This post made me think about my OG WoW days. My main had over 1 year of play time, and my alts, maybe another 20-30 days, so that puts me at about 9600 hours. I played for 5-6 years intensely in a progressive raising guild, then faded away over about a year after some crazy guild drama, it was such a loss.
It burned me out and I basically quit gaming for the last 10 years, now that I think about it. Some sim or resource games here and there, nothing multiplayer and nothing "reactive". Maybe a few hours a month.
Anyway, I reflected on it as this big waste of time, so I felt I had to grind at life instead. Games are a waste of time, do something productive. I'm only now appreciating the anxiety that caused.
This intern I work with is a gamer and asks me if I play anything. I realize I'm older than his mom so he's really getting a kick of my stories cause "I'm like too old to play games haha, wow that's crazy"
He said something like "you can afford it, how do you not have a gaming computer bro?" I thought, he's got a point.
So I find a tricked out
craigslist gaming computer a few weeks ago and download some games on steam. I was floored at A. What games have become and how fuckin good they look B. How much fun I was having and C. How I was able to soothe anxiety
Just do what you like with your spare time, if it makes you happy and doesn't fuck your life up, do it.
It burned me out and I basically quit gaming for the last 10 years, now that I think about it. Some sim or resource games here and there, nothing multiplayer and nothing "reactive". Maybe a few hours a month.
Anyway, I reflected on it as this big waste of time, so I felt I had to grind at life instead. Games are a waste of time, do something productive. I'm only now appreciating the anxiety that caused.
This intern I work with is a gamer and asks me if I play anything. I realize I'm older than his mom so he's really getting a kick of my stories cause "I'm like too old to play games haha, wow that's crazy"
He said something like "you can afford it, how do you not have a gaming computer bro?" I thought, he's got a point.
So I find a tricked out craigslist gaming computer a few weeks ago and download some games on steam. I was floored at A. What games have become and how fuckin good they look B. How much fun I was having and C. How I was able to soothe anxiety
Just do what you like with your spare time, if it makes you happy and doesn't fuck your life up, do it.