on menu screen: “Fuck this I don’t want to play anything.”
For me, it's the realization that I won't be able to just immerse myself in a game and play as much as I want. I have to sell my labor and do a bunch of other tedious things that capitalism requires or else I'll be homeless. Two days off isn't enough. I rarely get out of bed before 2 on the first one, I'm so exhausted. Then I have to do all the shit I couldn't do because my job steals so much of my time. And then it's back to work :agony-deep:
load up new game
stare blankly for 45 seconds
close game
load up gmod or something. again.
it me :deeper-sadness:
all this after deciding what to play. but the second I can't play games, all I want to do is play every one of my games at once
Depression sucks homie. The thing I’ve learned to do is weapon is my anhedonia, the lack of pleasure in things, by doing chores because I know I’m gonna feel bad anyway. Honestly using that for things that I know will feel good in the long term like gardening has done a lot for my mental health
that works until you find games and things you legitimately enjoy for no fucking reason but then the joy just goes away once you notice it
One of these days I need to just fuck up the internet cable with some tin snips and let the warp overtake me
Hopefully my brain would go back to somewhat normal after a few days of that
Lost my phone and was without one for a few days not that long ago. Still had a computer with an internet connection but I found myself reading, cooking, listening to music, etc much more than usual. When I go camping, I can read entire books in a day because of the lack of distractions. Then when I come back to civilization I just fall right back into the same habits.
Power went out in my neighborhood for several days a few years back, including my place of work. Wasn't terrible on the whole. Reread most of my favorite books before the power came back. Main things that sucked were insomnia (it was a hot summer, and while the plumbing still worked, a wet towel doesn't make an especially good blanket) and having to replace everything in my fridge.
This is really me lately. Ill be downloading games and installing them, but never actually playing them. This last few weeks I haven't played practically anything, and gaming has been my main hobby for like 30 years.
real "play civ for the first 50 turns to just explore a bit then give up and quit to desktop" hours who tf up
Civ is a lot of fun until you realize someone on the map has beaten you 200 turns into the game, but it'll take another 1000 turns to seal the deal.
get a good indie game that reminds you of a game you're nostalgic for from your childhood
ok
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what two games did you enjoy the most in the past year?
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do you like to read?
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I'll get pumped for playing an N64 game for days, and then 10 minutes into it I'm pretty bored.
you always remember it as better than it actually is. then you actually boot it up and the load times, shitty analog stick, and outdated mechanics become apparent.
i'll play the fuck out of an SNES game on emulator though :party-sicko:
some of them have really slow start screens. idk how else to describe it. some of them have 3 or 4 developer logos before you can even press start.
Those are artificial. Literally completely unnecessary, they just want you to look at the logos.
