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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Bruh, I'm 33 and I started playing Subnautica for the first time a few weeks ago only to realize that in the first day I accidentally played for 10 hours. You just need to find the right game for you to revitalize your interest in gaming. Whatever that game may be!
Subnautica just does that to you. I completed an entire hardcore playthrough in a single session once (Mostly because I already knew what I was doing but it was still like 14-15 hours straight).
Is VR in subnautica an actual way to play or just a once in a while gimmick. I've had it in my library since back when it was beta and have never played more than a few minutes. Installed it since it does VR through steamlink but haven't played yet.
I love VR and Subnautica but Subnautica is not a good game to play in VR. You can make it kinda work with mods, but it does feel very janky.
For me, the attention span isn't the problem. I have been going on DOS2 and Factorio benders over the last couple years. For me, it's about making sure that I don't have some niggling anxiety in the back of my mind ruining my concentration. Got chores done? Dinner prepped? Laundry done? Animals fed? Game time baybee.
The trick is to push through the anxiety and truly become a worthless pile of shit destroying kids in online shooters, running solely on off-brand Cola, microwave pizza and self-loathing
Spot on. You have zero responsibilities at that age, except for maybe some homework and a few minimal chores. As an adult all you can think about is the endless todo list.
Oh man, Factorio is the black hole that has absorbed the most hours of any game I've ever played. I wouldn't have enjoyed it much in my youth, but it's the perfect fit for me now!
You just gotta find the right game. I discovered Satisfactory last year and had to uninstall it after a few eeks because I was staying up till 2am playing. I am 40.
I think for me a lot of games just don't challenge me in a meaningful way anymore. Especially as I get older the game AI feels a lot more predictable and shallow.
Then I tried factorio and that game is fun. So I agree its about finding the right games which spark that interest.
I think for me a lot of games just don’t challenge me in a meaningful way anymore.
I'm the opposite. If it's a story driven game, I don't wanna die. If I do die, you better make sure I don't have to repeat much. And you'd better make sure I don't die twice in the same place.
Old style save anytime is much preferred to checkpoints, but I feel barely exist in AAA games anymore. I'll put up with checkpoints if they are very frequent. If you make me repeat 30 mins I'll probably just stop playing.
I feel the same way about Baldurs Gate 3, I'm only pushing 30 but after playing for less than 20 minutes I had a mini pre-intervention with myself like, "okay listen up you geek, remember staying up until 4am every night and surviving on popcorn chicken and coffee isn't sustainable"
The right game can cure depression
The right game can cause depression, because I have no impulse control and will shurk my responsibilities to play it.
Sigh. I do love me some satisfactory though.
Fun fact. I was 2 years older than Bart when the Simpsons started on the Tracy Ulman show and now I'm over a decade older than Marge and Homer.
I need a nap.
No…. That would mean I’m…. Oh god. It’s happened.
If you want your mind blown when Simpsons started Marge and Homer were boomers, then Gen X and now they're millennials. Bart, Lisa and Maggie started out as Gen X (underachiever and proud of it) then millennials, then gen z, and now they're Gen alpha.
But grampa is always a ww2 vet.
They changed what "it" was
"What the fuck, a tutorial? I'm done."
Me after inattentively spamming through the tutorial just so I can play the game:
“How the fuck do I play this game?”
Also very true. "There's been a button for that this whole time!?"
Tutorials are child's play. I tried playing "This is the Police II" when it came out. Literally 2 full hours of what was basically a visual novel before I got into any gameplay. After a while I kept thinking "surely the game starts now?" before another scene started.
This was how I felt starting MGS V. I gave up.
Death Stranding, as well. Sooooo many cut scenes followed by 30 seconds of game play, followed by more cut scenes. It was all world building and back story.... But good lord... Took forever to get through
Swap the shitty snacks out for something healthier and maybe you’ll have more stamina to play
For me it's less the attention span thing and more the lack of time
There's a million things I gave to worry about all pulling me in every direction at the same time
Plus now that my ADHD is actually being addressed it's way easier to find time for things
I've put over 400 hours into vanilla terraria and recently started the calamity mod, first day I put like 6 hours into it.
I don't play every day, I just don't have the time/energy. But when I do I try to make it count.
That being said, we used to play Edward forty hands and try to beat ocarina of time in a single evening, usually staying up until dawn despite the copious alcohol.
I'm not the stallion I used to be, but even an old horse has something to prove.
Exercise and a proper diet will help.
I’m 41 years old, and I can’t pay attention to video games for more than about half an hour.
Unless I’m smoking pot, in which case I can play video games all day.
I find I focus even worse when I’m high, I just want to get up and do stuff, like stretch or exercise. I definitely didn’t do that when I was younger and smoked, so idk what’s changed.
The most realistic part is that you can't afford name brand chips as an adult.
I think that's the fault of games rather than me.
A lot of games are the same generic open world bollocks and it's honestly just exhausting.
That hurts.
Trying to learn how to play a Final Fantasy game in your late thirties is like trying to learn brain surgery on a worm. I don't know how I had the patience for any of that shit back in the day.
Back when I was a kid I could play games for hours and hours. Now that I'm 38 I can play video games for hours and hours.
I feel this way pretty often, but then I open Factorio again and the night turns to day quickly.
There's a bit of a hump you get over, though. I've been recently doing some long franchise-wide marathons and once I got into the groove it was surprisingly nostalgic. It recaptured that feeling of coming back from school and just playing games until I got called for dinner.
I do understand that when I lose that flow I REALLY lose that flow. Not sure if it's age or distractions or what. All I'm saying is you can get it back and it does feel good when you manage it.
Also the fact that you feel like you should be more responsible and doing something else. That’s what eats away at me in the adulthood/fatherhood