If I had my ideal job, I'd probably be a video game salesman. That's why
I think I'm uniquely positioned to tell you today that I don't think
anyone ever actually outgrows video games. They just...

Case 1:

Occasionally I used to drive up from Illinois to Minnesota during
graduate school to visit old pals from elementary school. One of these
was Danny. On my first trip we got to talking about video games, and he
said, "I don't really play video games anymore." The next visit, I
brought along a hint manual for Heroes of Might & Magic II. He was
looking all through it and then asked about the game. I told him I
hadn't brought it along. He said, "You know we're all engineers, we'd
love to play this game."

Case 2:

My friend Andy from public school in Minnesota used to get excited about
the games we had, a Defender clone and Castle Wolfenstein I & II. Upon occasion we would play Castle Wolfenstein our in his yard like some kids
play Cops & Robbers. One time I was excited about Ultima IV and brought
it over and after watching me play for about five minutes, he was like,
"Nuh uh, I don't want to play this."

Summary:

I don't think anyone ever actually outgrows video games, they just get
more and more niche about what they like. They don't want to put up with
stuff outside of that. Over time they see too much of what they don't
like and set down the entire industry. But if you come to them with
something like what they enjoyed in the past, you're likely to make some headway and get them gaming again.

--
Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a
sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.
The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath,
whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There
Genubath lived with Pharaoh?s own children.

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On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:43:52 -0600, phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com>
wrote:

Summary:

I don't think anyone ever actually outgrows video games, they just get
more and more niche about what they like. They don't want to put up with >stuff outside of that. Over time they see too much of what they don't
like and set down the entire industry. But if you come to them with >something like what they enjoyed in the past, you're likely to make some >headway and get them gaming again.

The entire modern video game industry is full of games I have no
interest in. I used to have mainstream tastes in video games. But now
those very preferences of mine are niche! Maybe that should discourage
me and make me 'set down the entire industry' and just give up but I
never did. But I can see someone else doing so for sure.

Fortunately, we now have the indie developers making all kinds of
games that the Triple A companies don't bother with anymore. Anyone
who has ever had an interest in video games, should be able to find
something nowadays and rekindle that interest again.

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