What Changes with Gaming as You Get Older | Loose Thoughts #2

In today’s Loose Thoughts video, I wanted to talk about what it’s like to get older with video games. I’ll be 35 soon and I’ve basically been playing games my whole life. Gaming is one of the few hobbies that can genuinely stay with you for decades, but you have to be willing to let the hobby grow, change, and go through seasons with you.

In this video I share how my relationship with games has evolved in my 30s, how my tastes shifted, how gaming went through dormant phases in college, how retro collecting became a new layer of the hobby, and how “gaming adjacent” activities like making YouTube videos, collecting discs, or designing custom cases helped me avoid burnout keep the joy for this hobby.

If you’re someone who used to love games but struggled to keep the spark alive as life got more complicated, or if you’ve quietly been rediscovering your love of gaming as you’ve gotten older, hopefully this gives you some perspective (and a little encouragement).

Thanks for watching, and as always: play what makes you happy, and make this hobby yours.

Loose Thoughts is an unscripted series where I talk through whatever’s on my mind while playing games.

00:00 Introduction
01:10 Your Love of Gaming Will Go Through Seasons
03:01 Your Taste in Games Will Evolve
07:23 You Appreciate Retro Experiences
10:01 You Become Multi-Layered in this Hobby

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