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no plan to either

just one day found it extremely boring, and never played them again

What is interesting, is that I was THE biggest gamer. I balanced a full time life—work and school—with like 40 hours a week of gaming

Then one day in my late teens, probably right before I turned 20, it just didn’t hit the same

I then sold every game, console, and anything else related on eBay, and haven’t played since

anyone else experience this?

Personally, I think it was just because I had started getting serious about other interests I had, and felt like gaming was getting in the way

no plan to either just one day found it extremely boring, and never played them again What is interesting, is that I was THE biggest gamer. I balanced a full time life—work and school—with like 40 hours a week of gaming Then one day in my late teens, probably right before I turned 20, it just didn’t hit the same I then sold every game, console, and anything else related on eBay, and haven’t played since anyone else experience this? Personally, I think it was just because I had started getting serious about other interests I had, and felt like gaming was getting in the way

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I had that memory with the Unreal franchise. Specifically Tournament '99 and '04. I miss the arena shooter genre. Beautiful maps. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II was another gem for user-created levels and mods. I still play Doom 2 .wads, but mostly play them in VR.

To answer OP: I game very little these days, and have been generally disinterested in playing games since around '08. Still play, but less and less each year.

Weird thing is that I never did stop collecting; I have a ridiculous collection of consoles, copiers, and games. Tons of rare stuff. Somewhere around 50 consoles, maybe more. Some 2,000 physical carts and discs... I enjoy modding and tinkering more than actually playing in most cases. Even collecting these past few years has been eschewed for guns and ammo.

I travel for work with a MiSTer loaded up with all the old console cores, and their entire libraries. Some 35,000 retro titles on it. Mostly play SNES stuff. Also travel with a gaming laptop. I use both maybe once every couple weeks. Been slowly replaying the Mass Effect Trilogy since the Legendary remaster came out. Currently toward the endgame of ME2.