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[Anonymous No.54699712]

>Videogames are not fun anymore

[Anonymous No.54699725]

playing dust2 while drunk is still fun

[Anonymous No.54699739]

welcome to adulthood

[Anonymous No.54699750]

>>54699712
Sounds like you just have depression.

[Anonymous No.54699769]

>>54699750
this made mecringe

[Anonymous No.54699773]

>>54699712
get an ADHD diagnosis

[Anonymous No.54699790]

Just boughted VR and it's too fun. So fun I want to puke. Although that's mostly motion sickness. So fun reality feels not real enough

[Anonymous No.54699826]

Play gacha games

[Anonymous No.54699829]

>>54699712
agreed

[Anonymous No.54699878]

>>54699712
>>Videogames are not fun anymore
That's one of the last purgatories before you break the addiction (ya you probably have one)
Just keep going.
For a while you'll try to recapture the interest.
Boot up a game, lose interest with in 5-15min, spend a while just browsing your library up and down hoping something stands out.
You know that library has just been holding you back from doing what you should actually be pursuing.
Uninstall everything and get a new hobby.
That's roughly how it went for me

[Anonymous No.54699889]

>spend 3 hours trying to decide what to play because you are bored
>play for 30 mins
>get owned by 13 year old autistic kids who play 16 hours per day and scream in the mic
>ah this is why i don't play anymore

[Anonymous No.54699890]

>>54699712
It's called anhedonia and it's a symptom of a downregulated dopamine system, probably from too much porn, but can also be from shitty diet, health issues, or drug use.

[Anonymous No.54699894]

>>54699878
You'll come back, I've been through this phase.
>holding you back from doing what you should actually be pursuing
That's the key to your post, you have IRL shit that needs to be done, that's why you can't enjoy games. RL shit keeps eating at you, but it'll stop once you solve your problems and reach inner peace. I don't need to do shit IRL, enjoying myself is my full time job now, I'm retired.

[Anonymous No.54699895]

find a less onions hobby bro
>>54699725
>drinking cringe
cringe

[Anonymous No.54699912]

>>54699712
Just play old games. Go play Alone in the Dark 4 for PSX. Use RetroArch with Beetle core with PGXP on. Make sure you use a PlayStation controller that has analog sticks (like a DualShock 2 or similar) because you need the left stick to aim the flashlight. Use these exact settings to get the best graphics. Gives it a grainy look (like Silent Hill 2 and 3) and makes it much darker so the flashlight actually becomes necessary.

[Anonymous No.54699927]

>>54699750
the video is cringe but rediscovering interests from teenage years in their 30s is pretty based and I do that too.

[Anonymous No.54699939]

>>54699912
for me, it's deus ex

[Anonymous No.54699944]

>>54699889
If you are into multiplayers, play boomer games. Im into hell let loose with my friends and the average age is >35yo because you need coordination, communication and matches are 1 hour and that filter zoomers.
Recently Im playing hunt showdown and its enjoyable, a mix of pve + pvp too

[Anonymous No.54699949]

>>54699927
it's cringe because she's a childless w*man prioritizing playing zelda at age 30.

[Anonymous No.54699952]

>>54699912
These are frogs.

[Anonymous No.54699962]

>>54699952

[Anonymous No.54699971]

>>54699712
Monster Hunter is still alot fun you're just a faggot

[Anonymous No.54699972]

>>54699927
This, 30s is when you start to rewatch and replay shit from your teens. Not because you're having a midlife crisis but simply because you have now forgotten those movies, shows and games completely and can experience them as if they're brand new to you. And why the hell wouldn't you, they're still good.

[Anonymous No.54700026]

>>54699712
>>54699878
I've uninstalled and reinstalled steam about 10 times in the past 4 months. I've been using vidya to cope with a breakup, which I don't even enjoy playing, but can still dump 4+hrs into. It's just cheap and shit dopamine which I'm sick of. At least I'm now hitting critical mass of how pathetic I feel and am consciously aware of how much of a waste of time this goyslop is.

Ya'll got any good sources or motivational vids on quitting this shit for good?

[Anonymous No.54700041]

>>54700026
It's not games that are bad it's that you can't enjoy them because you're using them to run from your problems rather than for fun. Kind of like when fatties stuff their fat faces with food to feel better about themselves. Doesn't mean food is bad and you should stop enjoying it, just means face your fucking problems, and then also enjoy some food, games, movies, everything really

[Anonymous No.54700042]

>>54700026
Just allow yourself 1hr of gaming per day, it makes it special, fun, and you cut down a lot.

If you really wanna quit flat-out then just do it.

[Anonymous No.54700064]

haha faggot you'll never reach lvl 10 faceit with that attitude stupid nigger git gud queer

[Anonymous No.54700080]

>>54699890
>look up dopamine downregulation
>according to the top links, upregulation markers only begin to occur at 3 weeks and can take 4 months + to fully acclimate
Absolutely brutal when you realize you'd need to do picrel but for months. I'd like to believe 7 days is fast enough, but it probably takes a while longer to rewire our brains.
>>54700042
Yeah I'm just gonna modify my host file to block out access to everything and throw away the keys to file access. Scorched earth, fuck it.

[Anonymous No.54700095]

>>54699739
>>54699773
Unironically this

[Anonymous No.54700129]

>>54700080
Anecdotally I feel much better even just going 1 week without PMO (porn, masturbation)

The brain is weird, it hops around all over the place in the beginning and a number of different downstream neurotransmitters are involved, for example endorphins, and hormones like testosterone

I wouldn't let that discourage you, you will have "good days" and "bad days" from quite early on.

[Anonymous No.54700138]

>>54699712
I've been on a vidya nostalgia binge lately and it's making me sad. I like roaming around maps I used to play as a kid. But now they just feel small and empty. I hope my old LAN party friends are around when I've made it, so we can nostalgia together again.

[Anonymous No.54700140]

>>54699712
find a friend or girlfriend who's genuinely enjoys games. playstation has a lot of couch coop

[Anonymous No.54700170]

>>54699712
bro I'm 22 and I still enjoy playing GTA SA

[Anonymous No.54700203]

I tried playing a JRPG recently and it felt like some sort of spreadsheet dragger with some cutscenes inbetween. It had the feeling of dragging an Excel formula down to the bottom of the page and then starting on the next column.

[Anonymous No.54700236]

>>54699944
>35yo
>has friends who play games
>has time to play 1h matches
Tell you're a zoomer without telling me

[Anonymous No.54700261]

The older I got, the less stimulating I found them. I like to have no-commentary walkthroughs of Final Fantasy games on in the background, but I could never really bring myself to play videogames much anymore though.

I have a game called Bannerlord that I sometimes have a go at but I can't play for more than 30 minutes at most, but I used to spend hours on Civ 5 and Cities: Skylines some years back.

[Anonymous No.54700273]

>>54700236
>duuuude I'm so busy
Why? Your 35 and you still have to wage doesn't sound to me like you're very smart. Did you miss out on every pump

[Anonymous No.54700470]

>>54700273
You still live with your parents and play with minors don't you?

[Anonymous No.54700622]

Yes games are bad. Particularly main stream ones. Games were better in the late 90s and early 00s. I would play quake for hours now if there was a player base, but there's not so I don't. Jews killed them all, first the gameplay then with woke shit

[Anonymous No.54700708]

>saved vidya and reignites your childhood love for them

[Anonymous No.54700724]

Video games used to be developed by enthusiasts for enthusiasts. Now they are 100% corporate products for dumb 11 year olds. They are not fun, but they could be.

[Anonymous No.54700765]

>>54699894
pathetic, cope, and self-delusion

you know playing video games all day is not a good use of a life and no one respects it regardless of how much money you have made or whether you're 'retired'. Stop self-deceiving and coping, and set new goals and get proper hobbies. This goes for everyone in this thread who defends playing video games as an adult for any serious amount of time.

NO IFS NO BUTS

[Anonymous No.54700824]

>>54699712
How do i profit from this?

[Anonymous No.54701247]

>>54700765
I don't give a single fuck whether hylics respect me or not.

[Anonymous No.54701270]

>>54699889
this is what lead me to quitting video games. the only games i might consider playing in the future are new elder scrolls and new fallout. other than that, i couldn't care less.

[Anonymous No.54701453]

Modern videogames all look like hyperrealistic films and utterly soulless

Peak gaming was 2005-2007 with RuneScape. Nothing will ever match that experience of being part of a fantasy world. A living breathing ecomony and player base with the future ahead of it

Every other experience is boring in comparison. Sex drugs money irl all pale in comparison to peak 2006 RuneScape

That is why I'm depressed now

[Anonymous No.54701475]

>>54700765
Every real human bean wants to be rich so they can play games all day

You are an NPC who wants to virtue signal to other NPC's. Begone with you

[Anonymous No.54701479]

>>54700622
quake live has an active playerbase1

[Anonymous No.54701487]

>>54701453
unironically this but for original WoW before the expansions back in 2005

[Anonymous No.54701490]

>>54701479
>quake live
played it like 5 years ago. it's nothing but 30 year old boomers who destroy you because they've been playing quake since the summer of 96.

[Anonymous No.54701615]

>>54699939

[Anonymous No.54701637]

>>54700170
I play half life 1 once every 2 months

[Anonymous No.54701645]

>>54701637
don't you get bored of it

[Anonymous No.54701651]

>>54701645
half life 1 and 2 have insanely good gameplay
could play those games forever

[Anonymous No.54701679]

>>54699889
Holy fuck are you me?

[Anonymous No.54701750]

>>54701651
yeah but completing it every 2 months

it's a good game but there's other ones to play too

[Anonymous No.54701806]

>>54699712
I went all in with all my energy and free time to reach freedom in order to finally have time to play games, and after reaching this goal I became unable to do it because of a never ending to do list of tasks for self improvement...

[Anonymous No.54701830]

>>54701806
That's a good thing anon, you have the motivation and burning desire to achieve your goals...

[Anonymous No.54701856]

vidya is pretty boring. i'm getting back into anime and manga though.

[Anonymous No.54701879]

>>54699712
inb4 macs r gay
its what i have available, but apple fucked TF2. my only fucking game. whatever

[Anonymous No.54701881]

Theyre major timesinks. I start one up then realize Im going to be sitting my room clicking away in a pretend world for the purpose of dopamine hits. I dont really gain anything from it so I stopped playing them mostly. I only play games with friends once a week or so or a little multiplayer stuff that is quick. Other than that Id rather be working on improving my skills

[Anonymous No.54701911]

tf2 is gud

[Anonymous No.54701917]

Star being with women. They are even more fun than video games were.

[Anonymous No.54701940]

>>54699712
>it's just videogames for him
It's EVERYTHING for me, OP. Got bored of vidya, got into anime (like obsessed weeb for 4 years), got bored of it completely (haven't finished an anime in years), started becoming an alcoholic for a couple years, getting blasted and watching anime/playing vidya and then reflecting on life while hungover would be the highlight of me week and I always looked forward to it. Until about half a year ago when I learned I don't even enjoy drinking anymore.

I never got the people who say "ohhh you like booze? check that alcoholism." Fuck off, I grew out of it naturally. I WISH I could become an alcoholic, it was the only thing I loved besides masturbating, and now it just sucks. I just don't even get any dopamine from alcohol at all anymore, it puts me straight to sleep.

Fuck, I wish anything were fun anymore. I still enjoy being a coomer but perhaps I will get bored of masturbation soon, too. I love my job but I need outside inspiration and I'm losing all my external sources.

[Anonymous No.54701949]

>>54701453
I played runescape then and it was just one fad game during the peak era of gaming fads. In no matter comperable to having sex with a good girl while on drugs lmao. Or good sex without the drugs for that matter. Or just partying while on the drugs. How autistic are you?

[Anonymous No.54701950]

>only interest in games is pseudojob MMOs that require >20h weekly
>i'm not even WFH or have an office job

[Anonymous No.54701983]

>>54699750
would

[Anonymous No.54701985]

>>54699712
It’s called growing up anon.

You can’t sit on the dopamine treadmill forever. Unironically start lifting.

[Anonymous No.54701990]

>>54701475
>every real human wants to be in a poor simulation of life 24/7

You're quite the retard, aren't you?

[Anonymous No.54701994]

>>54699712
try VR games, i only play vr games now its much more fun. I even made some vr environments that got popular for a while.

[Anonymous No.54702010]

>>54701940
>not mentioning being with IRL women or having a family once in this post

Are you all complete freaks or what?

[Anonymous No.54702012]

>>54699972
You're supposed to wait and do that with your kids lmao

[Anonymous No.54702043]

>>54702010
In the course of all of those happenings I did bang more than a few hookers in a few different countries. I love my family but they're quite annoying to live around (they're recently divorced). I would like to get rich someday so I can buy them all houses and stop worrying about them, and maybe they'll be less annoying. But I certainly don't derive much meaning from them as of right now.

[Anonymous No.54702060]

>>54701487
Niggas who weren’t there for vanilla wow and TBC will never ever know the magic

[Anonymous No.54702132]

>>54699712

play paradox games anon. That will keep you company.

[Anonymous No.54702134]

>>54699894
Vidya all day? That is absolutely a waste of your retirement. You could be hiking, going to the gym, doing something passive like running a shop dedicated to something you actually enjoy, starting a local community charity of some sort, you name it. There’s nothing wrong with an 2 or 3 hours for entertainment as an alternative to the televised jew, but all day is just as fucked as the 40+ year old wine roastie watching ellen and the view all day.

[Anonymous No.54702146]

>>54699712
dota2 turned dota3 and not even playable anymore.. fmd there goes 10k hours wasted

[Anonymous No.54702177]

>>54699712
Videogames are still fun but I'm broke so I can't sit there and play them. If I was rich I'd play them all the time.kanwsy

[Anonymous No.54702183]

>>54702134
>ou could be hiking, going to the gym, doing something passive like running a shop

Look at this clown. Don't waste your energy that way, Waste it this way.

Your average person is not a world-changer so it doesn't matter what they do.

[Anonymous No.54702191]

That's because you're posting on 4chAN instead of gaming rn

[Anonymous No.54702196]

>>54702183
running your little shop wil change the world someday I'm sure bbby

[Anonymous No.54702204]

>>54702134
Gaming is actual fun tho I'm gonna go do it enjoy the view lmao

[Anonymous No.54702208]

Vidya is a winter thing for me. Now is fishing, kayaking and mountain biking time. I'm getting ready. In my living room because I am single and ain't got no bitch to tell me I can't build mtbs in my living room.

[Anonymous No.54702217]

>>54702208
Forgot pic

[Anonymous No.54702249]

>>54702134
Not all day obviously, the key to having a fun life is switching your hobbies up. Everything you listed is fucking gay though. Walking and lifting things are not my ideas of fun. Neither is running a fucking shop Jesus Christ man do you even know what fun is? If you insist on creating something, create art, that's what you create for fun. 3D, 2D, music, that's fun. Hell even cooking is fun. Won't make money with it though, or "contribute to society". But I don't have to that's kind of the point of retiring, you just do things for yourself

[Anonymous No.54702253]

>>54702146
>dota2 turned dota3 and not even playable anymore.. fmd there goes 10k hours wasted
addicts hate it when their drug of choice is taken away

[Anonymous No.54702262]

>>54699712
Modern games are garbage just like music and movies.

[Anonymous No.54702278]

>>54702208
How do you fish as a single man then? Just go to a lake alone? Or did you find fishing buddies? I want to fish too but I only did it with my dad as a kid and now I've got nobody to fish with

[Anonymous No.54702282]

>>54699712
What are you, 12 years old? Get your shit together, loser.

[Anonymous No.54702286]

>>54699712
You were told
You didn't listen

[Anonymous No.54702321]

>>54699712
This is so true. Videogames are repetitive and keep following the same cookie cutter process. Share holders demand profit so now the game devs become sissified and can't take any risk.
Videogames wont be good again until AI makes videogame development so easy that anyone can do it.

[Anonymous No.54702338]

>>54700080
>Absolutely brutal when you realize you'd need to do picrel but for months.
one of the experts in the field suggests one month abstention from that which you are addicted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JLaF_4Tz8

[Anonymous No.54702341]

>>54701940
I bought a small piece of land and 3 chickens. Im also growing some veggies. It really helped me to get in touch with nature more and appreciate the small things in life. Maybe it'll help you too.

[Anonymous No.54702373]

>>54701940
Eventually you'll become a straight up drug addict. That's what's happening to me. Some people are just broken.

[Anonymous No.54702398]

>>54699712
When I had no money and time, I loved videogames to death. Now when I have both, video games don't pull me anymore...

[Anonymous No.54702409]

>>54699712
>doesn't know how to mod
>missing out on Tale of Two Wastelands, Men of War Assault Squad 2 treasure trove
all for free

[Anonymous No.54702411]

>>54702341
Appreciate the tip anon, I should only be a few years away from being able to afford cheap land so we'll see how things go.
>>54702373
Doubt that will happen, I've heard to much shit about everything being laced with fentanyl to even consider taking anything that anyone gives me unless I really trust them. I don't have many friends anyway so this is a bit of a non-issue.

[Anonymous No.54702489]

>>54699739
no, new video games just suck now
i dont dislike playing video games just because i aged 10 years

[Anonymous No.54702625]

>>54699712
Yes they are you are just depressed anon. Trust me, I used to be depressed to but since I have been healed video games are fun again

[Anonymous No.54702655]

>>54702411
I haven't had friends since I was a child. I buy all my drugs off of darknet markets. I only like stimulants, so fentanyl isn't an issue, though it wouldn't be anyway since fentanyl isn't an issue outside of the US.

[Anonymous No.54702735]

i got 1,000 hours out of rdr2.
before that, was years of 0 vidya.
even counter-strike wore off.

women replaced videogames for me.
but now i am replacing women with 4chan.

and soon i will replace 4chan
with taftaj.

[Anonymous No.54702866]

i just play trackmania for like 30 min a day lol

[Anonymous No.54702966]

>>54702278
I go on my kayak or boat. I throw lures with expensive Japanese rod and reels because they are cool. Its not a social activity. I'll only bring a buddy when using the bass boat because it's a fiberglass barge and difficult to get on and off the trailer.

[Anonymous No.54702969]

>>54702489
Yes, video games decades ago were much worse, there were 100 shitty ones for each mega man but you were young, had imagination and only remember the good ones. Now ur grown up hormones are making u repulse new stuff and stick to old ways and protect the children u dont have.

[Anonymous No.54703026]

>>54701679
I think it's like a natural progression from being a "halfpro" gamer playing CS or BW then going into crypto or poker when above 30

then sometimes you are like "well, i make 150k coding and today I just wanna play scout on tf 2 and slam a cold one"

but then you realize, no fuck this crap

[Anonymous No.54703068]

>>54702969
cool story brah

[Anonymous No.54703085]

>>54699949
you just hate her because you're 30 yo khhv loser

[Anonymous No.54703178]

>>54701247
based

[Anonymous No.54703265]

>>54701453
>Every other experience is boring in comparison. Sex drugs money irl all pale in comparison to peak 2006 RuneScape

You've either done none of those things or you have a very special type of autism

[Anonymous No.54703275]

>>54703026
god I miss brood war. it's just not the same anymore.

[Anonymous No.54703294]

>>54703275
4v4 BGH infinite crystals and gas memories will never come back bros...

[Anonymous No.54703298]

>>54699712
/v/ ‘tards are going to spit on me for this, but Elden Ring with the seamless coop mod was probably the best video game experience i ever had. just finished yesterday, including beating Malenia, with minimal cheesing.
Wandering the Lands Between and taking about poo and pee with friends enriched my life in ways clubbing never could

[Anonymous No.54703299]

>>54699889
This is why i dont play any type of competitive multiplayer games anymore

[Anonymous No.54703310]

>>54701830
It feels like I have forgotten why I started doing it, and am stuck inside a perpetual machine with no final goal to serve as a limit.
Even if I feel regret when I am not doing something to improve, I should at least fulfill my original promise to my past self.

[Anonymous No.54703314]

I went through this for about 10 years but now I like them more than ever. You are in a nest//$$ phase. theres many different phases in life.

[Anonymous No.54703325]

>>54703314
What is nest/money phase

[Anonymous No.54703335]

>>54703294
the memories persist, but the experience is gone forever. I'm happy it happened, at least.

apparently the UMS community is pretty active these days but I haven't looked into it.

my cursor is still the brood war one.

[Anonymous No.54703360]

>>54703298
this is something I needed to hear. been looking into the seamless co-op mod for a while now. ty anon

[Anonymous No.54703416]

>>54703310
yeah but.. how much you bench? that's gotta count for something, no?

[Anonymous No.54703431]

>>54703416
i've been benching 50kg x 10 reps for months now
whenever i increase the weight i feel like im not ready yet

[Anonymous No.54703445]

>>54701949
You are peak NPC. Nothing matches the innocence and wonder of early RuneScape. Truly captivating

I've done all those other things and I yearn for 2006 RuneScape, not the other stuff

[Anonymous No.54703451]

>>54703265
All the other stuff relies on interacting in NPC meatspace so it sucks already. Sex is okay

[Anonymous No.54703458]

>>54703325
money, career, sex, raising a family, becomes the videogame instead. Making a dent in actual reality is a way bigger high than the simulated videogame ones. It becomes a gigantic waste of time.

However, I came back to it, because I don't care about all that alpha male dominance shit anymore. But for about a decade period it was a fever. Happened to all my friends too.

[Anonymous No.54703468]

>>54703445
the best runescape was runescape classic. the original one. either way, you're not wrong.
>>54703431
might need to increase with smaller jumps. try using 1.25lb plates on either side. you need to overload, no matter how small the difference is.

[Anonymous No.54703474]

>>54703458
could be related to testosterone levels peaking, and declining with age.

[Anonymous No.54703492]

>>54703445
>runescape
Literally a cookie clicker with puzzles.

[Anonymous No.54703602]

>no loving gf
I’m so tired bros.

[Anonymous No.54703852]

>>54703492
>He didn't play it in 2005

Sad

[Anonymous No.54703871]

>>54699712
>phantom brigade is cool but its hard

[Anonymous No.54703883]

>>54699927
The ironic part is that when you get older, the less you give a fuck about what others think. Especially if you’re financially independent, then who cares what you do?

[Anonymous No.54704064]

>>54699939
Nanomachines, son!

[Anonymous No.54704125]

for the younglings itt

[Anonymous No.54704139]

>>54701879
How so? Old valve games don't work on the new hardware/os?
That's pretty retarded. Can you install Linux? Or run it in a VM even? Valves Linux support is better these days and Linux is free of apple's handcuffs/treating you like a retarded child.

[Anonymous No.54705126]

>>54699889
Lol get shit on kid you're my personal toilet

[nice digits tho' No.54705196]

im unemployed, i live alone, and most of my days are spent playing videogames. How can i afford this? Easy. Ive bought pepl.

[Anonymous No.54705213]

>>54701917

... until you cum.

[Anonymous No.54705284]

^^truth

[Anonymous No.54705318]

>>54700080
Literally need a "Batman Begins" style retreat for 3 months.

[Anonymous No.54705326]

Yeah they arent the only game I play now is clash of clans and i dont really like it...

[Anonymous No.54705331]

>>54699712
>gaming since i was 4
>34
>playing world of warships right now
>not fun
>lmao

OP you need to stop being a bitch and find a game you actually like.

[Anonymous No.54705374]

>>54699712
This thread really hits home, I haven't played a videogame in months and I can't even enjoy movies or anime anymore like I used to. Some anons are saying it's part of adulthood, but this 34 year old nigga still enjoys games so who is right? Am I just depressed? How can I enjoy life again, the things I used to enjoy?

I believe its called adenhonia or some shit but i have no idea why its happening

[Anonymous No.54705430]

Why theory on why video games are getting worse now is the silver tsunami. All the experienced boomer devs are retiring with no one to replace them so video games are being made by increasingly incompetent people. This is a huge problem in tons of other American economic sectors.

[Anonymous No.54705450]

>>54702286
who is buying this crap? as long as people buy this shit and make money for these autocratic conglomerates we are going down the snowcrash route instead of the open-source-everything route.

[Anonymous No.54705462]

>>54702489
Yes, they do suck, but the main reason a lot of us played video games when we were kids is because being a kid sucks and there's nothing else to do except ride your bike, jack off, and play video games. Once you start driving and going out to parties with friends, it opens up so many new things to you that make you realize what a waste of time video games were. If you didnt grow out of video games by like 18 then you're probably some fucking incel chud nigger.

[Anonymous No.54705534]

>>54705374
>why don't i enjoy these masturbatory distractions anymore while life is passing me by sitting here doing nothing? i must be mentally unwell!
it's not anhedonia, it's your subconscious trying to wake you up and tell you to find purpose and overcome your fear of death so you can risk everything and conquer new frontiers for your tribe and manifest daring ideas into reality. vidya (and all games in general) are just playful training for real life. some day you gave to take the lessons learned and apply them.

[Anonymous No.54705685]

>>54699889
Get fucked pussy

[Anonymous No.54705716]

>>54699773
>take the happy goy pills instead of actually improving your life
nice try, schlomo

[Anonymous No.54705749]

i don't get excited for anything anymore.. wtf

i don't care about vidya, new movies, new music, nothing. wat do

[Anonymous No.54705804]

>>54705749
go outside during the day and get amazed by the sky and the light

[Anonymous No.54705906]

>>54699712
tf2 used to be my favorite game and I've stopped playing it because pubs are either tryharding to the max or getting rolled. I just want some casual fragging.

[Anonymous No.54705946]

>>54699712
Because it's impossible to download and play 20 year old games. New games are fine if you like single player.

[Anonymous No.54705950]

>>54705374
you're just depressed, simple as. alpha guru tatetards will tell you to it's because you need to grow up, be a man, etc. but they are depressed too. i'm never depressed and can enjoy things perfectly well

[Anonymous No.54705965]

>>54705534
>overcome your fear of death so you can risk everything and conquer new frontiers for your tribe and manifest daring ideas into reality.

What fucking planet do you live on? We are going to be chipped slaves living in pods and forced to eat insects by the end of the decade

[Anonymous No.54705966]

>>54705749
build a camping pack and see how long you can last in the wild

[Anonymous No.54705983]

>>54701983
would find testicles

[Anonymous No.54706003]

>>54699712
>/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.54706042]

Diversify life like a portfolio and you'll never get bored. Fight that depression and vidya will be fun again. Don't forget to hate niggers and jews (and jeets)

[Anonymous No.54706129]

I do miss being able to immerse myself in games like I could when I was younger, but even in current year I can find games to sink some hours in
not to mention a huge growing backlog of old stuff I've yet to play

[Anonymous No.54706157]

Just change your vidya to a foreign language and never play in English again… You’ll either learn a new language for your time invested, or get frustrated and quit, so it’s a win-win. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1yJZP1nLckU

[Anonymous No.54706168]

>>54699712
false
RE4 remake is awesome and there are a ton of great games coming out this year

[Anonymous No.54706201]

>>54706157
Damn - is it really that easy to retire in my country? I was really not aware of this fact - I should really push for this

[Anonymous No.54706202]

>>54705950
cheers fren, thanks

[Anonymous No.54706213]

>>54701940
Get your test checked fren. Seriously I don't even mean it as an insult because I was a lot like yourself before. If you're in the US go to a men's health clinic, it'll take like an hour and $100 to see if you're low test

[Anonymous No.54706234]

>>54700236
Yeah, we play some weekends instead of watching the current netflix bullshit. What is so strange about it?

[Anonymous No.54706237]

>>54706202
9/10 depression is caused by poor diet and lack of exercise, make sure you arent consuming too much goyslop (seed oils, HFCS, etc) and work out at least 20 mins a day

[Anonymous No.54706401]

>>54706157
Double those numbers in non shithole countries, who came up with this shit?

[Anonymous No.54706460]

>>54706401
i would double them in every country desu

[Anonymous No.54707324]

>>54699712
I masturbate while gaming (which limits me to games where you can manage with one hand).

[Anonymous No.54707335]

>>54707324
Earthbound chads stay winning. The only RPG you can fap while playing the entire thing.

[Anonymous No.54709380]

>>54699712
They have been replaced with vR games anon. Dyor

[Anonymous No.54709391]

>>54702204
As it should be bizfag

[Anonymous No.54709417]

>>54699712
Well a few video games are still banging Chad. But gaming has evolved to new and interesting sectors, just like innovation I came across on a platform that brings metaverse and VR gaming to automobiles for backseat entertainment.

[Anonymous No.54709429]

That sucks OP.
Last night I hunted elk for 3 hours.

[Anonymous No.54709446]

>>54699750
this would be based if she wasn't just another feminist where

[Anonymous No.54709456]

>>54701453

[Anonymous No.54709946]

>>54699712
>>54700026
>https://youtu.be/VZP5lIzGNT8
I watched this clip a few months ago of Klaus Schwab's advisor directly telling us that drugs and vidya are tools of control, and instantaneously uninstalled everything and deleted steam without a second's thought. I had struggled to quit a few times, but something about this WEF giga jew directly telling me to my face that video games are poison gave me all the motivation I needed to quit. Haven't looked back since.
>>54701949
Drugs are just a more extreme example of vidya. Meaningless sex, drugs, and vidya all share one thing in common - dopamine. This is coming from someone with a fair share in all 3

[Anonymous No.54709984]

>>54700080
See>>54705318
Unironically. You need to go on a 3 month + dopamine detox where you starve your brain of any entertainment whatsoever.
>lift
>read
>journal
That's it. Keep your phone on ultra battery saving mode so it only can be used for phonecalls. Hit ctrl + win + c on your PC right now to turn on grayscale and stop flooding your brain with quick dopamine hits. This shit gets easier when your dope receptors start to unfuck themselves and the small things in life become enjoyable again, but you have to endure a month of painful readjustment

Vidya is poison. Drugs are poison. The internet was invented by the military and is mostly a poison. Even 5chinz. Get off everything for at least 6 months of your life and return only once you've made serious strides in life. I wouldn't even fuck pussy if you're far from where you wanna be in life.

[Anonymous No.54710004]

>>54700765
Name a proper hobby that doesn't get boring

[Anonymous No.54710018]

>>54703431
do 5x5 with more weight

[Anonymous No.54710038]

>>54705946
How is it impossible?

[Anonymous No.54710045]

>>54709984
Maybe for PC you can just use GNU/Linux but don't install any desktop environment, all you can do is use the terminal.

[Anonymous No.54710065]

>>54709984
Sounds like fasting in order to enjoy everyday food again

[Anonymous No.54710152]

>>54699962
This game is a nice b tier survival horror. Impressive amount of reading in it as well lol

[Anonymous No.54710256]

>>54699750
I was going to say this, he needs to see a therapist to guide him
>>54709380
True, planet Ride lightens up my world while returning home after a hella day at work

[Anonymous No.54710303]

I was jaded on vidya then last year I played V Rising, was playing solo then joined PVP server and met lots of bros. Ended up playing all day every day for a month or 2, hanging out in discord etc. Spent like $30 to play 750 hours, and will probably sink in another 500 hours with the upcoming update this month.

Felt like when I first discovered WoW and played with high school friends.

So I can say it really depends on the game. A lot of recent games are just corporate trash.

[Anonymous No.54710387]

>>54706168
I really can't wait to add more games to my collections
Video games is the reason most of us aren't depressed with the rate of inflation in the States, and grounded has been favorite, with tons of interactive things to do there, I swear I spend more time on this than in any other games. Another century episode, fort triumph, little racer, girls with guts, journey to jaburo, cookie ride, no man's sky are a few of my other go-to video/VR games.

[Anonymous No.54710583]

>>54699912
This game was released for PSX (first), PS2, Dreamcast and PC. The PSX version is the best version. One reason is that it has the best soundtrack; the other versions have different and inferior quality music. Also in some ways the graphics for the PSX version is better even though it's in lower resolution. Some very nice (and spooky) graphical effects are missing from the other versions. The low res sucks as the game consists of pre-rendered backgrounds, but it can be fixed somewhat with shaders like in that pic or sitting further from the screen. Of course the low res isn't a problem if you're playing on a CRT TV.

>>54710152
>open that one document in library
>49 pages

[Anonymous No.54710598]

>>54699712
That's because corporations have data they can fall back on to get easy money now. The experimental phase of games is over. It's up to you now, once AI gets good enough to make entire games I suppose

[Anonymous No.54710684]

>>54699712
Jews ruined vidya

[Anonymous No.54711198]

>>54705213
this, every single time
I don't even bother going out to play the chase anymore, just rub one out and make music, edit videos, watch a movie, it's much more fun and rewarding

[Anonymous No.54711223]

>>54699712
Congratulations bro you grew up

[Anonymous No.54711273]

>>54701940
Start doing cocaine

[Anonymous No.54711284]

>>54702060
>>54701487
Thinking back to WoW at it's peak you realize it's just in a different category. It doesn't seem like it was just another video game that you played but more like another life in another world that you lived.

It's sad to think that zoomers will probably never know "the magic". Blizzard just isn't the same anymore since most of the old boomers that made it great probably quit a looong time ago and there probably just isn't any other company that can make an mmorpg THAT good ever again.

[Anonymous No.54711318]

>>54701940
Exactly this but I hate my job as well lol.
Life is just pure misery maybe ketamine infusion works for depression maybe not.

[Anonymous No.54711334]

>>54711284
PvP is mostly the same.

PvE is easier.

Storyline is... what it is.

I think it still has validity given that the game simply works and is easy to play. There are innovating bringing more people into the game rather than pleasing the current playerbase and as much as I have to admit it that is useful to all of us.

Then again I just want to play classic WoW with bots and with openAI advancing that field pretty quickly I may get what I'm looking for.

I tried the private server choices with bots but they were no longer supported on mac by the time I got to it. Pretty sure I downloaded some viruses doing it too so I do not recommend.

[Anonymous No.54711337]

>>54701940
>I love my job
You have no idea how lucky you are lmao

[Anonymous No.54712039]

>>54710684
Alone In The Dark 4 features a jewish demon.

[Anonymous No.54712065]

>>54702489
There are still many good ones, but it's maybe 1 in 10 that's playable. Too many generic unity assets and gacha waifushit has killed the industry.

[Anonymous No.54712846]

>>54699895
Counter Strike is alpha male behavior. Its the equivalent of Chess at this point. You wouldnt get it. Plus the investment side which has netted me tens of thousands.

[Anonymous No.54712860]

>>54700080
No one using 4chan is doing a "dopamine detox". 4chan is absolutely a negative feedback dopamine trap. Anyone postung this shit is larping.

[Anonymous No.54712881]

>>54701940
>I WISH I could become an alcoholic
This to be honest becoming an alcoholic was my lifelong quest and it just never happened for me. The hangover is always strong enough to deter me from drinking right the next day and you can't become an alcoholic without that

[Anonymous No.54712934]

>>54701940
>I just don't even get any dopamine from alcohol at all anymore, it puts me straight to sleep.
did you get double pfizer shots as well?
I think the mrna technology might've fucked up our ability to be alcoholics.

[Anonymous No.54712957]

>>54699712
Try Subnautica hard-core mode. Anno 1800. Grim Dawn.

[Anonymous No.54713000]

Hardcore single player pve is the only thing that interests me anymore. Games like Cuphead and Sekiro scratch the itch.
I quit watching sports and tv. I just can't help myself from some vidya now and then.

[Anonymous No.54713067]

>>54701750
play GTA V
>I can't because I've cheap potato

[Anonymous No.54713085]

>>54699712
> t. fried dopamine receptors

[Anonymous No.54713118]

>>54713067
GTA stopped being good after GTA3. Yes, Vice City is bad. But of course not as bad as the stinking turd that is San Andreas.

[Anonymous No.54713185]

>>54713118
San Andreas isn't bad desu

[Anonymous No.54713423]

>>54701487
>>54702060
>>54711284

Vanilla was the best time. Classic relaunch tried to recreate it, but it couldn't. The sense of discovery was gone, everyone knew the fights and it was same ol' same ol'. The magic was there but the unknown wasn't. Classic+ would have been better.

>>54701651
Based. I'm still svencooping frequently. The player base is.. interesting. Which is what keeps me coming back. I'm still surprised people are constantly making good maps and models.

[Anonymous No.54713724]

>>54713118
>>54713067

I didn't enjoy GTA V. However, GTA IV is a fucking great game with this mod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieziFs2hggg

I did some my own tweaks and running it through Vulkan with pic related for 60 fps. But GTA IV is so much better in terms of car physics, handling, mechanics and gameplay. It takes some time and you need to downgrade the game to previous 1.0.7.0 version or older for some mods like ENB, but it makes it worth it and you get the game looking as good as something like vanilla GTA V. But it's actually playable

[Anonymous No.54713754]

>>54713724
>But it's actually playable
not for me :(

[Anonymous No.54713763]

>>54713724
ReShade is very easy to use and even though GTA IV was released in 2008 and is 15 years old this year, you can "modernize" it very well and it literally has almost as much detail as something like GTA V

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWVtZJo-HqI

[Anonymous No.54713886]

>>54700080
tl;dr

[Anonymous No.54713916]

>>54699712
Just find different games
Get out of your comfort zone. Have you played Disco Elysium yet? That was a new kind of experience for me.

[Anonymous No.54713926]

test

[Anonymous No.54713967]

Business & Finance?

[Anonymous No.54713990]

>>54713967

DLC and microtransactions are so hot right now

[Anonymous No.54714028]

>>54710065
It's worth considering that our near term ancestors, medieval people, probably ate once a day and only had one large meal a week. The only music they heard had to be played or sung in person. If they saw a play, they probably saw that story ONCE and then never again. They could probably count on one hand how many naked women they saw in their lives, most of them walked with a limp, and none of those women had all of their teeth.
The more you think about this the more you realize how comparatively oversaturated we are with entertainment and stimulation. Our brains aren't built for this.

[Anonymous No.54714078]

>>54702735
>taftaj
what's that?

[Anonymous No.54714131]

>>54700824
>How do i profit from this?
short dopamine

[Anonymous No.54714277]

>>54699712
the only game i liked was FFIX

[Anonymous No.54715094]

>>54699750
This is why Islam is right.

[Anonymous No.54715207]

I've decided to not play a single video game until street fighter 6 comes out. Feels good so far.

[Anonymous No.54715621]

>>54712846
>>54699725
Based Counter Strike chads.

>>54700064
Thanks for the motivation bro, one of my goals this year is hit GE

[Anonymous No.54715667]

>Get sick of one game
>Boot up another that I haven't touched in months
>No need to buy anything new since I can keep myself busy with what I already have
It also helps that I live in the desert and can't go outside for a few months out of the year anyway.

[Anonymous No.54715751]

bump

[Anonymous No.54715986]

>>54715621
laffed

[Anonymous No.54716016]

>>54710004
I’m someone who used to play obscene hours of video games. I recommend picking up an instrument, specifically guitar. When I’m playing I feel myself using the same hand-eye coordination skills I developed with video games. Finally nailing a song you’ve struggled to play gives me the same rush as finally taking down that boss in Elden Ring. Most people find it interesting and will want to talk to you about it once you get good, and I’ve had women that are into me find out I play and completely swoon when they watch me play for themselves. You get good enough you can also make money with it busking or playing in venues.

[Anonymous No.54716506]

>>54714277
Such a nice game back then, Final Fantasy IX game gained glowing reviews, with many booing its thrilling storyline and well-developed characters, i had to admit i had a great time playing it, but the VR version of cloudbreaker leaving haven has taken over.

[Anonymous No.54716950]

>>54700026
>to cope with a breakup
weed is effective in that

[Anonymous No.54717023]

>>54701917
Except that one looks like a literal cow, and I don't even just mean the body. Like her face reminds me of a cow for some reason.

[Anonymous No.54717062]

>>54703445
Just keep telling yourself that. I'm such an NPC because I don't enjoy boring repetitive tasks for digital "rewards" that are garbage. You're such a based unique snowflake though because you like a retarded game. Enjoy spending 4000 hours of your life for the number "90" on a screen. Kek, fucking sped.

[Anonymous No.54717348]

>>54701994
VR games is really cool no doubt with serene graphics especially now that we have protocols like ORE which simplify access to gaming and players.