Honestly, don’t try to force it. I’ve been gaming for 40 years, and I’ve been through more ruts than I can count. And you know what? I’ve always come back…
But I’ve never been able to force myself to come back. I’ve never been able to engineer a new interest, it always has to happen organically. Some new game will pique my interest out of the blue, or I’ll get see a new piece of hardware I suddenly want, or I’ll wake up one morning and really want to get into speed running Dark Souls. And then, just like that, I’m back in it and as enthusiastic as ever.
Interests come and go. It’s probably more a product of everything else in your life than the games themselves. So just let it ride, find something else to do with your time, and you’ll be back gaming before you know it.
About 13 years ago, I made this fella.
https://i.imgur.com/hZYFEmC.jpg
It was a huge amount of fun to build and I was very happy with the result. I hardly play it, but sometimes just put it on and let it cycle through games to fill the house with an arcade-y ambiance.
It started off life with an old PC in it, but currently runs a Raspberry Pi 3.