So I don't feel like gaming anymore.

Seems that the last 6 months of my life have been pretty much without the want to play any games. Yet, it's not that I that I can't find the time, it's just that whenever I sit down to play I just can't keep my focus or the game can't hold my interest for more than 25-30 mins.

 
The last game I sorta played was GTA 4, bout 1 month ago, cause I bought it at reasonable price over steam, but even that could only keep my attention at 45 mins at a time tops. Haven't finished it and I don't intend to either. Even though it's a great game, with great characters. The last game, I put in more than 30 hours was Dragonage and thats about 5 months ago I reckon. I have no desire to play any games online either. Funny thing is, I haven't lost my interest in video games as a medium and it's community. Still check news and reviews daily and listen to the bombcast weekly and sometimes more than once. 
 
My question is, am I the only one get these phases where you just have no desire to play anything? Or am I just getting old.. =/   

Nah, it happens. Gamers get exhausted of gaming every once in a while and need to take a break. You'll jump right back into gaming sooner or later.

@Meteora:

Yeah, I reckon. Cause I've always been a casual gamer, but it's never been this bad really. Always used it as a stress relief medium of a sort.

Yeah it happens to everyone, take a break, do some work, go somewhere, do something else for a while. It'll either come back or it won't. 
 
Happened to me once and lasted nearly 3 years, I spent the majority of that time playing non-video games, dungeons and dragons, card games, poker, go, all sorts.

Me too, I grew up.
 
I'd rather just play spelunky and tetris.

Try playing a genre you haven't spent much time with. If you play a lot of action games have a go at one of the Civs or something. 

Get a DS or Wii.

for sure. happens to everyone. Thats the same with any hobby though. You just need a new game (or new to you at least) to spark your interest again. Like some people suggested, try a different game or console. 

I go through that once in a while.  For me it mostly comes when there are too many games I want to play.  I get this sort of odd melancholy when I have to pick one game over another and I end up playing neither.  I'm not even talking purchasing one over the other, this happens even if I own them.  I will just stare at my collection for 15 minutes, sigh, then go grab a book instead. 
 
Because of this I've got some games I've never played and the desire to play them has lapsed but I still feel compelled to own them.

Yep has happened to me a couple of times. I eventually got back into it later though. Also since I missed a bunch of games when I did come back there were a bunch of cheap games I wanted to play.

It happens all the time, and it aint that unusual. At the moment I only feel like playing Fifa 10, because everything else is uninteresting to me.

I am about there. I've just had a lot of things in my life fall apart and I realize that escaping into video games was not helping me live.

"I go through that once in a while.  For me it mostly comes when there are too many games I want to play.  I get this sort of odd melancholy when I have to pick one game over another and I end up playing neither.  I'm not even talking purchasing one over the other, this happens even if I own them.  I will just stare at my collection for 15 minutes, sigh, then go grab a book instead.  Because of this I've got some games I've never played and the desire to play them has lapsed but I still feel compelled to own them. "

It's called growing up.

" Nah, it happens. Gamers get exhausted of gaming every once in a while and need to take a break. You'll jump right back into gaming sooner or later. "

My advice would be to drastically switch up the type of game you play. So if you regularly play FPS or TPS try playing Demon's Souls or Street Fighter.

Can't say that I feel the same. I enjoy gaming as much as I ever did. I would tell you to take a break from it but you seem to already have.

you join a gaming website as soon as u realize u dont want to game anymore?

It has never happened to me because video games are amazing.

Yea it happens to everyone.  I went through about 2 yrs ago, I spent a year a six months not playing games.  I didn't feel the urge to do it anymore, it was like something was better in my life.

...TF2 is like crack now.  It's like Valve knows if you mix loot with FPS, people will be forced to play.  So everyday I play TF2 thanks to Fallen198 and that idle trick, and lately been playing Splinter Cell Conviction, plus Beat Hazard, Lead and Gold, and Torchlight.  
 
If you PC game, that shit is easy...too much shit is out. 

This thread disgusts me.
 
"It's called growing up" pssh

Happens a lot when I am tired, so I'd say if you feel like playing a game but that lasts only 45 minutes, don't worry. Just do something else. Not wanting to play video games 24/7 is not some kind of horrible disease.

I think everybody goes through gaming withdrawal at some point. It's totally normal.

" It's called growing up. "

I find that I really dont have the patience to play for more than a hour to two hours max a day.

Recently I've only been playing Racing simulations, which aren't really games, so I guess I can join in. I'm hoping some DLC for one of my favourite games will get me interested again.

" Recently I've only been playing Racing simulations, which aren't really games, so I guess I can join in. I'm hoping some DLC for one of my favourite games will get me interested again. "

Find an equal hobby. 
 
For me, when I don't feel like gaming I watch anime. When I don't feel like watching anime I play games. I find it works really well - you should find your other hobby.

I think what happens to some gamers is they make gaming their ONLY hobby or activity, and when they're not spending most of their time gaming they wonder why.  There's nothing wrong with other activities even taking up more of your time than actual gaming, that's normal.
 
Sometimes it is due to looking at the wrong games, sometimes money is a factor, but don't always play the same stuff, no wonder you'd be bored.

" @HandsomeDead:   What does age have to do with anything? "

If you don't feel like playing anything, then just don't; there's no need to force yourself. But having said that, why not check out games/genres that you haven't paid much attention to? Maybe you mind find something that interests you that you've never considered before.