as a fast approaching to 40 millenial, its downright terrifying how lack of joy in gaming leads you down into despair and longing for what once was.I have absolutely tried my level best to get into ANY game at this point but nothing seems to work.I wake up, go to work, go to gym, fire up PC/PS5 and try to play something but end up on Youtube instead because nothing engages me back into gaming.I have countless games in my steam library and PS5 but none of them draw me in anymore.Fellas enjoy it while it lastsits a nightmare in waitingI feel like ive lost a part of my soul I cant seem to retrieve anymore
>>723853378Are you me?
you're supposed to be having fun playing video games with your kids at this age anon
you just need to find a good new game to play. I've been there.
>>723853378Cool, now stop posting here. This board is for people who play and enjoy video games. I'm sorry about your ennui, but you really should fuck off forever.
>>723853378gonna armchair a bit, but that's the number one symptom of depression. no matter how much you want to enjoy a hobby you once had a passion for, you can no longer enjoy it. if you can realize it, you can find ways to fix it/work around it. godspeed, and stop hating yourself. been there
>>723853378That's your conscience trying to tell you you wasted your fucking life
>>723853378Can I interest you in the wonders of Riichi Mahjong? It stimulates the brain and gives you constant hits of dopamine. Hell it's one of the only games that has given old people heart attacks by drawing their winning tile.
>>723853378>me me i i mekys, old ass bitch man
>>723853378Anyone else see a Jerma face there?
>>723853850just like people who spent 20 years playing guitar only to be mediocre, but enjoyed every minute of it "wasted their life". try again.
>>723853378Learn that those times are gone and cherish the memories instead of marring them with the current state of video games as a hobby and as an industry. There's more to life than just this.t. burnt out 30 year old who sometimes boots up Civ 4, 5 and 6
>>723853378Yeah man, I can relate. I'm not quite there yet but I'm getting there, and it's not just video games, but other things as well.Maybe you'll find a cool vydia to get into, soon... you can also maybe try to get away from it for a while, and find some other hobbies, and then go back to it when you feel like you're missing playing again.Best of luck, man.
>>723854074>just like [strawman]No need to get so defensive. No one gives a fuck who you are here.
or collecting rocks, or drawing, or farming bees, or trading stocks, or shitposting etc...
>>723853378start collecting action figures
>Do one and literally only one thing for decades on end>Hurr why am I so bored it makes me sad?Take a break. Do literally anything else. Pretend vidya doesn't exist for 2 months. That includes not immersing yourself in everything vidya so get off /v/ and stop warching streams and video game shit on youtube. Boom. You are cured. Your passion for vidya has been reignited. It is literally that simple. Just take a break.
seems like you give a fuck if gaming isn't a hobby. this is /v/ btw
HAH you're probably where I'm gonna be in <10 yrs but I still wanna say ur a faget for making it to your 40s and having only games.
>>723853378im 41let me tell you, its still possible to get incredibly excited about a game, its just rare.its a matter of really discovering what you actually like. you always played games for various reasons, maybe the kinds of games you played for those reasons dont work for you anymore but the reasons are still there. You have to really introspect and figure out why you liked it. It would really be good for everyone to do this so they can really optimize their game enjoyment. In the last 3 years or so ive entirely changed my view of video games and how i relate to them. Im playing kinds of games i never played before, realizing that i was putting up with stuff i didnt like just to enjoy certain elements of games that are better obtained otherwise.I realized i never liked a lot of the games i played, i liked the idea of them. With age comes the repeat disappointment of the games never quite being what you thought. Eventually you intuitively learn this and so cannot get excited for them anymore. You learned that fantasies never pan out. So you gotta find what you really enjoy. This may lead you to surprising places.
>>723854224That's fkin stupid i'll just keep using alcohol and cannabis to enhance my gaming instead fuck me and fuck you
>>723854224What am I supposed to fill the void with? Alcohol and gambling? Hook up with some desperate fatty with kids from the previous relationship?I wasted my life. I NEED video games to live. Nothing else offers the same level of escapism and brain engagement.
>39>Still love me some vidya>If I feel like I'm getting burnt out I jump in on another hobby for a while.Your age isn't the problem. The state of vidya isn't the problem. You are the problem. Stop trying to desperately blame anything except yourself. Just do something else for a bit and come back.
>>723853378play Moon Remix RPG Adventure
>>723854519Finding love is not impossible for you. Neither is good fitness or wealth. Please don't let your own mind or depressed people on the internet rob you.
>>723853378>end up on YoutubeI only use that for background music while grinding / multiplayer gamesif you're 40, going to the gym regularly and don't have a wife/gf/partner you should stop unless you just enjoy it, seniors care more that you're 'healthy' your dick still works than being jacked at that agetry reading books, a variety until you find the stuff that clicksthe stories in games are fairly shallow for the most part and good fantasy can help you escape from the soul crushing reality of being alone at 40
>>723853704>This board is for people who play and enjoy video games.Is this nigga serious?
>>723853378Do you have a job?
>>723853378It's just burnout. Happens with every hobby.
>>723853704Bold of you to assume that most people actually play video games.
did you read the OP? kek
>>723853378>as a fast approaching to 40 millenial,>40>millenialif you were born after 1985 you're a zoomer, lmao
>>723854519What, you want me to tell you what you like? I'd have a better chance guessing your favorite food. There is a lot of things you enjoy. You just have to find out what. Not everything is going to be a winner but just trying shit is the only way to know if you're going to enjoy it. If I'm feeling burnt out on video games I have a whole pile of things to do that I like. I like board games too, and I have a whole little pile of plastic bullshit for them. I'll spend some time painting those. Or I'll head out to the range and do some target shooting. Or go browsing at the library or local little bookstore and flip through stuff. Sometimes I'll go to our run down little tap room for a couple beers. I loke doing a little electronics prototypeing and playing with an arduino. Or load the dog up in the jeep and go camping. Or a dozen other little activities I enjoy. That is just shit that I like. I don't know. Hop on f-list and do some furry ERP. I have no fucking clue what you like. "Video games are the only thing I like." is a lie you are telling yourself and you are stagnating because of it. It's not the only thing you like, its just the only thing you know. That is why you are miserable. You just have to go and find other shit and try something new. I can't tell you what you like. That is your own adventure. And it's a fun adventure. You are just lazy.
Nothing can fill your void anon. Just enjoy things until you die.
>>723853378>I wake up, go to work, go to gymFound your problem.
>>723853625unironically this if you HAVE kids op and playign with others for a LOT of titles is funt.played Platypus Reclayed IRL co-op and it's better that way
>>723855191this anon gets it. you shouldn't be waking up, because you shouldn't be sleeping. get an addy prescription
>>723853378Great thanks
You're not bored, it's the games that have changed. You're stuck replaying 20 year old games in between the one ok game a year that is released.
>>723855079>food analogy
>>723855365shit take kill yourself
>>723854519>What am I going to fill the void with? I wasted my life!https://youtu.be/rqQIAbSLYPc?si=icXXZXoEzMVzxoj9
posts suck, peace
>>723853378I'm 40 and all I really play anymore is FFXIV every now and then, and that's only because I have friends who play it, but most of them have more or less quit lately so I probably won't even be playing that much longer.It sucks because it made me realize I never adopted any other hobbies when I was younger and now here I am and I'm just kind of lost. Outside of work and keeping up my house and other such responsibilities, and the rare occasions anyone has the opportunity to get together and hang out and do stuff together, I basically don't know what to do with myself when I have free time, I really don't know how to have fun outside of video games.
>>723855714sounds like vidya was never really your hobby. go on out there and explore a bit. movies, books, dnd, etc.
>>723855714Read field guides and guide books in general it's fun you learn real world skills too
>>723853378>countless games in my steam library and PS5Found the problem, it's (you). Try thinking before pulling the trigger on shitty games.
>>723853378World of warcraft (classic only)
>why can't consume product make me happy >it should make me happy because it was made by 2,000 diversity hires, outsourced to india, and consulted on by far left virtue griftersyou used to play games that were the expression of pure passion made by 4 college guys in mom's garage. there's no way today's goyslop could satisfy you once the veil slips and really see the difference.only play old games or indie, or at most AA.problem solved.
>>723856185>games that were the expression of pure passion made by 4 college guys in mom's garagename 5
>>723855063>if you were born after 1985 you're a zoomer,Retard
>>723853378For me it was similar. But every once in a while something comes along that revitalizes my interest. I loved ff7 rebirth unironically and loved all the legendary soundtracks that were remade. But i think it is coming to an end for me as well. I guess we all grow out of gaming.
>>723855063You're a dumbass kek
>>723853378>Owns a PS5>Wonders why he isn't enjoying games>Had a PC>Only buys AAA slopDumb retard. 36 here and I'm playing Switch/Steam Deck daily. Been going through Flatout 2 and Two Point Museum.
>>723855160>Nothing can fill your void anon
>>723853378Go to the advice board gay boy
>>723856683>>723856819You dumbasses fell for obvious ragebait
>>723854519People seriously live their lives without attaining one single fucking hobby? Tragic. Bro go read a fucking comic book or some shit. Star with Absolute Batman #1.
>>723856242NTA but that's how we got ultima
>>723856910There's no going back once you acknowledge the void, just try to find things you can enjoy with the time you have.
>>723853378It's like this, but with porn and I'm in my early 30s.
>>723853378have you tried getting high whilst playing vidya? it worked for me and honestly feels like a cheat code for enjoyment.
>>723854519I fell into the same trap, and funny enough i remember making tiny ass model kits as a kid, now thats my main hobby and i look more forward to that then vidya. Helped vidya become fun again when it isnt your full time focus.
play arena breakout most intense game iv played in years
>>72385415499% bait vs 1% a sociopath who gets off to the thought of contributing to making someone kill themself
>>723853906Fuck mahjong. I don't remember why i was mad at mahjong but apparently i made this picture to communicate my deep disdain for this game.
>>723853378It's over for you.
>>723853378I lost joy for bideo games but that's because I've played everything and nothing excites me anymore. Putting aside the fact that current games suck, the only games I really play are games where players can create levels as the primary form of gameplay. Like mario maker.
Try drawing or gardening, having more than one hobby helps immensely
>>723853378Salme problem only use it to play my Sim rig once a week with grand turismo..rest of games are trash..
>>723854519If you're looking at games as escapism, the problem is on you, improve your life as to not need to escape and games will be fun again, maybe you won't even need games anymore after that
>>723853378Fast approaching 30 and nothing I buy fills the empty void. I hate being a defective human being and suffering from loneliness as a result.
>>723862786Wait until your loved ones are departed and you're the only one left you feel like the loneliest person in the cosmos like an empty husk a shadow of what you use to be
>>723853378
OMG GUISE BEING A WAGESLAVE LEFT NUMB AND DUMB I CANT BELIEVE LE HECKIN FOTM STREAMERBAIT GAME ISNT FILLING ME UP WITH LE SOVL LIKE BING BING WAHOO WHEN I WAS 6 Y/O WTF MAN I SHOULD PROBABLY BREED SO LINE CAN GO UP FOR MR. SHEKELSTEIN THOUGH, IM SURE THAT WILL GIVE ME PURPOSE IN LIFE!
>>723863092Eat the pie >>723863056
>>723853378read the bible
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>>723854519Try rock climbing or building wood furniture. It can be anything.
>>723853378Videogames can't beat existential dread, not for long anywayYou can either find some sort of purpose (not that easy) or accept that videogames are a distraction and sometimes fail. Try mixing it up with other distractions, but know that it always comes back at some point.
>>723863092i say this
>>723853378I put my dick inside that pie
>>723853378>doesn't actually play video games anymoreyou still fit in here perfectly OP don't worry, thanks for the blog post by the way
>>723854519If your op most women are gunna have kids at that age, you either accept that or try to hold out for a middle aged women with no kids which will more than likely be a HR career woman type lol good luck with that, or find a young woman but can't imagine a burnt out 40yr old gamer will have much appeal to them.
>>723853625this. you're not supposed to be buying toys for yourself at this age, you should be watching your children enjoy them instead>>723853378have you considered alcoholism? you could squeeze another good decade out if you just daydrink
