I've been having similar feelings towards games for awhile now. Mainly due to getting a job and having a higher work load at College (English so 'High School'?)
I used to play all the time, massive Halo 2 and Halo 3 player where I'd met great friends and been joined by ones I knew from College.
It was fantastic, those feelings have run thier course and I don't play online much at all anymore. It's a shame it used to be great. But the saying what nourishes me also destroys me was ever true, playing a lot was great but it restricted me and made me think I couldn't do anything else.
So I got a job and realised that, well, there's more to life than games. It was hard because most of my real life friends played a lot as-well, it was our main 'social' time. But, I think I made the right decision and whilst I read about games a lot, magazines and websites I wouldn't consider myself hardcore anymore. I used to play Halo 2 / 3 everyday for at least a couple of hours.
With added perspective that I gained from getting a job the latest release of Halo fills me with a sense of dread. I don't want to go back to playing obsessively, but it'd be nice to play with friends a fair bit also. I guess you like what you're good at and that's Halo for me, I'll enjoy it whilst it lasts. :)"
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I've been having similar feelings towards games for awhile now. Mainly due to getting a job and having a higher work load at College (English so 'High School'?)
I used to play all the time, massive Halo 2 and Halo 3 player where I'd met great friends and been joined by ones I knew from College.
It was fantastic, those feelings have run thier course and I don't play online much at all anymore. It's a shame it used to be great. But the saying what nourishes me also destroys me was ever true, playing a lot was great but it restricted me and made me think I couldn't do anything else.
So I got a job and realised that, well, there's more to life than games. It was hard because most of my real life friends played a lot as-well, it was our main 'social' time. But, I think I made the right decision and whilst I read about games a lot, magazines and websites I wouldn't consider myself hardcore anymore. I used to play Halo 2 / 3 everyday for at least a couple of hours.
With added perspective that I gained from getting a job the latest release of Halo fills me with a sense of dread. I don't want to go back to playing obsessively, but it'd be nice to play with friends a fair bit also. I guess you like what you're good at and that's Halo for me, I'll enjoy it whilst it lasts. :)"