I associate the "good times" of my life with video games. When I was in the 8 years old to 16 years old age range, I used to play video games for 10 hours a day with a lot of online friends. I made groups, had feuds, got blocked, blocked people, added people, removed people, etc. it was an eventful part of my life and at that point I wasn't depressed and felt novelty in every new game, map, or server.
Now fast forward a few years later, I am 25 years old now. Depression is my baseline mood, I lack energy so much that even playing video games feels like a chore now. However, I still have some video games to default to when I feel lethargic. You know, these games that you boot up, goof around while listening to a YouTube video.
I've been playing a certain old game and played on a server with only 10 people. The game's that dead, only 10 people keeping it alive. I realized how my life is the same as that game, just trying to rekindle an era that's long gone. Maybe I should quit?
I am thinking of quitting video games and replacing them with something more... adult and more novel. Maybe language learning or some niche topic like history. Or maybe go the boring route and do something related to my career as a hobby so I can strike two birds with one stone... Make money and get good at what I work, but then it sounds soul-less.
I am not a coach potato. I am working towards goals, in education, and exploring life, but I am lonely. I have no friends, if you consider only people IRL friends, I never had friends.
What should I do? Give me advice please.

You would find the same trouble with anything OP.

>>33374910
...What's the solution then?

>>33374914
Stop giving a fuck. Make healthy life choices, but if people give you shit because you are yourself that is their issue not your's.

>>33374894 (OP)
>Maybe language learning or some niche topic like history. Or maybe go the boring route
I like how your crazy party go-wild not-boring route is to give yourself homework and studying.

.I've been playing a certain old game and played on a server with only 10 people. The game's that dead, only 10 people keeping it alive. I realized how my life is the same as that game, just trying to rekindle an era that's long gone. Maybe I should quit?
Yeah man, I don't fuck with online games anymore or modern games for that matter. So many servers dead and gone, entire games as well. Maybe 2-3 times a week I play a bit of casual retro games on emulators but otherwise I just watch movies to relax.

>I am not a coach potato. I am working towards goals, in education, and exploring life, but I am lonely. I have no friends, if you consider only people IRL friends, I never had friends.
Yeah, you should totally have a few friends at least once in your life. Even if it's just guys you only see at the gym on weekends and make small talk with.

>>33374894 (OP)
You don't need to "give up" on games, you just need more hobbies and preferably healthy ones that will benefit you physically and mentally over time, the time you spend gaming will naturally decrease even if you have a serious addiction. Every day you go to the gym to lift weights is a day where you have 1-2 less hours to spend on games, every time you go for a run that's another hour, learning a language is another hour etc. If you aren't already running as a hobby then take it up, it's one of the most effective ways to improve baseline mood, do a couch to 5k plan.

Socially what you need is a real life place to interact with people who interest you. Join local clubs for hobbies that appeal to you, go to concerts, conventions and things like that. If you live in a rural area force yourself to drive or take a train to a city where these things happen. Putting yourself in new environments will change you as a person and give you more confidence, spending time exploring in a foreign country can be a game changer.

You are probably autistic, you need to understand that becoming fulfilled and socially satisfied is absolutely possible for you but you will need to fight for it and put yourself in very uncomfortable situations as often as you can, otherwise you will be back here in another decade making the exact same post.

>>33374894 (OP)
did people quit books, radio, tv?

>>33374894 (OP)
Quit multiplayer slop games like CoD, CSGO or FIFA, those rot the mind. Play games with a story or creative games like Minecraft which skills can translate to rl.

>>33374894 (OP)
Learn Solidworks. It’s basically a video game that lets you design machines but is also a marketable skill.

>>33374894 (OP)
Yes..

Video games are a massive massive time sink and you come out of it with no skills, having earned no money, etc. Just soft, pale, and impulsive.

The worst part is, the time guys usually do waste on video games is likely in their 20's, which is absolutely not what they should be doing.
I did spells of NEETdom here and there in my 20's, and looking back, they're like lost years of my life.

>>33374894 (OP)
Video games are good for you, but don't play time wasting games, and you need other things in life too.

>>33378519
I've read books inside video games.

>>33379623
If someone uploaded the entirety of Moby Dick into your favorite game, would you read the whole thing?

Video games don't matter. If they relax you and make you feel good then do them, if they don't anymore, don't. They are not important and are basically equal to just watching netflix or having a walk. Humans need some ways to relax but that is not what your life is about.

>>33379738
Yes I was actually just thinking about that