• Zwiebel@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      and then I’ll go right back to watching stuff like YouTube.

      I’m depressed now.

      Effect and cause

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      12 days ago

      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.

    • danekrae@lemmy.world
      1·
      12 days ago

      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”.

  • Lemmayng@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    12 days 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.

  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
    4·
    12 days ago

    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…

  • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    12 days ago

    Idk. I have time and money nowadays actually. But I just can’t seem to ever get into games anymore. At most maybe I’ll play a game for a day or two and that’s it. Idk it’s almost like it feels like too much “work” if that makes sense.

    • Polisheocket@lemmy.zip
      3·
      12 days ago

      I e wasted so much money with this problem. $70 no problem, 6 hrs later. I’m bored and don’t want to play anymore

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      1·
      12 days ago

      I hope to change that working out to game with a new friend met on Lemmy. Looking forward to get back into gaming.