Did you also struggle to enjoy videogames as you got older?
>>728931123yes, mostly because they feel like timewasters, im in my early 20s and in my prime and im instead spending my time playing a video game when i could in theory be making money, partying, fucking hot bitches. im instead talking to another autistic loser on 4chan who just like me is sitting in his room probably eating some goyslop and drinking a energy drink while being smug on the internet and arguing about shit nobody cares about like meme vidya. sad
>>728931123No im liking them more now
>>728931232>im in my early 20s and in my primePerfect, do your god given duty
>>728931123literally just symptoms of post-iphone internet
>>728931232Once you're 30 you'll just do what you enjoy and not care about what ifs and shoulds
>>728932080I'm 30 and I enjoy nothing
wtf is this stupid cunt babbling about
>>728931123women don't deserve any rights
>>728931123video games are better than being a wagecuck
>>728931123No, if anything i enjoy them more
>>728931123>you NEED to discuss this literal who's fake deep shower thoughts. Videogames by the by.
>>728931123no, i still enjoy games, but if they're too hard, i won't play them, since i need to save energy for my work
>>728931123This bitch is retarded, nothing more relaxing than spending your entire day off playing as many consecutive hours of Skyrim as possible and drinking a few beers.>>728932336This
>>728931123No, though I have less tolerance towards bullshit time wasting/grinding than I used to have as a kid.
>>728931123Yeah, too time consuming and I'm tired as fuck all the time. There's shit I should be doing instead of playing vidya like taking care of my body, cleaning, or trying to find side-hustles. It got better after I finished college (late graduate), but that nagging in the back of my head that I should be doing some other shit lingers anytime I sit down to play for more than an hour. The only time it went away was during covid quarantine. God bless those 3 months.
>>728931123Nope.34, still love playing games.
>>728932678i can still tolerate grinding if it's doable in short chunks and if the reward is interesting enough
>>728931123Being the only person on earth sounds great
>>728932737If something seems obtainable within a reasonable amount of time that's fine. But I couldn't sit down and farm in say Diablo2 or Nioh again, not any more.
>>728931123kind of, but i think that's mostly from the fact that most games are just garbage now. i only play about 4 new games a year now.
>>728932703Damn covid was so fucking good man, all my bros were on discord constantly and we were straight up playing games for like 12 hours a day constantly joking around laughing like retards playing so much different shit together. It felt so cozy knowing everyone else's life was frozen as well so you could get away with just neetmaxxing and not fall behind anyone. Get some 'zza, a white monster and chill with the boys. Now when I game I just feel this weird unease and any time there's nothing happen and it slows down start getting bad thoughts about fomo and fud in life. Only shitposting helps because its a constant barrage of nonsense so it keeps your brain locked in.
>>728931123>Did you also struggle to enjoy videogames as you got older?Yes, but mostly because everything is becoming absolute ass. Not much to do with getting older imo.
>>728931123Yes, because after getting over 10k hours in videogames i can judge their quality and gameplay much more easily and it pains me to see rubbish games allover the place. No evolution of gameplay, just in appearances and ways to trick you.
>>728931123Im going to be deadass: this "person" (woman) sounds insane
>>728932737>>728932825>and farm in say Diablo2Or path of exile. Those games are not designed to be reasonable.
>>728931123This feels like a normie take about video games
quiet, hole.
>>728931123Yeah
>I LITERALLY CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT APPROVALWish the plandemic had gotten rid of more extroverts
>>728931123Yes but no. I rarely ever get as engrossed into a new game as when I was a kid. Sure, part of that is that when you were a kid you didn't have obligations and work and other things going on. But a big part of that is also the simple fact that more modern games are just complete trash. Most games today are just derivative slop that are designed to waste your time, empty your wallet on microtransactions, and just feel like chores. Honestly the only game that really captivated me within the past 5 years was Elden Ring, and playing that gave me that same engrossing feeling as when I was a kid, where I could just spend an entire day from sunrise to sunset playing the game, losing sleep because I don't want to put it down. Felt good, but that rarely happens anymore. Another aspect is that there are so many other things that can draw your attention now. Brainrot is real. It's so easy to hit the slightest bit of friction and put down a game and go watch hours of youtube doom scroll social media or whatever else. A lot different than back in the day when there were fewer outlets, so you were more inclined to stay focused.
>>728931232>when i could in theory be making money, partying, fucking hot bitchesNo you couldn't, that's why you're here instead of doing that. The people who party and fuck bitches just do it, it isn't a conscious effort on their part.
>>728932302Some of her orbiters got mad when she stopped replying for the five hours she spent in skyrim.
>>728931123NahI'm playing them more then everEmulation and steam games still keeps me invested in it
>>728931123>feel like you're the only person on earthif only games could do that
>narcissists going ten minutes without validation
>>728931232>Maan i'm stuck sitting here doing nothing of note when i could be out there doing nothing of noteIf you actually cared about doing something significant you'd be out planning to assassinate your politician of choice, finishing a doctorate and dedicating your life to research or joining the FFL, defecting in africa and forming your own warband and living as a warlord, the properly soulful protagonistic shit ,000000000000001% of the population does that is remembered
>>728931123she has a cute butt
Not really. Aging made me enjoy some games even more, but the passing of time is a real pain in the ass because you need to actually be healthy to enjoy life. I'm talking about having a clean diet of no pesticided fruit from the grocery store, no seeds or seed oils, no vegetables, mostly eating high quality meats, organs, fresh blood, raw milk, and sweets. And also abandoning exercise completely because it really is damaging to your health. Only walking is good for you, and sunbathing a little bit. Always gotta be comfortable and stress free.
>>728931123The main difference is that as a kid I could play any video game for the sake of playing a video game. Now I need a hook to keep me invested.
No, I still find time to play games, I still enjoy the time I spend with them. The only people that have trouble with this are either newcomers to the hobby or retards who stopped caring about video games for one reason or another.
>>728931123>roastie pretending to like gamesbored of this grift
>>728931123I have a full time job that's not fun so now I have to spend my free time playing the game of live.
>>728935889I wish it was realI wish we really did get a disease that killed everyone over 50Instead we got screeching 40 year old cat ladies yelling at you to wear a mask and take experimental drug
why is a thread of a shit take from a nobody on tweeter not deleted?
>>728932080I'm 40 and I enjoy nothingfaggot
>>728931123>the only person on earthGod I wish that was me. You should all go die.All 8 billion of you are in the wrong.
>>728931123For me it was realizing I have ADHD and becoming unsure if I actually like games or if I play them because ADHD likes them.
>>728931232You just need to realize that those things are precluded from you. If you were a man in his prime able to make money and fuck bitches, you wouldn't even know what 4chan was and the last videogame you played would be so cawadooty when you were 15. You aren't missing out on anything because those things were never meant for you.
>>728946365Yeah, this. Past (you) wouldn't have made different decisions because it was you. You are who you are because of the path that brought you here. If you didn't you would have been a different person.
>>728947964Exactly, I was one of those who believed that you are in charge of your destiny , free will yada yada since Im kind of a Chad with way more money than most people I interacted with but since I got real fucking sick yet somehow alive(worst outcome, have to to suffer) and it defined my life I realized we are all bound by external or internal circumstances,we are just puppets,everything is predetermined.No one decides to be a "Chad" or to "like videogames" or "to like partying"Those are just things that happen or don't,it's just destiny,same as if tomorrow you die in a car crash,it was meant to happen ,unavoidable.
I don't, but I'd admit only old games make me feel that joy I had during my childhood.This year bought the oblivion remake and holy shit I just lost sense of time playing it, same shit with wow classic, with retail I barely play like 30 minutes per session tops, in classic I can just be doing quests around for hours straight.
>>728932080I had a weird kind of 1/3rd life crisis where I was like "O god I might actually have to keep doing this shit for another 30+ years" and since then have generally gone out of my way to enjoy/improve/indulge myself a little bit on occasion and my life has gotten way better. It's good to be young, but thank fuck I'm not dealing with that shit anymore.
>>728931123For a while but then I got into older games I missed out on as a kid.
Well if picrel could then its not impossible for someone else.
>>728931123Pft, women...
>only person on earthdo women just completely lack object permanence
>>728931123I can't stick to a game for more than a couple of sessions anymore before moving to something else, and I don't go back to anything unless I'm starting again fresh.I don't know if it's age or attention span (though I try to stay away from brain-rot and overstimulation), or maybe I'm just not getting glued into it enough because the medium doesn't hit the spot like it used to.
>When I was in high school and college it was pvp servers only. Now I run 2 businesses and have 2 kids as well as other hobbies…never again lol. PvP griefing and getting griefed are some of my best memories in WoW when I had more free time. Now if I get to play any video game for 30 mins to an hour I don’t want to spend it getting interrupted lol
>>728931232>making money>fucking hot bitchesVideo games are free time.spend some time working on education or work on your 20s and playing vidya is fine.Chasing pussy is also a time wasting retard behavior.Get a wife.The real thing is that vidiya is a great way to wind down but it doesn’t build anything.When it comes to spending an entire day I’d rather work on a hobby project and then just play dome some bideo games in the evening to calm down
>>728931232This post is a great summary of why this site and the internet at large fucking sucks.
>>728931123>when you're an adult it can make you get really nauseous and feel like you're the only person on earth in a way that feels scaryI actually get herBut the thing is I love that feeling.
>>728937830So true
>>728931123my neuroplasticity is so much better in my older age than it was in my youth, I find gaming so much more kindling and fun than before. But I also feel bad because I don't think gaming has made time for people my age, and I will fall into categories of fun that don't get a lot of developer attention.
Midlife crisis is real, but it's not about hobbies or other vapid shit like that. It's you understanding, relly understanding for the first time, that you're going to die. You think you get it. But if your age starts with a 2, you really don't. Look forward to it.
>>728931232nah, i didnt play games at all from 20-30. i was doing that stuff youre afraid you're missing out on, except making (good) money. i do make good money now though. started playing games again at like 33
>>728932291I'm 34 and feel this. Stimulants seem to help.
>>728931123Normalfags seem so utterly alien to me and the older I get the stronger this impression becomes
>>728931232"Instead of wasting my time on hedonistic video games, I could be wasting my time on degenerate hedonistic pleasures!"You're retarded lol.
>>728954551Yes, because 4chan is filled with retarded and gay subhumans of the fat, gay (again), black, brown, and jewish variety.The internet is completely ruined by them and it's an almost perfect allegory to modern Western Civilization. Hitler should've won and that should NOT be controversial to say in 2025.
>>728931232Yeah, playing games is the only reason youre not a gigachad. Retard.
>>728948489>muh destinyyou were born a retard and I can only assume you got sick with brain damage because you have no understanding of what the previous anons were saying at all
>>728943863lol unc straight crashing out
>>728932080all I can think about is how I'm wasting my life and how I should go out and do something more productive.
>>728931123>giving a fuck about literally who opinion on Shitterfirst of all who cares? second of all hang OP from the ceiling>>728954882>oh no we are going to die, that's so badstfu faggot, you are like white women and boomers
>>728931232Most people are actually living a boring life and all the "exciting" things you're mentioning are from movies and shit. If they're not playing video games, then they're just watching TV or scrolling the internet anyway. Most men masturbate to porn even when married. The only true thing that makes someone a loser is if they don't have a job. So it means they're relying on something else to support even the most boring, inexpensive life.
>>728931232holy retardo, video games are a hobby, not a job. unless you get paid for it, so they shouldn't take up most of your day. why you even struggle with this is your true problem, not video games themselves. hold yourself accountable and stop deflecting blame .
>>72893112326 here, Most games nowadays are dogshit, but there are still fun experiences to be had, You just have to make them yourself. Other than that, sandboxy autism genres are the only real type of game that can keep my attention nowadays. Everything else is usually either catered to decrepit Millennials or third worlders in the vein of gacha shit.
>>728931123I can still enjoy games but they have to be exceptionally good. When I was a kid I enjoyed any old slop
>>728931232>im in my early 20sway to call yourself out as a zoomer
>>728960739>26 herewow omg anon you're sooooo old!!!!!
>>728931123NoWhen I was a kid I always had to do homework and appease my parents and teachersNow I just do my job and do whatever the fuck I want with the rest of my time
>>728931123no, but I also have nothing else in my life
>>728960982>wow omg anon you're sooooo old!!!!!Considering the daily Pro-AI/Anti-AI threads that flood the catalogue hourly,and the innumerable gachashit thirdworld coomer threads. I'd like to believe that I'm on the seniority here...
>>728931123I refuse to believe this woman ever spent a day playing video games
>>728932080I'm 35 and I enjoy playing with Lego and buying anime robots more than games but I'll play a few games now and then
>>728954882>understanding, relly understanding for the first time, that you're going to die.I understood this since always. I was always chronically I'll and sick.
>>728959995>all I can think about is how I'm wasting my life and how I should go out and do something more productive.Been there, done that. Let me tell you, none of it actually matters in the end. If what you are trying to do is career building, then I have some bad news for you.The game was already rigged against you from the start. Enjoy life as much as you can before its over, the jews will always win after all.
You have no idea how much cute fucking strawberry cat I made gives me joy. I don't even have a fucking point just go LEAVE 4CHAN JUST FUCKING TRY TO ENJOY SOMETHING NIGGERS. You won't find it here.
>>728961748more concerned with family.
>>728931232>playing a video game>making money, partying, fucking hot bitchesWhat's the difference?
>>728931232t. Hustler's University student
>>728931123Nope. Video games are still fun in my forties, whether with family, friends or alone.
>>728931123no, my wife and i had kids when i was 32 and she was mid-20s, so i moved into parenthood right around the time games would've started to lose their lustre. kids keep you busy all day so i only game after i put them to bed (and the wife is dicked down). it limits the time available to play, which makes just about anything i play enjoyable. i've got a 500ish mod list skyrim save going right now that will probably last me several years.
>>728932898Thank you, Omni-Man. Very based.
Usually once I start playing a game I'm fine but actually sitting down and putting a game on is hard for meI don't know why, I can watch youtube or post on 4chan all day effortlessly
>>728931123Somewhat.When I was younger I knew I had all the time in the world so burning my time on vidya had no negatives, it was all fun no pain.Now at 35? I feel like my time is slowly running away, I'm more interested in hobbies and skills rather than vidya (though I still play when I can), but time-wasters get me anxious. Especially when I work from 10 hours per day (+2 considering conmute) so I have at most 4-5 hours of leisure per dayI truly don't regret all the time I spent playing videogames in my youth, but getting older (and being forced to wageslave) forces you to rethink your priorities.
I'm enjoying them more lately, but I also simply don't care about productivity and reality. What the fuck else am I gonna do? I hate everything else.
>>728961748Little bit of both is the way to goWork hard play hard
>>728949127I had a similar thing. I had a>so this is it? Is it just going to be decades of the same from now on?I don't think I have completely dealt with it yet. I can't convince myself I'll really have any new experiences (including those that are past due at my age) and best I could do is resigning myself to living like this.
>>728931123in a vacuum I enjoy videogames just as much as I used to, the only difference is time now becoming a reality I can no longer handwave with magical thinking. the happiest time of my life was a gap year I took after highschool to do some prerequisite coursework at a community college and work a part time job. when my commitments were done during the day, it was just free time, no pressure, no worry, had all the time in the world to jerk off. you can still enjoy games but that golden window was a dimension of it that's now gone.
>>728931123>"HAHA LOOK SOME DIPSHIT ON TWITTER SAID A THING, IT MUST BE A WORTHY TOPIC OF DISCUSSION"Fuck off.>>728937454This. There was some copypasta about how, if you have to put effort into shit like having a girlfriend or friends or a social life at all, it's proof that you're inherently an outcast and/or failure. That shit just happens to normal people. It's like breathing. The reason you have to put effort into it is because your brain is fucked up.
>>728931123I wish I was the only person on Earth
>>728961443>I refuse to believe this woman ever spent a day playing video gamesYou're probably right. Furthermore, it's probably not even a woman, and instead some paid troll account run by a jeet for pennies a day. Twitter has basically turned into Facebook-tier rage-bait discussion under the "For You" tab. It's just a bunch of bot accounts pushing pro-AI, pro-billionaire, and pro-Jew talking points.
>>728967990Ehh I dunno, who would keep electricity and internet on. I need that to be a hermit
>>728932291>>728943863You enjoy shitposting on 4chanlmao get fucked idiots
>>728969087Please stop introducing logic to my fantasy scenario
>>728931123I struggle more because of repetition, the more games you play the more you realize they're all just slight variations of the same things. It becomes really hard to find interesting new games.
>>728931123it's called social media addiction and yes, 4chan is social media
>>728931123Nah, not really. If it's not vidya it's books anyway. World's just too gay and lame for me to be content with.
>>728931232It's time to shutdown 4chan.This place has done more harm than good.
>>728932080I'm in my early 20s and i already adopted this mindset. The other replies before me are all a bunch of jaded cucks.
>>728931123No. le "OMG GUYZ U ARE LIEK SO OLD N CANUT DO NETING AFTER YER 20'S" is a myth.
Nope.
>>728955605It's not controversial. A lot of Zoomers hold this opinion. The pendulum is swinging real fucking hard this decade.
>>728931232I've got news for you. You're still a kid. Come back when you're in your 30s at a minimum.
>>728931123>play game>nauseousonly when i first started playing VR and had to get my VR legs and tweak some settings. the way Serious Sam 3 VR works is just... just thinking about it makes me queezy
>>728931232i think this sometimes and then remember my country is absolutely fucked and i will never be able to afford a house or my own family anyway so why should i care ?at best a lot of guys under 30 will spend their entire lives filling that void until civil unrest happens or we'll just be discarded like trash whenever AI actually starts to take over every job ever made.thankfully video games are fun and cheap.
>>728970508What does it have to do with videogames?
>>728931123It feels like I don’t have enough time for anything and end up rushing through games to finish the books I have.
>>728931123Playing games makes the time disappear in a way that isn't fun any more as you start to feel your time is finite. This doesn't happen with other media. If you spend all day watching TV or reading, you REALLY feel like you spent all day watching TV or reading. When you spend all day playing a video game, you barely remember any of it.I think a lot of it has to do with narratives. It doesn't happen with story-heavy RPGs, you remember playing those just fine. But a lot of games are just grindy and substanceless these days, in a bad way. 4 hours of gameplay and only 1-2 meaningful things happen. You definitely don't make any meaningful progression. No narrative ever forms. Our brains are built to work narratively.
