Ever get bored of PC games?

[Reverend Joe]

The world of PC games is so vast and varied, I can't imagine getting tired of all of them. It's like saying you're tired of books. And as others have noticed, when you've got a job, a relationship, kids, or all three, you'll find you don't have time to be bored.

Speaking of which, as I type this I'm up with a projectile-vomiting three-year-old, and I have to be up at six. No time for ennui here.

It's not nearly as vast and varied as books. Plus, at its root it's a basically repetitive activity: defeat computer challenge, move on. At least with books you're reading something that comes directly from someone's imagination. I hate to say it, Lemur, but I think you are failing to notice the terrible repetitiveness because you don't have the time.

@Rhyfelwyr: get a job, and find a good place to hang out. And not in cyberspace, in real life. It wouldn't hurt to learn to have a few beers to relax every night to some good music, either. Actually, it would be a good idea to carry this habit of hanging out with real people into the next year; I'm sure you will find it much more rewarding than a computer screen.

[Beskar]

There is repetitiveness in reading a book, sometimes you just don't want to read a book. Sometimes you don't want to watch a movie and sometimes, you don't just want to play a computer game.

We all have those moments. Best way is to take a break from it, then you go back into it later.

It would be like eating your favourite food all the time, it will come to the point you are just sick of having it and move onto other things.

[Monk]

It's not nearly as vast and varied as books. Plus, at its root it's a basically repetitive activity: defeat computer challenge, move on. At least with books you're reading something that comes directly from someone's imagination. I hate to say it, Lemur, but I think you are failing to notice the terrible repetitiveness because you don't have the time.

Oh I don't think that's fair at all. Raising a point like that is one that can be turned around. Books, at their root, are nothing more than the realization of a repetitive activity. Read the words and turn the page. Saying games don't come from another's imagination (and even the most simple have been planned and seen concept stages) isn't fair to the medium IMO. One is a visual medium while the other an abstract one. They both have their merits and both take the right mind-set to enjoy.

Of course I'm one of among the snooty "games are art" crowd, so my opinion is clearly biased.