That feel when you grow out of technology/games.

[Sussex]

I recently installed WoW and subbed to see the 6.0 changes and I just got so god damn bored I couldn't handle it and I said "WTF am i even doing here" and logged off / uninstalled the game. Now I went to look up movies to go watch at the cinema and I cannot find anything that looks interesting, everything looks utterly average and not worth the time/effort/money. I look at steam games and it all looks boring to me.

In the past few years I've had some life changing things happen (positive things) started lifting, finished uni, obtained a great job, got engaged, started playing sports, started being a lot more active socially with family/friends. Going to be 27 soon and I always thought I'd be into gaming/movies forever but I just cannot even pretend to be interested any longer.


I use to always build a new PC every year and now that earn the most money Ive ever earned in my life and have so much disposable income I still don't even care about building new PCs, every so often I think "time to do it" and then it hits me.....I don't even have a reason to build them anymore, i don't even fkn do anything on the PC.

My PC is 3 years old soon and this is by far the longest I've ever gone without min-maxing a new build every time new CPU/GPU come out. Even recently now when the iphone 6 came out usually I'd be all over that shit but I just-dont-care - still using iphone 4, contract expired years ago.

What's wrong with me bros?

[Elegiac]

Dunno. I'm still enamoured of technology and its attendant entertainment.

[glo]

In the past few years I've had some life changing things happen (positive things) started lifting

Lifting isn't life changing.

[Deleted]

Lifting isn't life changing.

Starting to train could be life changing indeed.

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I feel you brother. I really do.

[diddle]

What's wrong with me bros?

For some invalid reason you view technological entertainment as a sign of immaturity and weakness.

[Zstr]

get a girl then

[Deleted]

Don't get me wrong, when I first started reading I though it was just down to getting older and being a cynical asshole (kinda like how Stan was in that episode of South Park Haha!).

But really, after finishing reading, and thinking about it. I have come to conclusion that you're just in a very good place, and don't have the need to have any sort of escapism. People watch movies and play games to escape from their mundane, stressful, and sometimes melancholic lives. Which is in no means unhealthy (but how it can control your life is) and everyone should have the capability to escape.

But I don't think you have become cynical, or jaded, or even grown out of movies/games. You are just happy, secure, and have no need of any other reality than your own that you are making for yourself.

It's pretty darn cool So don't worry about it matey! Go with the flow

[medvedev]

Seeking validation of your "adult" decisions imply you've not grown as much as you think.

[Mummbles]

Sounds like you've just switched gears. Try going out and exploring the real world, travel to different countries and such. Try out skydiving or bungee jumping, or other such activities you haven't done yet. The real world can be a lot more gratifying than a virtual one for those that can get around.

[Deleted]

You've gotten old!

Welcome to life.

[Tommy T]

Sounds like burn out.

If you work full time and have other hobbies, gaming is still very entertaining. I play perhaps an hour a day to relax. Look forward to it every day.

[Garkanh]

gona post you a youtube link i think you should watch. fits well with your situation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRSYhLn4RCI

however, jokes aside. yes, people outgrow things. i'm turning 22 next month, and whenever me and the guys hit the club and gets wasted, witch i used to love and did 3 times a week, i now feel bored. for some reason it's not as fun as it used to be. I used to allways get into fights, try and pick up girls, and get so wasted i didn't remember half of what happened that night. i loved it. Now i just sits there, drinking and talking. Girls still comes over and engage in conversations and what not, i just don't find it entertaining trying to pick up new girls anymore.

I'm slowly starting to get the same feeling about wow, but i want to try out warlords before i deside if i want to continue playing or not.

[drwelfare]

Last several years games have not held much entertainment for me, sometimes one will do a good job of holding me for a few days, thats about it.
Everything feels lacking, even food does not taste as good as it used to.

[Independent voter]

Sounds like burnout. Burnout is nature's way of getting you to try new things. Put the games down and try new things which it sounds like you're doing. You might try coming back after a good long time. This has been my experience too.

[Deleted]

What's wrong with me bros?

Seems like your priorities/interests simply have changed. That happens.

However, this doesn't necessarily have something to do with your age or age in general.
Like diddle already said: Don't make the mistake to think that technology, games and such stuff have no place in an adult's life. They absolutely have. As long as they are fun/interesting to you, obviously.

[Pete]

Just a gaming funk... you know "too much of a good thing" and all that
It will return in time you are just settling down/nesting, you have other interests to pursue at least
Give it 10 years when theres a few mini-yous running around and you find yourself looking for that 30 minutes to catch up on a show/work on a hobby/game etc :P

As far as hobbies/leisure/entertainment go gaming is way up there if not top of the pile these days, its much more mainstream than in decades past... technology is much more accessable to people as they get older...so much money involved they have to market it to everybody

Forgive for stating the obvious but just look at the demographic of wow players... young or old as they come enjoy it (and plenty of other larger titles)

[ohshift]

That's just you realizing that life is more than dumb videogames and useless gadgets.

[drwelfare]

That's just you realizing that life is more than dumb videogames and useless gadgets.

Only thing I have ever find beyond those things is misery

[Deleted]

Lifting isn't life changing.

Is or would be for a lot of people.

[Low Hanging Fruit]

Being 38 myself I have found myself going though this a whole lot to. Often during those times when life drops a dime on me (mostly positive). Graduated from college it went away. When I got in and out of the military it dropped like a stone. Like when I got married I lost interest. When I had each of my kids I lost interest. When I got a new job lost interest. When I was changing jobs interest went away. You get the point.

For you, OP, it sounds like a lot of these dimes got dropped on you in a short period of time. It is pretty natural to have things pop up that are of higher priority to your individual life than video games and technology. It is probably healthy to your situation because things seem to be moving forward to you. So as long as you are happy then it is undoubtedly the right choice.

These breaks in video games and movies are honestly really awesome. It allows you to, when the time is available, to look back and only pick up the most awesome titles. To watch the most awesome movies. You get to avoid most of the utter crap that gets dragged out in front of you every week when you are deeply involved in the life. When you play it right it honestly saves you a ton of money, you get maximum enjoyment, and don't waste endless hours in crap you didn't want on your boots.

At the end. Nothing is wrong with you. You are just walking your path. The path seems really busy right now so take care of the priorities. All of the other stuff will still be here if and when things slow down. It happens. More specifically when you get older and the older bones don't run around in the field as well anymore.