[tbaher]

I think getting married is one of the biggest hits your gaming life takes, even if you get a wife who likes games. You have less time to do everything, you have a certain kind of duty to your family, etc... if your wife likes games and you have one PC (or console), you have a sort of power-struggle whenever you can't play together.
Now my wife hated computers (and i'm a software developer, heh) but gradually started using them and thus liking them. Getting her into playing games was tricky at first, as she would consider the huge amount of time I sat there playing games was like "watching the game" i.e. ignoring her and concentrating in something so much that you can barely have a conversation.
But then I got her into adventure games through licensed games - took her to a game store with me and she spotted this Law & Order game and I was all like "Licensed games usually stink" and we eventually bought it.
See, I grew up playing with my sister, with my sister sitting on the passenger seat, spotting things, linking facts, being my "navigator" etc.
My wife on the other hand is just like me, someone who wants to be in control. Control struggles ensue. But I digress.
We then played some games that I knew were great adventure games, Longest Journey and Runaway. The point was to get her into games that didn't make her feel like she was pressed for time or anything, and that would not be frowned upon as being too "mindless", and hey .. adventure games are a dying genre now, but I grew up playing Sierra's "quest" games.
So anyway, the next step was for her to play Rayman 3, and this was VERY hard for someone who never played a videogame before (no hand-eye coordination yet) and she got halfway through it and then it got too hard, BUT she wanted ME to play so that she can see the rest of the story.

The WHOLE point I'm trying to make is that if you've lost interest in games, feel like you don't wanna play games, or think that games arent what they used to be, then you're playing some kind of games that you don't like. There is a kind of game for EVERYONE. I hated strategy games without realizing it (i used to love dune2 when it first came out and thus C&C afterwards) and at one point I just didn't wanna play these kinds of games anymore. But then I decided that I hate strategy games and will not even try to play because I don't have fun playing them. It's that simple. Find something you have fun playing, don't feel pressured to play a certain kind of game or a game everyone likes. Just try to have fun.

If you already thought about it and you think there's any kind of game you like then you haven't tried the one you like yet. Talk to mature people, someone who actually plays a lot of different kinds of games about what you hate in a certain game and they will guide you to the exact opposite.

Example I like story
Strategy games can get too "concentrate-y"
RPGs can get boring (especially ones that don't have a story, read: diablo)
Shooters are ok because I am good at them (multiplayer)
Platformers are ... well .. it has to be funny for me to enjoy it (Conker's Bad Fur Day.. )
Adventure games are all about story, I mean the old-skool adventure games, not puzzle-games like Myst. Too bad they don't make them as much as they used to. (if at all)
Sports games are weird in that good games are good and bad games will make you hate all games that are based on the same sport. I didn't even watch football and wasn't interested in sports, but then I played Madden NFL 2003 and suddenly I'm watching Packers games. Needless to say I got 2004 even though it's an 80% waste of money (should be VERY cheap if you have the last game since it's almost like an expansion)
Tony Hawk 2 gave me my childhood dream of skateboarding. (also got 3 and 4 .. less of a waste of money)

This post is too long.

(I respect other people's tastes in game genres and if you feel offended in any way at my comments on what games I like or don't like, PM me with your abuse, don't start a flame war, thanks)