I honestly don’t see how the average working class adult find that time. I feel like gaming is a luxury for rich/middle-class teens.
I cannot answer this question. I am a 40 year old kid, not an adult.
I have lots of time. Other than work, I don’t do anything but play video games, watch videos/movies/shows, and shitpost comments on Lemmy. Got no money to do anything else I would like to do. Ain’t got no friends IRL to do anything with.
A man cut from the same cloth as I
Are ya winning, son?
The games? Yes.
At life? No. I’m not even able to get ranked. :(
Ranked isn’t fun, bunch of sweaty players.
Ranked gets ganked. It’s nicer here in the shallows, anyway.
Don’t worry, the game was rigged from the start: it’s mostly all just PayToWin bullshit!
Damn, are you me!? But I don’t remember writing this comment…
Samesies!
Hey, now, you’re genuinely appreciated around this here Lemmy place, so don’t go calling us “no friends”. 🥲
Yes, no kids.
Yes. But I worry about your premises. Except for a few thing, gaming is not a 10 hour long experience every time; you can just easily slip-it in any free time. Not having the time to play video games sort of implies you never have free time, which would be concerning.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding the question and it is not about having time to play video games as much as will to play video games. Interests can shift over time; for some people, it’s playing different types of games, for other, it’s having different hobbies over time.
I think the same way people have to be a bit social, they need a bit of “me” time here and there. All things in balance and all that. But the material “time” needed to play video games? Yeah, it’s there.
I can’t speak for everyone but for me, I’m not going to sit down and play a game unless I can do it for at least an hour or two. Almost all of the games I have aren’t the type where I can just pick something up for 15-30 minutes and not leave completely unsatisfied because I couldn’t actually accomplish anything.
As far as actually having free 1-2 hour blocks? Ha. Yeah, right. I mean, maybe after work on the rare occasion that I can put off the things I need to do for a bit and the stress about them later, keeping me from playing anything for another 2 weeks… that’s the best-case scenario for working full-time and I don’t even have kids.
Like anything competing for my time, it has to be something I’m really interested in watching/playing/doing. Too many other things going on to devote time to crappy games, books, or tv shows.
I play videogames with my 9yo daughter every night for 30-45 mins before bed. It started a few years ago with me playing and her watching, but she’s starting to drive these now. I would much rather she plays games rather than watch game streams like most of her friends.
My boomer trait: I cannot stand that kids would rather watch someone else play a game than just play it (unless its some $80 game theu cant afford). HOWEVER I realize, it is actually a great need for them to socialize with people they like and imagine they have friends. So it’s really sad, but I get it.
Yeah that’s how I feel. It’s one thing if it’s just filling a void, but these streamers eventually end up exploiting these kids, so I’ll be relieved if she never gets the appeal of watching streamers.
For Horror Games, I’d rather watch someone else getting scared than actually shit my pants.
I think such activity is not recommended before bed. You seem like you care so maybe move that to a better time
Yeah I need to see if we can find a better time. Currently, after her dinner but before bed works, but may be there’s a better time
the only reason I have time is I never got married or had kids on purpose
If you can’t find ANY time for gaming, then you just don’t actually want to game.
If you truly have zero time for any sort of hobby or interest after work, kids, etc. then you need help of some kind.
And not just the therapeutic kind, either. That’s a recipe for absolute meltdown, and that shit ain’t pretty even without kids.
Work full time, no overtime. Family and kids. Regularly play a couple hours each evening after taking care of everything else. Actually get an extra hour on days I work from home because of no commute and I can do laundry and other stuff on breaks.
we should always make time for play (in general)
I do but I’ve noticed games don’t hold my attention like they used to. Eventually I start to feel like I’m wasting my time and not attending to responsibilities like I should be and its not fun anymore. Sometimes I’m able to ignore that feeling but the game has to be real special. This has also caused a worse problem where I sink lots of money into games hoping I’ll find one that will give me the same joy I used to feel, and sometimes it does. But its over in about a week or 2 and then I lose interest again. I’ve recently started learning gdscript and how to use the godot engine, and am hoping that I can shift my unhealthy habit into a positive hobby that makes me feel happy and productive.
Yep. Just don’t have kids.
Having kids is not an issue as long as you’re willing to quit sleeping.
I’m trying to quit, honest.
The “average adults” in my bubble all complain about not being able to game, but somehow know all about the popular TV shows of the moment. And of course Formula 1 and the many football leagues (world football that is, not ‘American’ hand-egg).
It’s all a matter of priorities.
Also, as my kids are a bit older now, we sometimes game together. My son loves coop Portal and my daughter enjoys it when I play Valheim. She loves watching me explore the game world.
Yeah id be at the bar for hours with ppl whod be like how do you get time to game lmao, like I just don’t goto the bar every night
TBH gaming can be a very reasonably priced hobby too
one of the most, for bang for your buck, depending on the game you buy, but I also have plenty of games I bought and barely touched when I was very into gaming.
Many games people play, like counter-strike, League of Legends etc is all games you can’t pause. That’s really where the problem comes. If you kid wakes up, you have to leave the game, which sucks and even have penalties. So most choose to not play, because of that and watch tv series instead.
I know what gets me is being too tired to commit to a game mentally after work.
Then the weekends get filled with chores
It won’t get better if you have any kids. I bought Valheim for the casual exploring, but it got a bit more intense than that. :-/
I’m 37 with two young kids. I don’t play as much as I did before marriage and kids, but I still find time. Mainly in the evenings when everyone else has gone to bed (though that’s also time I might put toward other hobbies).
I also have a weekly time set up with some buddies, which is especially great since social time also took a big hit with having kids.
yes. especially without kids.
I have two kids and still game probably 3-4 nights/week, it’s just much shorter sessions. I’m not pulling full gaming days on the weekends anymore, I’m playing for an hour or so before bed.
I find that most people who say there isn’t enough time for gaming simply choose things like watching TV instead 🤷♂️ which is fine, to be clear, but it’s a choice
