This might sound super weird, but whenever I actually find time to go “I have like 4 hours to spare, might as well play a game,” my brain just goes “hey, remember that movie you wanted to watch?” or “hey, remember that thing you wanted to wikipedia?” or “Might as well pay rent now, it’s due in 3 days.”

I just wish my brain would do this when I’m actually bored.

  • @[email protected]
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    122 years ago

    This might sound weird, but are you actually engaged with what you’re playing? Maybe you need to find some higher intensity games to keep your attention.

    • bermudaOP
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      32 years ago

      “higher intensity” is extremely vague and I’m having trouble grasping what you’re getting at. Horror? FPS? Competitive?

      • @[email protected]
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        102 years ago

        Not the same person you reply to, but I think they meant some more gripping. More exciting. For you. Whatever you consider more exciting and gripping

        • bermudaOP
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          42 years ago

          Well that’s the thing, it happens when I play games I find exciting, no matter the genre. Even when I pumped hundreds of hours into it. I put like 88 hours in cyberpunk 2077 but I found myself drifting away every time I’d start up the game.

          • TheSaneWriter
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            42 years ago

            Do you only drift away when gaming, or does it happen for every medium?

              • wagesof
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                32 years ago

                You don’t like gaming. Stop doing it for a while and maybe your mind will care about it again.

          • all-knight-party
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            42 years ago

            Was it like that when the game was fresh and you were getting into it in the beginning, or just after youd put the hours into it, and the novelty wore off?

        • TheRtRevKaiserM
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          2 years ago

          This is not an appropriate way to interact with another user on this instance. In the future, if you feel a need to jump into a conversation with this kind of low effort unpleasantness, please reconsider.

        • bermudaOP
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          12 years ago

          I don’t respect somebody who uses such harsh language when it wasn’t warranted

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    This might be the first time I’ve heard someone else describe this phenomenon. It’s gotten much worse in the last 5 years, to the point where I barely game. I still want to though. Very odd.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      Happening to me too, I’ve had to find a new hobby. I’m hoping after some time off I can pick gaming back up again in the future.