd get pretty bored of video games as well if I was as bad as you are.

Eh, tastes definitely change as you grow. I for one have all but grown out of multiplayer gaming and can only find enjoyment playing singleplayer RPGs on my PS3, whereas I used to be an addict to competitive online PC shooters.

Everything changes, nothing dies.

[quote] Maybe I'm growing up.[/quote] I hate when people say that 'cause it implies the kinds of fallacious ideas that one isn't truly "grown up" simply 'cause they play video games. Anyway, try some different genres, that might help. I too am pretty bored of gaming (doesn't help that my buddies essentially ditched me) so I'm trying to slowly get back into playing fighting and racing games more since I hardly play them.

Yeah I agree I play Halo 4 but it's boring when its just by yourself

I'm with OP. I don't know if it's the lack of releases, the transition into next gen, or the shitty titles of recent (GTAV, Bioshock Infinite) but I'm spending less and less time playing games.

I thought I was getting bored of gaming, then I started playing Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. I just needed a serious challenge.

I've been tied down by work, family, repairs and yadda blah blah.. it's actually made my obsession for gaming worse to the point I almost want to steer a career in that direction.

Meh. Was feeling the same way the last couple of years. Skyrim was about the only game I played consistently. Was kinda just bored with gaming in general. Ended up trying some new platforms/series this year and all was right with the world. I've got a pretty deep backlog now (rocking some Wind Waker HD at the moment). Plenty of games I'm look forward to in 2014. Almost too many really. Sometimes ya just need to switch things up. Change of pace and all that. Variety is nice...if a bit expensive. Or like others said take a break. The games aren't going anywhere and will only get cheaper. At the end of the day though its just a hobby. If there's games I want to play then cool. If there isn't, well then there's plenty of other things to spend my time on. Vidya gaems have their good and bad years, but I doubt I'll ever 'grow out' of them (or would want to).