I've come to realize that I no longer enjoy games, in fact, I hate them now. What do I do besides kms?

alcohol.

Why do you hate them?

>>716412576 (OP)
Congrats, you're free
Get a better hobby.

>>716412789
Because I can't help but see them as a pointless waste of time. I can't be immersed anymore or enjoy myself, there is this weird force that barriers me from the game.

>>716412845
Like what?

>>716413023
>Like what?
don't bother. i was in the same boat as you few years ago. still haven't found a "better" hobby.

>>716413171
That's very discouraging. Isn't anything better at this point? What happened? Did you go back to vidya in the end? Do you game despite feeling it's a waste of time?

>>716412576 (OP)
unemployed loser problems. gaming is fun when you're just jumping in to blow off steam for an hour or two.

>>716413542
There's employed people who also see gaming as a waste of time and hate them

>>716413318
>Isn't anything better at this point?
friends

>>716412576 (OP)
get a job nigger

>>716413641
What if I volunteer?

What then?

>>716413619
I do spend time with friends, socializing with them is definitely good for me, but I can't be with them at all times obviously.

>>716413670
Who the fuck would work for free?

>>716413641
Volunteering isn't enough????????????????

>>716413720
>I can't be with them at all times obviously.
wife

>>716413739
Niggers

>>716412576 (OP)
>Like what?
Explore the indie web
https://wiby.me/surprise/

>>716413813
Are you saying I should be plowing my wife instead of hating vidya?

>>716413908
>https://wiby.me/surprise/
That's very interesting. Thank you for showing me this.

>>716413942
no, start a family, you virgin.

>>716412576 (OP)
Play rogueslop like Slay the Spire or Binding of Isaac

>>716414232
What would these games have in particular? They're just video games like any other

>>716413318
Not him but I migrated from video games to bar trivia and pinball a few years ago. It isn't necessarily completely fulfilling but I have multiple high scores on pins around my city and my team has also won the quarterly trivia tournament a couple of times. In the end I realized it wasn't video games I actually enjoyed, it was just being competitive and winning. I've recently taken up darts and axe throwing as well for similar reasons but I'm not good at them yet. I will be.

>>716413592
I bet they spend hours on social media every day.

I'm 35 and I've been sleeping more than playing, is it normal?

>>716414680
Yes, unfortunately

honestly no idea. i try to play a game and something feels off like i'm wasting time (unless it's almost time for bed then i get small desire to play for 1 hour). i try to watch anime and it's boring like i'm too old for this shit. only thing that seems to help is to go outside but doesn't last long. only time i was perfectly content was when i went out with friends for an entire day and then felt urge to game when i got back. too bad friends are busy these days.

>>716413318
The only leisure focused hobby that's better than video games is maybe reading. Film and television are both inferior, and any other hobby can't reasonably be classified as leisure because it requires some degree of effort to learn.

>>716414739
Shit sucks, I remember playing until 4am and sleeping like 2~3 hours just to go to school at full energy like nothing happened.

>>716412576 (OP)
Probably just your biological clock saying it's time to hunker down and have a family to provide for. Give it a few years to fuck off and you'll appreciate your free time again.

>>716415281
how fucking many years? i'm tired of waiting.

>>716415356
I'd say it varies per person, but I feel like hitting 40 is a pretty definitive cutoff point for that kinda thing. Alternatively, just find some other way to fulfill your primal needs. Maybe get a dog or a cat or something. Some sort of living creature that requires your attention to not die.

I switched to playing card games and I have more success at being entertained than playing videogames.

>>716415625
does it feel liberating?

>>716416527
What, bypassing the urge to have and provide for a family? Honestly yeah. Once you reach that point where you kinda just subconsciously accept that that's not your lot in life, you can spend less time worrying about trying to do that and more time focusing on the shit you want to do, whether it's your hobbies or any other thing that will bring you self-fulfillment. If you mean having a pet, I found it helps some in coping through the years. It is, at the end of the day, a living being that depends on you for survival.

>>716414971
How does "effort to learn" not count for video games

>>716417021
Assuming you've been playing video games since you were a kid and it isn't something you only picked up in adulthood, you don't "learn" video games in the same way you learn individual skills. Every video game has enough similarities for the learning curve to not be so steep as to be completely unapproachable if you've got experience with other video games. Do you have to learn certain mechanics new to a video game that is new to you? Sure. But it's not like it takes you months or years. It takes you like a few play sessions at most to get the gist of it. The only way there's a steeper learning curve is if you're doing the more autistic shit, like trying to speedrun a game or something.

>>716416897
ok i'll be eagerly awaiting the day that urge goes away suddenly like it suddenly came on years back.