As economic and cultural realities shift, more and more individuals are turning away from focusing intensely on increasing their wealth and standard of living to focusing on things like meaning and more pleasurable activities.” Numerous generations, not just the Millennials, have lost interest in or have lost the ability to obtain the model of adulthood that Americans once aspired to, including the traditional rites of passage such as marriage, children, home and auto ownership and steady careers with retirement plans. All of these seem to be getting postponed or done away with. As adulthood, and what comes with it, continues to be redefined, age is nothing but a number, and today’s adults don’t consider any number too high for them to participate and enjoy games that were once considered to be only for children. The ability to find a respite from current troubles and stresses and the ability to connect with friends and strangers in the “real world” make it easier and easier to resort to a wide variety of games to play in A Different Adulthood.