I know a few newish dads who are also gamers. Every father has some hobby (even if it's just watching the tube) that has to make room for increased family responsibility. With my dad it was sports (he still plays softball on the city leagues and he's closing in on 50). With a few of my friends it's video games. The key difference is, where I might have 2 - 3 hours at a stretch to play a game they often only have an hour or so at best (unless it's a weekend).Dirty Apple said:
Losing interest in new game releases is a natural part of this process. Once a hobby or activity is no longer a dominant part of your life, what reason do you have to follow it as closely? That doesn't mean you can't look forward to the releases and whatnot, but your now limited time must be spent judiciously. Between working, eating, sleeping, spending time with the family and all that other adult stuff, how do you best parcel out those remaining hours in the day? For someone like me, who has several dozen hours not occupied with work, classes, health realted hobbies and the rest, I often have plenty of time to find out about the new releases. For someone on a time budget, perhaps playing the games is more important.