Games and my fine tuned tastes

so I've been playing games since I can remember, from the NES days playing Super Mario to this current era of playing games online. Nothing has changed for the longest time, pretty much any game could keep my attention. However, in the last few years as i have matured and (scary thought) actually grow up. I have noticed a reluctance to play as much as I use too. At first i was scared, or better said, mortified. I have harbored a fear inside for the longest time that somehow i would lose my love for games or that they would pass me by in some way. The reality was starting to creep in on me, am I too old to appreciate the very hobby that has kept with me through everything, the good times the bad times? how would my life look like with games not a crucial element. what would a rainy day be without curling up on the couch and queuing up the legend of Zelda for a rainy romp through Hyrule (A time honored tradition in my head at least). Is the reality of maturity taking its toll, work,school, consuming my time and energy? Maybe I'm just relegated to falling off the gaming wagon.

Thats what i thought, then i played limbo. Now I'm not proclaiming limbo to be game of the year, or even this completely original experience. However, playing the game, i became consumed, very much how i used to get consumed by a game. then it hit me, my standards have risen in the last few years. I'm no longer willing to accept a sub-par experience in a game for the most part. My tastes have gone through a evolution, now I expect good controls, good story, and a game to know when its expired all its best attributes. No more fetch quests to add time to a game, develop a system that works, put it through the motions and end the game there. You know the old moniker less is more, I believe this holds true for the majority of games on the market today. We need quality over quantity in our games.

I'm relieved, limbo made me realize that the seven year old is still inside of me, still waiting for that next game to play, except this time it wont be any game mom and dad can get for me, it will be carefully analyzed with my high expectations and hopefully produced by developers who know when a game idea turns stale.