Do the things you have to do for the day then leave playing vidya last. The problem with adult hood is that you view videogames as a waste of time, that you should be doing something more "productive".
I can never shut that voice up myself, even if I finish my errands. Maybe it'll work for you I dunno.

>>84009715
thats the thing i don't have anything to do for the day, my schedule usually goes like get up around 2/3pm, stare at computer screen till work, get off work at midnight cause nightfill, stare at computer screen till 6am and maybe I've played like 30 minutes of something....

>>84009721
Ah ha, that might be it. Are you also on your phone at work? Limit your screen time to until you get home from work and see how you feel then.

>>84009727
nah i work a physical job so i'm not on my phone for more then maybe 5 minutes at a time, even that's pushing it...

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You really don't need to be playing videogames if you don't feel like playing videogames.
Backlogs are a stupid concept btw. There's no reason to consume any media you don't feel hyped to consume.
Your problem is more with doing things that you don't seem to enjoy (doomscrolling). Maybe try to limit doing those instead of forcing yourself to do something else you don't feel like doing.

>>84009715
>The problem with adult hood is that you view videogames as a waste of time, that you should be doing something more "productive".
I don't view it that way at all, enjoying myself is not a waste of time, and even if it's a waste of time, it's certainly less of a waste of time than my job.

>>84009743
but that's the thing, i want to play games, i want to enjoy myself by playing something, but none of those games are there. it's like i have too many games to pick from and idk what to pick. maybe kid me had it easier cause there where like 5 games to chose from on my old 360.... now i have like 50 games installed outta my 300 game library and I just feel swamped

That's how I feel when in depressed moods, typically in the "happiness hangover" after doing stuff like fapping or alcohol. If you do things like that too often, go a few days without it and see how you feel then. The doomscrolling you describe can't be good either.

If you feel like this all the time, you may just be depressed in general. It may sound like a platitude but I would genuinely try to make some bigger changes in your life to improve your overall mental health, like starting to exercise, getting productive hobbies like learning a language or drawing or building shit, and trying to get a job if you don't have one.

>>84009754
>it's like i have too many games to pick from and idk what to pick
spend the time you spend doomscrolling researching which game looks the best I guess.
it doesn't really matter how many games you have, you have all the games in the world because you can just pirate or buy another one at any point anyway.

>>84009704
You need to:
1. Don't worry about your backlog. Play whatever interests you and not stuff to check off a list.
2. Know when to drop a game. You play to have a good time, not because you're a completionist; nothing is going to happen if you quit.
3. Play one or two games at a time; don't overload yourself.
4. Make it a special moment during the day. Leave videogames for the end of the day to wind down and play two or three hours -- one, even, so it doesn't feel like a chore.
>Do you guys got any tricks for actually playing shit or are we all just fucked?
I stop playing games for a week or a month and do other stuff like reading, drawing or whatever, so I get the itch to play.
If I'm playing something "slow" like an RPG or a game I'm getting stuck at often, I replay something fast-paced that I really like every now and then (for example, UT99, Spelunky or Contra: Hard Corps).
I also don't play brand new games. They rely too much on multiplayer FOMO and I don't like that.

>decide "for a while I am going to play a game" say it out loud if you need to
>don't keep ANYTHING ELSE OPEN if using your computer to play the game not a console
>play the fucking game, only checking your phone for walkthrough help
I play osrs, emulate gameboy and ds games, zoo tycoon, and switch games this way for hours at a time

>>84009704
find a game you want to play and enjoy playing, go through your backlog and find one that gets your attention
Counter-Strike has sucked ass since Global Offensive and I've wasted way too much time on that gay shit until I finally dropped it and admitted that it's not fun
Helldivers gets boring too fast even with friends so I dropped it to not repeat the same mistake with CS
>most my time on my pc is spent doom scrolling
that's one of the worst things that you can do to yourself, it ruins your attention span and you wont' be able to concentrate on anything, you're giving yourself adhd

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>>84009704
i liek playing turtle wow

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>>84009759
i just feel like this all the time, dont fap or drink much tho....
>>84009767
yeah i'll try that out
>>84009781
>>84009787
actually good advice thank you!
>>84009793
>you're giving yourself adhd
i already have adhd lol, idk how doomscrolling ruins attention spans though because i seem perfectly fine, i can go from doomscrolling for a few hours to sitting down and watching a 3 hour youtube essay pretty easily..
>>84009798
wow seems a bit interesting but i've only tried like an hour of classic and i got lost really easily, the only mmorpg i consistently play is osrs. but maybe i'll get into wow. don't feel like paying a fucking subscription tho

>>84009754
To add to this, try to keep in mind something you're looking for in a game and watch gameplay of it to filter them out.
Personally, I keep going for old games because you can boot them up, play for half an hour and have some fun without too much investing. Nowadays you have to worry about ranking ladders, limited events, long questlines and other stuff that put me off.