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.
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.