Do you ever not want to play games?

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#1  Edited By Emandudeguyperson

It's weird, lately, I've wanted to play games, but just haven't :\, probably because I just beat GoW:CoO on my second playthrough with my new unlocked outfit (I DO NOT RECCOMEND THIS AT ALL). 
 
Do you ever just feel like not playing games for a while?

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#2  Edited By SBYM

I'm not playing one right now, nor do I want to.

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#3  Edited By bacongames

I've actually felt the opposite.  There was a period where I really wanted to dive back into games but I couldn't.  Now I'm easing back in to my regular gaming schedule.  Games are huge to me and I don't see myself really making an exception to it for a long period of time.

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#4  Edited By natetodamax

Sometimes I'll turn on my Xbox, look at my games, and say "Wait, why am I doing this?"

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#5  Edited By KowalskiManDown

Absolutely. When you do something an awful lot, you're bound to get tired of it on occasions. It's only natural.

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#6  Edited By JoelTGM

I just beat Infamous finally, and it was awesome.  Other than that I don't really have anything new to play so that's why I'm here, bored.

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#7  Edited By Video_Game_King

Eh, sometimes. But I usually suck it up or find another way to cure the boredom.

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#8  Edited By zombie2011

I haven't played video games for about a month, i was supposed to pick up ODST this weekend but i didn't feel like it. I still love video games though i just don't want to play them.

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#9  Edited By AgentJ

All the time. Sometimes i'd prefer to sit and stare at nothing than play a game. It's weird. 

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#10  Edited By eroticfishcake

Sort of. Mainly because I've gotten bored with the games I have. Sometimes I want to finish a game (as in get the all the achievements and trophies) but then it feels a bit more like work than play.

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#11  Edited By KowalskiManDown
@AgentJ said:
" All the time. Sometimes i'd prefer to sit and stare at nothing than play a game. It's weird.  "
Hahaha I get like that too sometimes. It's really odd.
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#12  Edited By ImperiousRix

I HAVE felt like this.  Usually it's right after I beat a game and am either kinda disappointed in the ending or am just burnt out on playing for so long.  I attempt to play a buncha my games that I've beaten or even attempt to do some multiplayer or something of the like, but I kinda just feel deflated.  If I don't play games for a couple of days, however, the magic is quickly rekindled.
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#13  Edited By lordofultima

All the time, pretty much every day for most of the day I'm like -- I DON'T WANT TO PLAY A GAME RIGHT NOW. That's when you go out and do something else. It's pretty amazing.

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#14  Edited By meteora
@natetodamax said:
" Sometimes I'll turn on my Xbox, look at my games, and say "Wait, why am I doing this?" "
This happens to me a lot. I turn on my 360 and wonder why the hell did I even turn it on when I'm not in the mood for games.
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#15  Edited By TheMustacheHero

I do it a lot with my Xbox. I sit down, turn it on look at my friends list, then turn it off.

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#16  Edited By Claude

Yeah, but then I go on Giant Bomb to talk about games or just be entertained in the forums.

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#17  Edited By guiseppe

Of course, sometimes you just don't feel like it :).

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#18  Edited By CowMuffins

 I feel like I want to make a game, more than I want to play a game.

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#19  Edited By JJOR64

Yeah.  It's part of being a gamer.  Everyone needs a break at some point.

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#20  Edited By MrKlorox
@Emandudeguyperson: Here's a semi-off topic question. Do you partake in the consumption of cannabis? I notice my desire to play often depends on how 'indulged' I am. But I haven't played a single game all day, regardless of having SF4 running minimized all night on the battle with Seth. I keep looking over at the icon in the task bar and deciding I need another drink/hit before getting down. 
 
But fuckit! It's Saturday! Let's get stinko!
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#21  Edited By FunExplosions

Yeah sometimes I'll think about playing a game... then I'll realize that I'm actually pretty sick of the game and only wanna play it for the trophies/achievements. Then I'll go watch TV or read or something.

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#22  Edited By MrKlorox

" @Emandudeguyperson said:

" What's Cannabis? To Wikipedia! *Batman music* what the fuck?? No, definately not. " 


Well not to play the devil's advocate, but.....
 
Just kidding. I'm not going to try to convince you to try weed. But for me it does increase the immersion factor exponentially. But it's a stretch to start a (usually illegal) habit for such a menial gain.
 
Unless you were a musician, however.....
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#23  Edited By Yummylee

Oh yeah, specially nowadays where i haven't made any new purchases in like a month...looking forward to NG sigma 2 arriving through the letterbox oct 2nd..that'll certaintly give me back my gaming motivation xD
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#24  Edited By Black_Rose

Yeah, I usually take a one month break from games when I'm bored with them, and this happens like two or three times a year. 

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#25  Edited By thecleric

I only want to play games when I just get off work/school
 
Then it kicks ass

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#26  Edited By TheGremp

NEVER.

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#27  Edited By Metric_Outlaw

Sometimes if I'm being lazy and don't want to get up and change the game or get the controller.

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#28  Edited By rectum_abominae

It's not so much that I don't want to play games as I want to do other things more.  I never thought I'd want to read a good book than play a game, but I do it all the time these days...

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#29  Edited By ThePhantomnaut

Yeah, happens when I play too much ad nauseam.

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#30  Edited By c1337us

Sometimes I go through a spell where I dont want to play anything. Its been a while though.

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#31  Edited By ShaunassNZ

When ever it comes to music I just got some more albums and listening hard out!!!

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#32  Edited By flaminghobo
@creamypies said:
" Absolutely. When you do something an awful lot, you're bound to get tired of it on occasions. It's only natural. "
What this man said.
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#33  Edited By Meltac

Of course, sometimes I don't wanna game, and then I don't game. There's alot of things to do besides gaming =P

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#34  Edited By CaptainObvious

Absofrutely. Altough sometimes i want to play games that i don't own.

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#35  Edited By Fallen189

I havent played anything since Tetris for 2 weeks now.

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#36  Edited By penguindust

I don't "play" games...I live them!  That's right, I am that hardcore.  Now I am off to sign up for the Hello Kitty beta, fingers crossed. 
 
Seriously, when I finish a really good game and I have that nice feeling inside, typically I don't feel like gaming for a few days after that.  And, as everyone else above pointed out, I have other interests beside gaming.  Sometimes, a lot of times in fact, I'd rather do some of that.   

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#37  Edited By birchman

Yeah, sometimes I really don't feel like playing something. But it usually comes back after doing some other stuff.

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#38  Edited By Jeust

To the original question:  
 
many times... :)  
 
even because most games become a chore after some time.

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#39  Edited By Pie

Happens all the time. Ill think that I want to play so I hop on my bed ready to play only to go "I dont wanna..."

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#40  Edited By aztecomar

Sure - sometimes you just wanna relax and do other things for once. Its just like anything in the world - every now and again you get a little sick of it and wanna do something new or different. There's no shame in that.

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#41  Edited By MetalR

It happens alot.