Idk dude. I think I flipped a switch and now just playing games doesn’t do it for me because what’s the point really? There’s too many and too many of them are just cash grabs.
I can basically only play old or indie games and only if I stream it so that my friend who’s depressed can get some virtual company.
I don’t regret having spent so much time with games but I guess there’s a time and place.
Yeah. When you start to realize that video games are just success surrogates to help you compensate for a lack of success in real life, it gets depressing fast!
I did so much gaming in my 20s. Now in my 40s it’s hard to motivate myself to play more than a few minutes!
I grew out of video gaming the moment I started to realize that games are a manufactured irreality where nothing you do really matters, because once you quit the game you gained nothing in life, it is a well engineered time sink.
Since my time became a scarce resource and I started to value it, only a rare unique mind twisting puzzle game or short experimental experience might be worth my time, but I will not touch games that eat hundreds of hours of your life for well, nothing at all.
Also, when I was young and had almost no friends, games were a refuge and distraction, now I don’t need them. If at all, now I’d rather play a board game with other people, because it’s wholesome real world interactions and social fun.
Idk dude. I think I flipped a switch and now just playing games doesn’t do it for me because what’s the point really? There’s too many and too many of them are just cash grabs. I can basically only play old or indie games and only if I stream it so that my friend who’s depressed can get some virtual company.
I don’t regret having spent so much time with games but I guess there’s a time and place.
That’s so sweet and thoughtful of you to stream it for your friend. <3
Yeah. When you start to realize that video games are just success surrogates to help you compensate for a lack of success in real life, it gets depressing fast!
I did so much gaming in my 20s. Now in my 40s it’s hard to motivate myself to play more than a few minutes!
This.
I grew out of video gaming the moment I started to realize that games are a manufactured irreality where nothing you do really matters, because once you quit the game you gained nothing in life, it is a well engineered time sink.
Since my time became a scarce resource and I started to value it, only a rare unique mind twisting puzzle game or short experimental experience might be worth my time, but I will not touch games that eat hundreds of hours of your life for well, nothing at all.
Also, when I was young and had almost no friends, games were a refuge and distraction, now I don’t need them. If at all, now I’d rather play a board game with other people, because it’s wholesome real world interactions and social fun.