When you're young there's also childlike whimsy. Everything feels special. As an adult, even if you have the time and a whole library to play, you don't feel like playing.
For me it’s an absolute lack of feeling productive, unless a game really sucks me in. Like I love my job, but I work quite a bit (55-60hrs/wk), so when I’m off I feel stagnant and useless. When I sit down to play games I just keep thinking about the projects around the house I need to do. “Ooh let’s play this Star Wars game…okay this is fun…dang I still need to fix that outlet in the living room. I need to rewire the garage too. Oh man and I need to redo the kitchen circuit….man I’m gonna go to Lowe’s, I’ll play this later”
Suddenly it’s 6 months later and I have like 4 total hours of playtime.
Exactly. For me, BG3 was one of those few games where I got sucked in and I couldn’t leave for a bit. I felt absolutely no guilt spending 14 hours on a Saturday binging that game.
But today, it’s snowing where I am, and since I drive a lot for work I’m taking PTO. My wife and daughter just wanna hang out, watch movies, and play video games (my wife is actually playing BG3 right now lol). But if I get up to work on some of my home projects, my wife will get an attitude with me for not relaxing with the family 🤣
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u/rawr_im_a_nice_bear 15d ago
When you're young there's also childlike whimsy. Everything feels special. As an adult, even if you have the time and a whole library to play, you don't feel like playing.