Are you playing the wrong game when...

[ComradeP]

On the other hand, if you buy games during a sale, and you never play them, that costs you significantly less than buying a game at release and never playing it.

[undercovergeek]

Whoever said it earlier... If you've booted up the pc to stare at the desk top and go errrrrrr - you've come at it wrong, for an unhealthy amount of time I sit at work thinking about which country to invade next, where to put that machine gun company, whether my favorite legion should lead the attack or stay in the rear, that I want to perfect air ops in cmano..... by the time I actually sit in front of the monitor my gaming is all planned out and I can't wait

I think if I did just stare and not know what to pay and I'm doing it for the sake of it then it's cuppa and Netflix time

[Grim.Reaper]

Whoever said it earlier... If you've booted up the pc to stare at the desk top and go errrrrrr - you've come at it wrong, for an unhealthy amount of time I sit at work thinking about which country to invade next, where to put that machine gun company, whether my favorite legion should lead the attack or stay in the rear, that I want to perfect air ops in cmano..... by the time I actually sit in front of the monitor my gaming is all planned out and I can't wait

I think if I did just stare and not know what to pay and I'm doing it for the sake of it then it's cuppa and Netflix time

Yep, playing the xbox with my daughter is giving me a little break.  Just bought lego marvel superheroes and is a great title to co-op with her for some light fun.

Although, eyeing histwar, my sickness never ends:)

[Arctic Blast]

Yeah, I had a wonderful case of game burnout a little while back. I kept loading up Rising Sun, even though I didn't enjoy it much, just to play something. Nothing else appealed. Eventually, it passed. It happens from time to time. Just have to find something else to do for awhile when it does.

[son_of_montfort]

...you double click the shortcut to start it up and then immediately think - even before the game has started - "Do I really want to play this?"?

I do this all the time. But only because I am having trouble deciding what game to play, not because I don't like the game I chose. Although I do find myself, later at night when I am tired, hovering over games like Europa Universalis IV (which I love) and then choosing Spelunky or something mindless because my brain can't handle the other game!

[MengJiao]

Whoever said it earlier... If you've booted up the pc to stare at the desk top and go errrrrrr - you've come at it wrong, for an unhealthy amount of time I sit at work thinking about which country to invade next, where to put that machine gun company, whether my favorite legion should lead the attack or stay in the rear, that I want to perfect air ops in cmano..... by the time I actually sit in front of the monitor my gaming is all planned out and I can't wait

I think if I did just stare and not know what to pay and I'm doing it for the sake of it then it's cuppa and Netflix time

I'm more in this category.  Here are some other suggestions for gamers who feel burnt out:

1) Don't buy so many games
2) Buy what you want not what is on sale
3) If you don't like playing something -- get it off your machine right away -- don't let its negative waves get you down
4) better one game played a lot and enjoyed than 20 you don't really like sitting there and making you feel bad
5) be careful of multiplayer situations where you get a lot of negative reinforcement -- these suck the life out of your happy gaming time

[Rayfer]

Whoever said it earlier... If you've booted up the pc to stare at the desk top and go errrrrrr - you've come at it wrong, for an unhealthy amount of time I sit at work thinking about which country to invade next, where to put that machine gun company, whether my favorite legion should lead the attack or stay in the rear, that I want to perfect air ops in cmano..... by the time I actually sit in front of the monitor my gaming is all planned out and I can't wait

I think if I did just stare and not know what to pay and I'm doing it for the sake of it then it's cuppa and Netflix time

I'm more in this category.  Here are some other suggestions for gamers who feel burnt out:

1) Don't buy so many games
2) Buy what you want not what is on sale
3) If you don't like playing something -- get it off your machine right away -- don't let its negative waves get you down
4) better one game played a lot and enjoyed than 20 you don't really like sitting there and making you feel bad
5) be careful of multiplayer situations where you get a lot of negative reinforcement -- these suck the life out of your happy gaming time

Well put...written like a true Zen Game Master.

[MengJiao]

Whoever said it earlier... If you've booted up the pc to stare at the desk top and go errrrrrr - you've come at it wrong, for an unhealthy amount of time I sit at work thinking about which country to invade next, where to put that machine gun company, whether my favorite legion should lead the attack or stay in the rear, that I want to perfect air ops in cmano..... by the time I actually sit in front of the monitor my gaming is all planned out and I can't wait

I think if I did just stare and not know what to pay and I'm doing it for the sake of it then it's cuppa and Netflix time

I'm more in this category.  Here are some other suggestions for gamers who feel burnt out:

1) Don't buy so many games
2) Buy what you want not what is on sale
3) If you don't like playing something -- get it off your machine right away -- don't let its negative waves get you down
4) better one game played a lot and enjoyed than 20 you don't really like sitting there and making you feel bad
5) be careful of multiplayer situations where you get a lot of negative reinforcement -- these suck the life out of your happy gaming time

Well put...written like a true Zen Game Master.

  I have some less Zen recommendations:

1) get games with scenario editors and play around with those
2) hook your game interests up with other interests and pursue those unto boardgames and books if necessary which implies "games as quasi-historical" which is a bit specialized, but I find it holds my interest more than "game as mess-o-fantasy items"....