Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – nothing like Super Mario Odyssey (pic: Square Enix)

A reader explains how he almost became a lapsed gamer but was saved by XCOM, Bloodborne, and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

I wrote to GC a few years back bemoaning the possibility that I had fallen out of love with gaming. Nothing was floating my boat anymore. I tried to rationalise what was happening: tiredness, job related stress, added responsibilities, the growing demands of family life, etc. Either way, my interest in the medium was slowly beginning to wane.