Did I accidentally restart my video game interests?

First, I don't have anywhere else to post this so I'm coming here.

So I unofficially quit video games a while a go and sold most of my stuff.
Recently however, I've been thinking about one Game's endings, and since I still had it decided to check it out.
All I did was some menu clicking, and heard some long forgotten music. But here's the effects-

More erratic sleeping patterns- I already have some issues sleeping sometimes, but usually if I wake up in the very early morning a hot shower will help. I went to bed at 10 or 11 last night, and woke up past 1. I eventually took my shower but felt no different. I at least fell back to sleep.
I'm suddenly thinking about rebuilding my collection- I'm having thoughts about responsibly rebuilding my collection. For instance, maybe getting something like a retron 5, and maybe rebuilding my n64 and gamecube collection. Here's the problems-
Would I actually get back into games?
is it a good idea to go back?
is the sleeping thing a warning that something internally will change (I've got some tests planned for this).
MONEY-
I'm a college student who can only work part time hours
I have a monthly lease
I already spend enough on blu rays and film photography, even if I saved a few bits that's still more money going out of my pocket.

Any thoughts? Maybe this is related to porn because there's the possibility my brain is looking for a new release. I've mostly gotten over my fine art nude psub that started shortly after I began my no masturbation run. Is the familiarity of emotions younger (even pre porn) me felt something my brain is looking for? I also got a lot of flashbacks when I started selling some of my games two/three years ago- mostly music but I still get them occasionally.

 

Or, maybe it'll fade away.
who knows.

 

I'd say the two big things that were a problem earlier were

me spending so much money on games and consoles I'd hardly ever play.
how often I got into fights with my parents over video games.
maybe video games kickstarted my depression problems.

 

Also, I have two more tests planned, but that's it.

 

Just a theory. There were plenty of other factors at play that encouraged my depression besides games.
And now I've been on meds for almost a year now.
Plus, I didn't necessarily feel better when I stopped playing them.

 

That's a complicated answer.
I would spend a lot of my money I made doing yard work and so on for games- so spending was not moderated.
My parents however, capped off how long I was allowed to play games. say 30 minutes on school days, an hour on weekends, and exceptions could be made. as I hit high school and started playing less, I actually gained more freedom from these restrictions, but didn't always utilize it.

 

Yea...
also I just remembered

at 14, I'd play through the same game over and over again- and could do it in less than two hours. however, I'd chunk it out.
at the end of my game playing days, I'd go for about an hour and a half before voluntarily stopping. so I did have some control

 

I've had another idea- that I'm subconsciously seeking out feelings and emotions that genuinely made an impact. There are a lot of games I owned that I could continue my life without- yet there's still the experiences that stuck out. I think of the two endings I recently watched as ends of a horseshoe, or they both occurred at the same time in the narrative. Yet to this day and only getting each ending once, I still swear it is one of the saddest things I think I've ever seen. and considering it's probably been 9 years since I played it and I still remember it, that really says something.

 

of course I always had difficulty finding people with similar gaming interests to me. When I finally found a decent sized group I'd already sold off a lot of my stuff. and yea, I really lost my gameplay patience as well.

 

For me, I blame porn, Depression issues (not induced by porn), and an onslaught of personal problems.

 

Gaming's been gone for five years now, but I've got a small supply left over.
Now it's all about movies and film photography- though I do digital as well.