This is more for discussion, maybe some of you can handle it
I didn't even game often, but it constantly occupied my headspace. I spent tons of cash on Nintendo and steam just to barely play game but look forward to them. Or I would play them and it would just feel like a huge time sync and not fun.
I'm 40 now with 4 kids. I always justified it as a way to bond with them or something I deserved. I would say it was not as bad as doomscrolling or social media.
What kept me in the most was just memories of gaming. I just couldn't recreate the happy times. But I kept trying anyway. I tried moderation but I just cannot do it.
I decided to quit them all. It's liberating not to try for achievements or set arbitrary time limits. I no longer spend mental energy seeing what slop is too woke And acceptable.
I feel like this is something I should have done when I had my first kid years ago. It's a complete waste of time beyond some good mental exercises many of you cocks shamed vidya, and I salute you for it.
Everyone reading this under 40. Don't waste years like I did.
I'm the resident faggot gamer here and understand it's an easy scapegoat. I get it. It's unlikely your own personal epiphany will seriously perturb anyone.
> I didn't even game often, but it constantly occupied my headspace. I spent tons of cash on Nintendo and steam just to barely play game but look forward to them. Or I would play them and it would just feel like a huge time sync and not fun.
Sounds more like a mental disorder lol. I only think about gaming when I'm gaming. If something has me hooked I'll be thinking about strategies and builds during my normal work day...
I don't know. If it's not enjoyable for you anymore maybe it's time to let it go, as you say. Running through the echos of your former enjoyable routines without the actual enjoyment isn't a recipe for a good time.
> I'm 40 now with 4 kids.
Holy fuck my dude. How do you have the time?
> I decided to quit them all.
Sometimes a cold turkey approach works best.
> It's liberating not to try for achievements or set arbitrary time limits. I no longer spend mental energy seeing what slop is too woke And acceptable.
Huh. Guess I never really gave the industry that much real estate in my head. Don't get me wrong, the current state of the industry is complete ass and has fallen further and faster than anyone thought. I think a lot of people see more slop than gems because the market is so saturated.
The industry also isn't really ours anymore. It's been stolen by jewish DEI agendas, faggots and troons. Porn games too, are adding to the cesspit. So I understand your views here, but I've always felt perfectly stalwart against this particular abyss.
> I feel like this is something I should have done when I had my first kid years ago.
Probably. Kids should play sports. Physical sports. I played sports all the way through high school, but still also loved vidya.
Maybe I was just born at the right time. Gen X and millennial had one foot in analog and the other in digital. We breached the gap and could enjoy both separately for what they were. But it looks like we're about the same age, so to each their own.
> Everyone reading this under 40. Don't waste years like I did.
So you're telling me the overall experience was so bad that you'd recommend no one partake? What shit, garbage games were you playing? Don't you remember the awesome stories? *Metal Gear Solid, Soul Reaver, Resident Evil, Half Life?*
I know you remember some gaming sessions with the boys back in the day. I can remember calling my friends chinks and niggers all the way back in BF1942, and I'll never forget some of the sweaty nerd sessions when I was dueling it out with other clans.
Though I've moved on from all that now, at the end of the day I see gaming as art mixed with puzzles. It's not just thought provoking and stimulating, but interactive and experience generating.
It's just too bad its yet another industry taken over by the yidlings.
The Halo 2 & 3 lan-parties were the best, we threw N words, F words and R words whenever the possibility occured, we had fresh pizza (back when pizza was made with actual cheese and not soy and goy oil) and booze (which i opted out of, i was more of a orange juice mixed with vodka type of guy)
the middle teenage years were the best not just because of vidya, but because the culture was still Normal, where is today people barely socialize and if they do so its all online and there is no real human interaction
also all chat is moderated so you can't get into online bants with random online niggers
also back then consoles were powerful and you go could 4 way splitscreen with other buddies, and when combined with another xbox and 4 controller you had a real fucking party going
alas consoles are dead, and so is vidya, all of our friends have moved on and there is not much to remincinse... but whenever i hear Halo 3 main theme or warthog run i immediately remember the Legendary run we had on co-op campaign
memories that will never fade
Why interact when it just means a permanent ban on ability to interact in the future?
which is why i'm mostly into single player mods
This kind of socializing can be fun as a teenager, but it's simply irresponsible when you are married with kids, which is our life purpose.
my body feels 45
i am 30
life just... didn't phase out well for me, but i'm content i own my own property and in 4 months i'll be living away from niggers in an apartment with ONLY WHITE NEIGHBORS
yeah i could've been married, i could've shackled myself to some harpy and lost my balls in the process, but fortunately for me i am an extremist with extreme opinions about niggers, jews, and unironically women.
and i'd change nothing about that, my brother 5 kids (6 in December) so he did his duty both for me and for him
i can always redpill my nephews on niggers and jews (they already hate niggers) so yeah, fuck it.
God will reward your brother for his efforts, but you cannot claim his blessings. Our ability to have loving marriages and create families together is the greatest gift that God has provided us with, there is nothing else in this life which comes even close, out of curiosity why would you not choose that?
Horrible advice, there is a chance they could end up with injuries that harm their ability to work in the future, exercise should be controlled, low impact and low risk, sports are too dangerous.
you have 4 kids so you can't escape your responsibilities (technically you can, but that'd make you a nigger ;)
when i'll have kids (that's a big IF considering hoeflation) i'll probably gravitate less and less to vidya considering i'd have reponsibilities for my children and you can't play vidya while your kid is crying (that's gay as fuck and i've unironically watched a streamer scream to his wife that he's streaming and take the screaming baby away from him, which i consider genuine soy behavior)
though to be completely honest... a child's is a woman's responsability
a man's responsbility is to provide and protect (and maybe fix things) he shouldn't be the fucking babysitter or the cook or the cleaner
that's literally a woman's job and anyone who says otherwise is a domesticated cuck with no balls.
I know what you mean, brother. And sincerely, congratulations on quitting. Quitting anything you've been so heavily vested in is tough, no matter the reason.
Personally though, my mind needs the break. People in the know live this day in and day out. If I want to jump on *Easy Red II* and rampage as the Wermacht for an hour... it's like a cup of tea for the soul.
Well when all my problems are ones that can't be fixed by myself then there's nothing else to do except consume. I can't get a woman, I have no future, my race is undergoing a genocide so what the fuck else am I meant to do?