It's more the peer pressure aspect of people trying to get me to play the game than the game itself. However, on reflection I think this is just me being closed minded about new experiences and unhealthily isolating myself.
The more I think about video games, the more I think the only games that have a right to exist are ones that someone could be one and done with in 2-4 hours. Like a fun friendcore game you play with friends a few times a year when you're not able to meet physically, or a singleplayer game that explores a concept with gameplay but can be finished in one fairly short sitting. Medium to long games, be they AAA action-adventure slop, CRPGs, simulations, or online multiplayer games, are basically a bunch of hedonic treadmills that provide the illusion of getting better at something meaningful to pacify one's unmet need to play or achieve something in a physical, real, and socially mediated way. I say this as someone who jumps from long single player game to long single player game.
Video games are the modern day opiate of the masses, even when they succeed at being art. Ironically, it was the recently released longform single player game Clair Obscur that really nailed this thought into my mind.
I can't speak to the streamer bit since I don't concern myself with streamers, but this is close to how I see friendslop. It's a flavor of the month game that's made harder to ignore because IRL friends keep bugging me to play it with them because "it's only like $10 broooooo", even though I've seen them regularly play games like that for a month or two only to ditch them, not talk about them again, and move onto the next friendslop. Often, they even look like really good games, but all the badgering from people I know wanting to play makes me view the game with contempt for reasons that don't have much to do with the games themselves or the people who made them.
I'm unsure how much of this is just me being an antisocial curmudgeon, but it's a lot easier to ignore things I don't care for -- even if other people are talking about how much they like them a lot -- when I'm not being pestered to participate.
🤓 Erm, ackshually, a natural 20 only increases the degree of success by one. This means, for example, if someone rolls a 20 on an attack roll, the total with modifiers is 28, and the defender's AC is 30, the attack will be bumped up from a failure to a normal success, not a critical success. 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
Been weirdly lacking in energy and motivation these past few weeks. I'm always lacking in energy and motivation, but this time it's a lot more than usual. It's been slow at my already easy to shirk WFH code monkey job, but no amount of rest or distraction seems to refresh me. I'm doing a presentation for my job next week that has a good chance of helping me convince management to give me a promotion (my decent (for a manager) direct manager thinks I''m long overdue for one, but upper management is gonna upper management), but I can't seem to not procrastinate on it. I have a life that's a lot more secure and comfortable than most burgers, but mentally I can't seem to do anything with it.
I feel like I have some kind of anti-grass forcefield that kills any drive to go outside, socialize, and do meaningful activities that would make me feel like more of a person and, when I try to do that stuff, the psychological benefits get sapped. I've been depressed basically my whole life, but this is different than I've ever had it. I've been seeing a new therapist who's supportive and willing to try different treatments than my last therapist, so I'm hopefully gonna get better.
That's kind of comforting to know. My stepdad watches a lot of TYT at loud volume, so I often have to put up with Cenk and Anna bellowing about current events.
Hexbear is full of PC wokies who whine about cultural appropriation, so you'll need to change your tactics to get through to them. Bill Maher wrote a brilliant article about dealing with these types a little while back; it's called Persuading PC Bozos. You should check it out.
I hesitate to apply this expression loosely (especially since I am not Jewish), but if somebody asked for my honest opinion I would call this a blood libel
Take notes, next would-be Trump assassin.