I think I'm growing out of gaming. (Or rather, getting bored of it.) Perhaps it's just a bland patch in my beloved hobby, the inter-generational lull that I last time filled with fighting Tartarus over and over, but I seem to be getting increasingly bored with my games. I no longer have a regular friend group to play with, and indeed all the gang from back in the day between 7 and 3 years ago has either moved on to Steam and/or PSN and/or real life, so that's had a big impact on my enjoyment levels and activity in recent years. I usually spam H4 multiplayer, and whilst that is damn good fun (now's not the time, haters), I can't do it forever. So I've been revisiting old friends from years ago, such as Peggle, Ms. 'Splosion Man and BioShock 2. Even then, the novelty or thrill soon wears off. What am I doing instead? I'm not entirely sure. It's not like I'm being any more sociable than usual right now. I have been on Youtube and Netflix and such more. Christmas has been a big occupant (?) of my time lately. I've been having a blast on Black Mesa: Source, and have nearly completed it (maybe if my laptop didn't switch to 5fps during the final fight in the Lambda Core, I'd have made it by now), so there's that too. Maybe it's happening, at long last. Maybe I'm growing up. The only announced game on the horizon that truly excites me at the moment is Destiny (we'll see how Obduction goes, especially in the collective wake of Myst V and Uru). Show me Half-Life 3 and that'll be up there too. It's just strange, that's all. I'm not sure I'm unhappy with it. But I'm not sure what to do about it either.