For Elden ring, i quickly ran through a SECOND TIME to get one of the alternate endings. Results: I played Elden Ring, Death Stranding and Borderlands 3 completely through with an average of about 80% side content completion. Overabundance leads to depression, and this could be a minor form of that. it also reminds me of when i was a child and unable to buy whatever i want and have it ready to play in 20 minutes or less without leaving the couch. limiting my choices makes the choice itself easier. My second limitation was that during this time i was only allowed to play 3 different games. focusing on the task at hand objectively makes it more immersive because thats how paying attention to things works. Skateboarders arent watching anime in the halfpipe. I chose this course of action because thats how you do almost every other hobby, usually because they are too involved for you to be able to do other stuff simultaneously.īicycle guys arent biking while browing reddit. no work related stuff, no emails, no tiktok on loading screen, i was here to game for my alloted time. I do not do anything else simultaneously. I was not allowed to have netflix playing in the background, gaming time was meant to be exclusionary. Hypothesis: if i treat gaming like its a legitimate hobby rather than the default state of living it has become, perhaps the passion will return.įor 4 months, i limited my game time to an hour a night on work nights, and unlimited on days off but only after 6pm. Theory: Maybe its because i play games too much and now it doesnt feel like special time any more because i have access to basically infinite games and i can choose to play them at any time. Original observation: i dont really wanna play games anymore, despite identifying as a videogame nerd.

This is gonna be long, but ive tried to structure it as best as i can so it doesnt hurt to read I have a theory, hypothesis, test, results, conclusions and a suggestion for a solution to this, if youre interested.

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