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What hobby are you slipping out of but don't really know it? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine is video games. Like, I've sworn to myself that I was going to cling to that until at least 10 or 15 years while I still have the cognitive ability to play them. But it's mid-30s and they say the 30s is generally where your love for video games go to die unless you're in the industry or having some working part involving games.

I'm having a harder time picking up a controller and getting excited for any game. I know I'm isolated by choice which is part of the problem, but, I can't even get that worked up for nostalgic games that I grew up with.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I find that this is mostly a AAA-title thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Yeah it's actually an incredible time to be an enjoyer of games if you ignore that AAA+ space. If you look at the "III" space (or mid sized dev studios putting out mid level games) it's kind of where many of the "big" game dev shops were at in the 90-00s.

So if you miss the popular games of this era, then you should be looking at studios that operate at a similar size/ethos. Indies, in other words.

That's where those games are now. The good games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Sorry I totally agree with that caveat! I grew up in the ps1/2 golden era and didn’t really get into indie games back when I was into gaming.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Yeah, the Indie-Market is at its peak. I don't care about any of the large titles/licenses, but there are a lot of gems out there