No sir, Mr. CIA. I procure all digital products or otherwise in accordance to all the laws of every country.
Could just rephrase it as "anyone else buy so many video games from flash sales" and it works. :wink:
No because I just end up rotating between Civ 4 and Rocket League no matter how many games are in my steam library or pirate folder
I'm basic :duck-dance:
Civ 4 is underrated compared to the newer ones, it has so many cool scenarios
It is the ultimate form of Civilization, as defined by being a successor to the original and not a complete rework like 5 was. It is the ur-civ. The final form.
One unit per stack is blasphemy. I won't hear it.
The problem isn't that I'm overburdened with choice, it's that I'm too busy. I have enough word of mouth to know what games to play, but even though I have the time I don't have the mental energy to immerse myself in something new. Maybe this is an ADHD thing, but I feel like it's also more of a thing that's magnified by ADHD than one caused by it, since everyone else I've talked to says the same.
For what it's worth, linear games may be your friend. I personally find myself getting so distracted and sidetracked in open world games that I never get around to the main story even though I do want to play it too. I also hate having so many things to do (because I want to do it all) that I usually postpone playing many open world games indefinitely (I also hate games with missables that require me to have google pages open so I know where to look and what to do). I personally have no clue if I have ADHD (but I'm kind of concerned I might) and linear games with next to no options are the easiest to play through.
Roguelike FPSes have been utterly fantastic. The whole benefit of those games is that you'll be restarting from scratch every death anyway so you never miss out and there's no optimal build for you to aim for, just play; better yet: for a few of these, dying is part of the gameplay as you go back to the starting point with gold to upgrade your abilities and play the next run more powerful (which is great for those of us with lesser skills who need permanent upgrades to give us a fighting chance).
I don't play open world games already. Like I haven't bought a AAA game in probably half a decade. I just have trouble playing games I'm not already familiar with.
YES Hades was wonderful for me in this way. Not an FPS, but something I can do a run of that will take about 30mins, then I can get back to procrastinating over practicing guitar or doing chores by watching YT for the next 5 hours.
It's genuinely a brilliant game, too.
I'm a data hoarder. I need to swap my three 2tb hard drives for a single 8tb, one of these days. As I'm running out on two of them I have all my emulation roms on one drive, seam on another, then the third is everything else.
My problem is I’ve been gaming once forever and I’ve kinda seen it all. So I’ll start a new game that I picked up on humble or wherever and think “ok this is just <other game>“ and then lose interest quickly. Or I’ll play a bit and be like “I don’t need a second job” . It takes a lot to get me hooked anymore. :matt:
how do i pirate a video game? i've barely played any video games i thought were fun in my whole life. mario kart is kinda fun with other people. tetris is ok. oregon trail was fun when i was a kid.
emulators. Start with SNES, then do Saturn, follow it up with gameboy shit and finally pay for cheap steam games while you wait to buy a new computer.
Something like this happens to me when its time to take a break from the computer and go lie down and think for a while. The overstimulation messes with your brain and makes it difficult to enjoy anything. Go get comfy and let your thoughts wander for like two hours and let me know if it changes anything. I'm curious if this is just a me thing.
Not really, I have some general ideas of what I'd like to play. I'd love to play some Doom right now but fucking carpal tunnel tells me if I do it'll take my favorite hand away.
Seriously though, maybe make a list, or take a break from games for a while, its ok to not like games or be playing one all the time. You could take up another easily attainable hobby on the digital sea. Whatever you do should be something to solve a curiosity, not a source of stress, at least in ideal. Would be a good idea to keep an eye on that anxious ennui, make sure its not generalized, might be a sign of something.
digital hoarding is still hoarding
i have gone through mine pretty well to get it paired down to shit i actually like. too much choice is bad for our brains.
I always pick games to play that are used as examples for game design stuff. That way you kinda get to think critically about the mechanics and story and how they compare whilst playing several unique experiences.
