Oh, if only you could still buy a video game instead of “buy” a video game.
My problem is I can’t get “addicted” to games easily and I only play for a couple of hours at most, and then I’ll go right back to watching stuff like YouTube. Maybe that’s because I’m running out of friends to play multiplayer games with and have been forced to play singleplayer games. I have a 9800x3d and 5080 and I feel guilty that im not getting the most out of it. Sometimes I even consider quitting gaming because I don’t have the motivation to play unless it’s with my friends. Doesn’t help that there’s so many cool games that are meant to be played co-op or i guess some would call “friend slop” games.
I miss the days when my friends would play shooters with me for hours. Now my best friend is so changed that I feel like I barely know him or relate to him anymore. 😢 I hate getting older. I’m depressed now.
and then I’ll go right back to watching stuff like YouTube.
I’m depressed now.
Effect and cause
I mean if I have nobody to play with then oh well might as well just watch something or do something else 🤷
And no i was depressed before I started doing that.
My problem is I can’t get “addicted” to games easily
Seems like a good “problem” to have.
“Damn it! I can’t seem to get hooked on this heroin”.
Maybe that’s because I’m running out of friends to play multiplayer games with and have been forced to play singleplayer games.
The marketing cycle keeps telling me “Buy New Stuff!” when I already have a bunch of perfectly playable stuff on my hard drive. And yeah, I don’t have 4-12 hours to really drown myself in a long form game where the plot builds and the scenery is immersive and the music really takes hold of me.
But, Idk man, maybe that’s okay? Maybe I really don’t need to spend that much of my life in front of a screen. Walking my dog, playing with my son, making dinner with my wife, doing some housecleaning so I’m not living in a sty. Maybe these are better uses of my time than just gaming all day.
I miss the days when my friends would play shooters with me for hours.
I definitely miss spending time with my friends. But when we do hang out, I find we spend more time making small talk and making each other drinks and watching our kids bounce off one another. And the time becomes nice because it’s restful, not because it’s this high strung life-or-death gun battle.
Pah! Despite other hobbies and wifey, I still game 5-8hrs a day. For decades now 😁
…and I still have too many untouched games I reaaaaally wanted to play. Years ago…
Jokes on them! AAA and even AA games are becoming less affordable! Indies are carrying this industry.
Also, I pirate my shit. Skidrow FTW.
Jokes on you! I’m a social hermit with all time in the world for games
It’s called a SteamDeck
