From Hardcore to Casual: The Gamer's Dilemma

Age keeps coming and time keeps slipping, eh?

As many gamers get older, they start to realize that they just aren't putting the same amount of time into gaming that they used to. Does that mean that they're consigned to the realm of casual games made for kids due to their tight schedules? Take a look at this interesting article which examines what happens as we go from hardcore to casual gamers and how you can avoid being forced to play Maple Story when EverQuest is more your speed.

We all start out strong. The average 20-hours per week was nothing. And then, you know … life happens. Career, spending time with friends whose names aren’t spelled in 1337, kids, mortgages, the inevitable switch from beer to wine spritzers.

It happens to everyone. If you’ve got a job, kids or a significant other, you’re no longer playing nightly for hours. And if you still are, you probably soon won’t have a job, kids or significant other.

But we never forget the heady days of our youth. We’d all love to recapture that fun. And oddly, we’ve got money now … money that we perhaps didn’t have back then. I routinely pay a couple of subscriptions on MMORPG that I don’t actually play, but hope that I will.

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