I don't want to accept the fact that I might be growing

Nice fucking blog

>>382897754
It isn't just you. Games don't have that spark any longer. Most things are a copy of a copy now, because those are the only things that draw a surefire profit.

>>382897754
It's over, anon. You're older, games are continually lowering the bar by trying to appeal to the largest audience possible which means year after year of generic "whatever the theme is today" nonsense.

Best bet is to get a hobby in which you can actually create something.

>>382897754
Games don't entertain me anymore because in part, they are worse than they used to be, but also I'm becoming increasingly cynical towards everything in the world.

>>382898195
Does anyone have the image in this picture of the guy lying in bed and then sitting at his computer?

Would you enjoy video games more or less if you had never discovered /v/?

>>382897754
stop being gay

File: 5aa034caacfafa01e8531783bf8bccfb2.jpg (38KB, 258x254px) Image search: [Google]

38KB, 258x254px

>>382897754
How about you force yourself to play video games instead of buying more?

>>382899052
I've tried that.

>>382899103
Try harder

>>382897754
it's less about games and more about yourself - you lose interest to anything if nobody appreciates your actions (say, most kids play vidya with somebody else - that will be fun for a while, even if the actual game is dull)

now, as adult you feel pretty much alone on subject, since no friends / not a single colleague will bother to discuss it with you / v is not into discussing vidya anymore.

Of course, you'll feel fatigued

File: UN_MacLachlan050516_1600.jpg (338KB, 1600x900px) Image search: [Google]

338KB, 1600x900px

If you only have one hobby you're gonna get burned out on it unless you have a mental disorder. It's not healthy for a person to only consume one thing.
People who are on the spectrum or obsessive / compulsive, hoarders etc. can use games as a medium to alleviate those feelings and so it does more for them, but the average person needs more well rounded stimulus. I actually started liking games a lot more when I stopped pressuring myself to "keep up" and play everything I saw people talking about, and only played the games I genuinely wanted to play. I started taking boxing classes and joined a group who run together, and I've been making cooking a hobby instead of a means to an end.
Anyway, all this is to say as you grow older you want to grow in multiple ways, so value your time the best way you can and don't force anything.

>was planning on coming home, playing video games, and going to bed
>instead my friends hit me up
>didn't really feel like gaming tonight anyway
>turn up for the 4th party
>blunts, weed, new friends
>made it home in time to see the fireworks show in Stormwind City

Live life, man.

>>382899149
>forcing yourself to do something you don't enjoy

File: sooper footio.png (186KB, 500x521px) Image search: [Google]

186KB, 500x521px

>>382899342
>DUDE WEED LMAO

File: 1413218739965.jpg (150KB, 1170x1644px) Image search: [Google]

150KB, 1170x1644px

>>382899859
Then why does he keep wasting money on games If he isn't gonna even try?
Since Metroid Prime 4 and Samus returns were announced I forced myself to play the entire series even though I felt pretty jaded like OP and I'm having a blast

>>382900264
>Then why does he keep wasting money on games If he isn't gonna even try?
Read the OP, he's trying to find something to reignite the spark that he once had.

>>382897754

Not your blog.

>>382897998
This
I've almost quit playing games, I prefer to spend my time on drawing and 3D modeling now. Much more interesting.

>>382900369
Buying them and waiting for "something" to happen is literally not trying.

>>382897754
You can always watch let's plays instead of splurging money.

>>382900581
OP here, I HAVE tried playing them.

>feel like this
>install napoleonic wars
>go into multiplayer server
>get in a bayonet battle with TYRONE_THE_NIGGER
>banter for like 10 minutes after I kill him about how he "dindu nuffin" and was a good boy
>everyone else on the server starts screaming about how he just needed money for college
How about you start playing fun games.

>>382899342
>weed
more degenerate than a neckbeard sitting in his basement

1. Get more hobbies. You know you can have more than one, right?
2. Play shitty games. They will help you appreciate good games even more
3. Stop being a faggot. I'm a wage slave with a child AND I teach tkd and still have time to enjoy vidya

File: 1498322176696.png (25KB, 152x115px) Image search: [Google]

25KB, 152x115px

>>382897754
Go back and play the games you played as a kid. Like any other form of media, at a certain age new games stop having an appeal and you end up only liking what you know you like. Look for other games from around that time too, odds are there are hundreds of great ones you missed.

>>382899328
>I actually started liking games a lot more when I stopped pressuring myself to "keep up" and play everything I saw people talking about, and only played the games I genuinely wanted to play.
This is actually great advice. Thanks.

>>382900959
Why does every single thing stoners do have to be related to weed?
Same with drinkers, like can't you just hang out and just, you know, enjoy each others company?

File: suicidal_pepe.gif (993KB, 924x507px) Image search: [Google]

993KB, 924x507px

>>382898195

>>382901195
I know that feel.

>going to hang with friends
>friend asks me if I'm going to drink
>say no
>he says he won't either because I'm not

Jesus, do what you want.

File: 1407213024145.gif (908KB, 180x200px) Image search: [Google]

908KB, 180x200px

>woke up late for work
>decide to use this free time to do some work around the house
>nearly 4pm and spent the last 3 hours browsing /v/ and wasting time looking at my steam library
This ride is ending

>>382897754
I spend more time hacking my old consoles, modding games I don't play and setting everything up
It's not so bad. I still play lots of games, but sometimes the "setup" is more fun than actually playing

Also find a different hobby, explore a different field, make something
Only having one thing to entertain yourself with will always burn out eventually

>>382901306
but that looks comfy anon

I honestly think my recent disinterest towards video games has started because I'm addicted to /v/. This place can get really negative, and I'm sure that being exposed to that negativity for most of the day will obviously have an effect.

>>382901969
Back to plebbit

All this talk about other hobbies has me wondering, what other hobbies are worth trying? At least ones that are accessible to a newcomer.

I only ask cause I'm mentally degrading and I need something to distract me from it. I fear I don't have much time left.

>>382902312
Anime/tv series/movies
Also reading

2017 is a great year so far for games, if you're playing the old shit. Hop on some new shit.

If you're looking for some games that are really special and can blow you away/remind you why you love vidya here are some games over the years that have done that to me, not specific to this year.
>Breath of the Wild (probably my number 1 recommendation to any tired gamer, I was a massive tired gamer before BOTW and I've beaten like 5-6 games in the span of about 2 months since, which is unheard of for me.)
>Nier Automata
>DOOM 2016
>Transistor/Bastion (Isometric action games with different combat systems from the same company, amazing games)
>Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed
>Kid Icarus Uprising
>Dragon Age: Origins+Expansion and DLC
>Hotline Miami
>The Typing of the Dead Overkill
>Trine 1/2
>Sonic Generations
>Super Smash Brothers or really any multiplayer with friends
>Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
>The Vanillaware games (Muramasa, Dragons Crown, Odins Sphere)
>Shovel Knight
>Sleeping Dogs

Alternatively you might be burnt out on games and need to pick up another interest or two or three.

Also the other big thing is that life is too short to play bad games. Just be honest with yourself if you're not having fun with a game dont feel guilty to drop it entirely, I have a "Will never play" category on steam with maybe 50 games in it. Learn from the experience and move on

>>382897754

Getting tiring of something you do too much is not growing up, it's just getting tiring of something you do too much.
This thread just proves that you are a fucking kid.

>>382902609
I do all these already, but I appreciate the response nonetheless.

Someone who can't have fun playing video games is probably severely mentally retarded and/or a complete cunt.

>>382899328
You shouldn't have so much confidence in theories you pulled directly out of your ass.

>>382902905
What theories?

File: fc2ed87ad1d8ec76a0adf6e0e887c4678.jpg (60KB, 500x384px) Image search: [Google]

60KB, 500x384px

>>382902805
There's also the part where you discuss all those thing with other people. It adds to the experience

I don't enjoy playing games because I feel like being 24 years old my life is a race against time. I can't waste a second, I must be as productive as I can. Playing games is not productive. I must write stories or draw or make indie games instead. Except I'm too tired so I never finish anything and must resort to videogames for escapism.
I play games but I don't enjoy them anymore. I only play old games like Midnight Club 2 or GTA 3.

File: 1364190252060.png (47KB, 188x170px) Image search: [Google]

47KB, 188x170px

>>382899328
>Tfw recognize this but can't escape the cycle

>>382902965
Oh, you're just straight-up retarded. Never mind then, carry on as you will.

Fuck you faggots, I barely have time to play all the games I want and I feel like shit when I have to turn a game off because I have work the next morning.

>>382903180
Cool.

>>382903185
Then maybe this thread isn't for you? Leave.

File: ncortex.png (132KB, 734x617px) Image search: [Google]

132KB, 734x617px

>>382897754
I'm still interested in gaming but i probably should starting looking for other stuff.

Iw as looking into a japanese course but since i might loose my job i might have to do some self study.
I also need to learn C# and finish learning Python.

>>382903026
I have never read a post by someone who is as much a faggot as you are.

>>382903287
>>382903185
Gamers are cancer. Why do you have to make an argument out of literally everything?

>>382903287
You need to leave faggot.

>>382902312
I build gunpla, play casual formats of magic, trying to learn a new language.

Working out is always a good choice and I guarantee you'll generally feel better all around if you pick it up.

>>382903335
Care to explain?

>>382902980
I for some reason cannot communicate with others, even on the net. I just seem to be unable to offer anything, or nobody is ever interested in talking with me for no more than the necessary responses. I just end up getting disgruntled. I simply reflect on my own thoughts and theories by myself at this point.

>>382903359
Kill yourself now and save yourself from a torturous existence.

>>382903489
You fail because you are trying to communicate with gamers, the stupidest demographic on the internet. These are literal teen autists.

>>382901094
I avoid AAA and its much better

>>382903526
You have to be at least 18 years old to use this site. Go away kid.

For some reason i've had way much joy studying some programming and modding. I have way more fun seeing modded models work in a game than actually playing games

>>382903636
>can't even handle discussion
>calls other people children

>>382903684
Same here.

>>382903554
I cannot simply relate anymore like I used to with this newer and younger demographic of video game players, they are so populated over the net that it's harder to find many older/mature users as before in the earlier net days to hold more engaging conversations.

Games like Dark Souls and Dragons Dogma reignite that spark for me

File: serpent.jpg (153KB, 613x634px) Image search: [Google]

153KB, 613x634px

I was getting bored with video games so I stopped playing for a while but deep down I knew it's still my passion I return to.

I increased the difficulty of any new game I played afterwards. For extra enjoyment I sometimes vape a nice bud and replay games I haven't played for a long time. Works like charm. You just have to find your own genres and platforms and ignore what others have to say (like /v/ memeing about TLoU being bad when it's a really good game).

File: witcher3 2016-10-25 19-51-28-92.jpg (207KB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

207KB, 1920x1080px

>>382897754
The last game that I was hyped for and played like madman for weeks was the Witcher 3, so it was quite a long time ago. Nier Automata is pretty good too but I guess its just how relaxing afetr work if feels, not the actual gameplay.
So, I guess it has already happened, Vidya are behind me, shitposting while listening to the music has taken over completely.

>>382903443
>trying to learn a new language.
that might be fun.
If I would want to learn japanese, how long that would take and what are good ways to learn it?
I dont want to learn to talk it, just to read it or understand it would be good enough.

File: Modern game-the game.jpg (79KB, 500x400px) Image search: [Google]

79KB, 500x400px

>>382897754
I was just like you, until I realized it wasn't me, it was the fact that most games today are fucking terrible. Most of the big, new AAA are just things I am not interested in, and trying to force myself just made me more and more bored/miserable. I used to grab the new Gears or Uncharted to play with friends since they always peer pressured me into it, but it turns out that was exactly what was making me hate gaming.

Grabbed myself an XRBGmini, got all my old consoles hooked up to it and started playing all the games I liked growing up but also included in all the gems I missed from those eras as well. These games were just about challenge, gameplay and fun, the only goddamn things I want when I pick up a controller. I even gave indi games more of a chance when they really capture that great game design of the past (like shovel knight). I am still collecting old games even now, as it has become my new hobby. I am happier as a person and with gaming.

The only new games I've enjoyed this year have been The Last Guardian and Zelda BotW. Everything else has just been the same dogshit that drove me away from modern gaming. If I don't play another goddamned zombie game, war game, asscreed, Mass Effect, etc., I will die a happier person. Fuck all that shit.

I love it every time people call it "growing up"

>>382904291
>how long that would take and what are good ways to learn it?
Check out the DJT threads on /jp/.

>>>/jp/17276403

Read the guide in the OP.

>>382904291

Japanese is one of the harder languages to learn

FUCK OFF FAGGOTS


GO BE A LITTLE DEPRESSED EFFETE BLOGGING BITCH ON /r9k/

I went back to reading comic strips and Family Guy/Simpsons. Way more relaxing + no need to fork over 100 bucks.

>>382904017
post steam ID and I'll speak with you

>>382897754
Have you tried pirating? Honestly it does wonders for the enjoyment of a game to not have had to pay for it.

>>382904524
>stop talking about things I don't like

Just hide the thread next time.

>>382904291
Reading is nowhere near as bad at time taken to learn as speaking and comprehending spoken word. Here's how I went about things on my end.
Learn hiragana (not even how to write, just understand what characters represent what) ---> Lean katakana (same thing) --->
Learn kanji alongside grammar (I say this because if you try just to isolate kanji, you'll wear out quick so it's nice to balance it out with some more practical learning)

Do this for around a month and in theory you should have a decent grasp to read very low level books at the very least.

>>382903180
Not the same anon, but you sound like an autistic prick.

It's actually good advice.

>tfw 27 and don't know this feel

>>382904774
He's shitposting for (You)s, so it's best to just ignore him.

>>382904629
cut yourself

>>382904867
Yeah, you're right
Just wanted to point that out

>>382904621
Sorry, I don't have a steam account, and even then I think the novelty of our communication would wear off pretty quick and we'd just waste time here.

>>382898195
this... any richfag good soul wanna give me money?

File: 1498818733684.gif (3MB, 250x250px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 250x250px

I'm kind of like that. I have been a severe "tired gamer" and to a lesser extent as of late. I started a new job recently and I've noticed that games seem to be more fun now when I can come home and play them. I also plan to start lifting so it'll be fun playing after I go exercise too.

I think the issue is less about ""growing up"" or being too old for games. It's often within ourselves. I've known for a while that I have pretty severe depression and anxiety issues, so I'm finally taking steps to fight back and I'm noticing I'm enjoying games a bit more as I develop little by little.

tl;dr you didn't outgrow games, you may just need other stuff to focus on aswell

>>382903287
Maybe this board isn't for you.
>>>/r9k/

>>382905103
I like this advice.

>>382897754
I find what got me out of that slump was playing games with people. A guy at work caught wind that I never beat FFX so he brought his copy over and we tag-teamed the game from start to end. Now we have a list of games that we play together and I can even enjoy games on my on time sgsin.

File: VbPPuu3[1].png (40KB, 362x362px) Image search: [Google]

40KB, 362x362px

>>382897754
I play old games for the very reason that newer games have zero charm and are obviously oppressed creatively by publishers in order to make sure it rakes in cash. Indie games are really the only newer games I can actually enjoy because their developers aren't typically tethered to an ambitious publisher.

>>382905103
like anime? :^)

I'm tired of games.

AMA

File: 1495998898793.jpg (531KB, 780x3120px) Image search: [Google]

531KB, 780x3120px

>>382901094
This, OP. You're never gonna catch that spark again but you can still enjoy games that existed when you still liked them because they were made in the same mindset of the ones you liked.
>bought and played Jet Set Radio for the first time
>controls could be tighter but the game is fucking great
>that music
>that atmosphere
>that nostalgia I never knew I had.

I miss when good games were great single player experiences and not this shitty e-celeb catering garbage.

>>382897754
get a job

having too much time for vidya is the best way to lose interest in it

>>382902312
Learn an instrument

>>382902312
Airsoft

>>382906028
What's the last game you played?

What the last game you had fun with?

I think it's a mix of not accepting you're simply not okay with playing hours on end now that you have/are supposed to have more responsibilities and new games lacking charisma. We're like vidya Peter Pans, unable to accept that we can't just rely on one single thing to have a comfy life anymore. It was so much simpler while we were teens.

But I still like some games as much or even more than I enjoyed older ones, it's just that the pool of games I enjoy has gotten smaller. I may spend an entire year without playing anything and then get hooked on something nice. I also can't play stuff that requires too much grinding because I have to spend a lot of time studying, and that's okay.

>>382906882
>What's the last game you played?
played broodwar yesterday

>What the last game you had fun with?
forgot

>>382899328
Is aspergers a mental disorder?

>>382906705
>>382906814
Sorry these both don't interest me, but thank you.

>>382906981
>not wanting to run around with fake assault rifles

whats wrong with you

>>382907161
>not wanting to play vidya music
FTFY

>>382907161
I did it with real ones, it still wasn't fun then.
Not trying to be some tough guy.
Guns just don't appeal to me anymore.

Having a job helps appreciating games a lot more.
Nothing like finishing a hard week of work and lazing about all day with a game you've been wanting to play.

>>382897754
Stop doing that bullshit and just stop gaming for a while.
Go out (or stay in if that's your thing) and do something different, get another hobby.
After a while the craving will return and you'll be back to play (or maybe you find something more interesting instead).

>>382905103
>>382906606
>>382907398
I found this was my solution to losing interest in my hobbies as well. After getting a job I found my love for shit like vidya/anime again and actually played/watching stuff instead of spending all day on here instead, having money was a nice bonus too, my motivation to do things in general was higher and I even started lifting.

>>382905072
paypal?

>>382897754
nah, you're just burned out. or looking in the wrong places.

there's still a small amount of good games coming out every season and the backlog across multiple platforms is enough to last you a lifetime, and that's without modding shit.

of course, if all you like is extremely niche games or a genre that barely sees new entries regularly, then you're fucked but in such cases trying to broaden your horizons might be a good idea. i for one ain't into racing games much, but NFS underground 1/2 and the burnout games absolutely hooked me up and motorstorm is pretty cool as well. you might also be stressed from work/studying which affects your enjoyment of entertainment.

but most important: there is no such thing as "growing out" of videogames and such. if you legit believe age has anything to do with it you're either playing the wrong games or you're giving too much attention to social norms and how society will percieve you, and that's one of the single worse decisions you can make.

>>382902312
try gaming, it's pretty acessible and lots of fun

>>382897754
I'm right there with ya OP. Turned 30 last year, and I feel nothing when I play anything anymore. I keep trying to reignite that spark but all I get is "Wow that was cool" and then nothing.

>>382904294
>complains about AAA titles being same-ish shit
>the only things i enjoyed were LG and BotW

never ceases to make me laugh

>>382897754
you didn't grow out, you just have one of these two problems:

1) too much time to play. if all you do is play or you're a neet and such, you'll obviously get burned out and bored of doing only one thing. get a job or a hobbbie or anything, the less time you have to play the more you'll value it, and shifting your focus to something else will make games "freshen up" when you do come back. this also works wonders for slowing your pace leaving time for more good games to come out.

2) you're playing the wrong games. you know when you love psychological movies and such but sometimes you just want some good old over-the-top action movie with explosions and cheesy lines and cool slow-mo scenes? same thing. step out of your niche and grab some silly "epic" game or somethig liek a DMC or God of War and go crazy. this is especially true if all you play are strategy/puzzle games with lots of numbers and so on. sometimes a man just needs some sick combos and grand action.

>>382909593
>BotW
>is actually fun to play/lets people play how they want, even run to the final boss at the start
>structured like the 1st Zelda game instead of the other 3D ones

Yup this sure sounds like a typical AAA to me.

>>382910585
why is it being structured like the 1rst Zelda a good thing? i mean i like the classic ones as much as the next guy but structuring a new game after a classic doesn't make it good. if anything a new structure might have been better, Zelda has been too formulaic for too long.

>let's you play how you want
so? that's maybe good compared to other Zeldas but in general it's absolutely nothing impressive, like the whole game actually. people act like it's a godsend whhen it's just a big mix of things other open-world games have been doing for ages.

>>382912203
>in general it's absolutely nothing impressive
nah, BOTW does it well

>>382897754
i feel the same way OP except the part of buying games, i pirate everything, not giving my money for these hollow AAA tittles.

>>382906547
Hope you got an xbox to play JSRF.

>>382903180
are you retarded or your parents are siblings?

>>382902312
heroin

File: 1497684524812.jpg (88KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

88KB, 500x500px

>>382902312
Bowhunting, learn to use a compound bow and feed the old caveman genes that are built in you. Takes a few minutes to shoot at target, a few weeks to learn proper posture and aiming, and years to learn hunting with luring, tracking, movement, camping, cooking etc. Always a new "quest" ahead to fill your head with.

Psilocybin mushrooms/cannabis cultivation and then eating/vaporizing dried material you grew for yourself.

File: based as fuck.jpg (118KB, 613x498px) Image search: [Google]

118KB, 613x498px

>>382913246

Adderall, Valium and Pizza.

Also, I'm 31, don't work and go to college full-time. I fuck 18-21 year old grillz, play interesting narrative heavy games and get $14,000 a year in grant and scholarship money.

Add that to the $16,000 a year in disability get and I live better than a lot of people with jobs.

Been doing this since 2011; I'm literally Van Wilder.

Play some cardboard game on weekend, search a irl hobby, trust me.

>>382910229
This negroid knows what is up

>>382897754
Get a full time job. At least 40 hours. It will make you appreciate the time you have for free time each day. Soon, youll be busy and you can push off being social or finding a gf until 30.

File: image.jpg (378KB, 720x759px) Image search: [Google]

378KB, 720x759px

>>382910229
This

>>382899103
What games do you play?

File: 1497487395494.png (65KB, 320x252px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 320x252px

>>382913882
>Until 30
Hahahahaha...not like I am already 31 or anything, hahahaha.
Not the same anon.

The only game left for us is russian roulette with a fully loaded chamber.

Same thing happened to me but in part it's acutally a good thing. When i was a kid i wanted to buy every single game out there and stuff and i called myself "gamer". but now i only care about a few games, i don't care if BOTW is ~le best game ever made, i just don't wanna play it, i don't care about the culture and gamer thing anymore. Right now i just want to buy mirror's edge catalyst because i liked the first one i played on xbox360, and then need for speed payback because nfs is still one of my favorite franchises and i don't care if EA is literally hitler or whatever. i think the disappointment i had with videogames on the last 5 years was a good thing. getting to call myself "someone who plays videogame sometimes" instead of calling myself "~le gamer" really changed my life for better.

>>382914903
shut the fuck up retard

A) Take some time off gaming (like a month)
B) Take some time off /v/ (constant negativity will make you immediately cynical towards a new game because this place makes you into a retard)
C) Try a new, unrelated hobby. As other have said, exercise is great. I picked up running, home brewing, etc. Pick some shit that tickles a different part of your brain basically.
D) When you return, avoid shit like MMOs. I have seen too many people get hooked on that shit, and hate every game they come across, even the MMO. MMOs are cancer.

>>382905103
i agree.

>>382915497
I eat through games too fast. Only MMOs that are pay2win where you can actually get everything premium if you work way too much grinding fill my quota.
Every other good game lasts me from 10-100 hours so I finish them lightning speed fast and have way too much free time.
No need to work here.

>>382899342
I did something very similar, but online and with erping instead of weed. Is that better or worse? I primarily play as a shemale griffon for the record.

>>382913882
40+ hours was okay for the first year or so but eventually it just became mind numbing, part time master race to be desu.

>>382915998
If you have enough time to play so much vidya, you have too much free time. Get some more hobbies, find a slam piggy and waste time on him/her, etc. Seriously, time sink shit like MMOs do nothing but fuck your brain up

>>382916226
I'm 40 a week, but my job is security, so I'm just sitting at a desk shitposting for most of it. I'm at work right now!

This thread is depressing

File: 1495683625964.jpg (16KB, 239x239px) Image search: [Google]

16KB, 239x239px

>>382913703
>and get $14,000 a year in grant and scholarship money.
If you had been doing this 2011, you would have already far-exceeded the limits of the SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) system, and you would have been cut off by now.

You are a liar and a faggot.

>>382917234
Why? Because it's the truth?

>>382917234
The truth usually is

The thing I learned about tired gamer syndrome, or the same thing without any other hobby really, is that it can be caused by taking completionism and your backlog too seriously.

Like if there's a game that you really want to play, but you feel like before you can you need to complete the thing you're currently playing, or work on your backlog, or play all the previous entries in this new game's series, just forget all that shit and play the game you want to play and you'll have the most fun and will probably be likely to actually finish it that any of the games that you're just forcing yourself to play.

>>382919080
Good advice.

I force myself to browse v and play games because otherwise I get hooked into new sand despair about europe

File: despair but also despair.png (242KB, 600x791px) Image search: [Google]

242KB, 600x791px

I force myself to like things just to pretend I fit in

>>382919080
This is a major problem for me. Backlogs are terrible.

File: Bertholdt sweating.jpg (402KB, 1820x1764px) Image search: [Google]

402KB, 1820x1764px

>>382898195

File: 1499203229758.png (48KB, 699x799px) Image search: [Google]

48KB, 699x799px

Spending way too much time on /v/ will do that to you.

File: V_cancer.jpg (106KB, 444x1007px) Image search: [Google]

106KB, 444x1007px

>>382921761

File: V_no_like_fun.jpg (51KB, 726x490px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 726x490px

>>382921932

File: V_on_sequels.png (21KB, 774x636px) Image search: [Google]

21KB, 774x636px

>>382922016

File: V_toys.jpg (64KB, 1008x405px) Image search: [Google]

64KB, 1008x405px

>>382922115

File: 1451741599479.png (54KB, 1307x306px) Image search: [Google]

54KB, 1307x306px

>>382898195
>>382920518

>>382904432
What would you call it?

>autosage

Why?

>>382897754
been gaming for 25 years and not once felt "tired". lmao... why am i so fucking above all of you?

I'm going to go have dun playing Nuke Dukem while you bitches blog about being too low test to enjoy anything.

>>382922725
Enjoy convincing yourself that you're having fun.

It's called being miserable and depressed. Your only cure is death at this point.

File: 1489878613410.jpg (11KB, 500x265px) Image search: [Google]

11KB, 500x265px

for fuck sake stop feeling sorry for yourselves and do something about it
nobodys coming to help you and time is running out get out of your comfort zone and find something else you enjoy and the joy will come back better and improved
step the fuck up anon

>>382923918
>Implying I haven't already accepted my slow and painful dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAGGZNfUkU

>>382900959
oh my god shut up

>>382905103
everybody says they will start lifting until they actually do it for a couple days.

>>382922282
Too bad it's too late for me.

>>382923918
It's already too late for me

>>382906959
Not him, but I guess so. Doesn't it count as part of the spectrum?

>>382902312
something that helped me a lot was volunteering at various rare animal shelters, such as wolf sanctuaries or birds of prey. It feels good to help protect endangered animals and there is less stress than normal animal shelters, since they're protected and you don't have to worry about animals being put down.

I also make a hobby out of going to yard sales and then seeing if I can make a profit off of the item online. There are tons of families that sell their kids video games or have old systems that you can sell.

>>382902312
You should really try learn an instrument. You can play a vast number of genres with a simple 6-string guitar.
Also, read some books. Physical ones,
not online.

>>382926006
It isn't.

I can't be getting too old for games, I'm only twenty three. Just looking at what I've bought for the PC I can't be arsed starting some of them up.

I switched to Japanese games and it reignited my interest, smt a and persona are really fun games.

>>382897754
Maybe it's because you're a dumb NEET, autistic with only one hobby and spend your whole day playing video games instead of doing something meanful with your life for once.

>>382926645
Everyone I used to know has salaried jobs, successful relationships and/or set for life
I dropped out of college because it was too hard and spent a decade sitting in my room on this shitty site.
It's too fucking late.

I have a problem, I feel guilty when I play games. I always feel like I should be doing something else and am just putting off whatever that something else is. Sometimes I'll replay a game I like multiple times, and then I feel guilty for doing that, like I shouldn't be spending so much time on one game. Why do I feel guilty no matter what I do?
Also traps are gay.

>>382927537
You've internalized that vidya is inherently bad, even though there are several other activities of no greater value that you might not feel guilty about (such as reading genre fiction: no more valuable but you perceive reading as better)

>>382897754
Video games and cartoons are for children, so what you're feeling is completely natural.

There are nights where I just feel this weird block on whatever I do. This mental block that just seems to drain me whenever I play games. I'll load something up and just end up going bleeeeeeeeh and stop playing and then do nothing but fuck around online. Its annoying. My friends all moved into ark so I'm stuck behind hoping one of them strikes a mood for a game of league.

>>382927537
you feel guilty because you're entering a period of your life where the normal, accepted reality is that people are either in college or graduating and getting into their careers. People are making things of their lives and you're most likely feeling the pressure to do the same, because you realize if you don't you're not going to have a future. Video games are fun but you realize you're being left behind now that nobody in your age group plays them as much as you and it's not as normal as when you were younger.

It's a pretty harsh reality to face, but one that's inevitable. It doesn't mean you have to stop gaming, but you should try to find other things to do that give you a feeling of fulfillment, be it through getting a job, going to school, learning a language to get an upper hand in a good job, traveling, volunteering, getting a hobby, etc.

>>382927331
Only if you accept it. Depends on your goals in life but even a very expensive entry point of a hobby is manageable with steady income in a low paying job. You need proteins, vegetables and fats along with daily HIIT training. One step at a time. If you don't have weights, fill bottles with water, improvise. Work on your body and your mind will work better in the end. Experiment with psychedelics (DMT and psilocybin mushrooms) and pure sativa strains of cannabis to gain some insights about yourself and expand your open-mindeness. Find a job, work up from there. One step at a time fag. If you think your life is over because you are not millionaire or you don't have a romantic partner you are delusional pleb.

>>382928439
>Experiment with psychedelics (DMT and psilocybin mushrooms) and pure sativa strains of cannabis to gain some insights about yourself and expand your open-mindeness.
Don't fucking do this. Ever.

You tell him in one part to work on making his mind and body healthy, and then turn around and tell him to fuck his mind up with drugs.

>>382928439
To what end?

>>382929174
It's obvious you don't know what you are talking about. There is literally nothing wrong on DMT or psilocybin mushrooms. They are great for depression and the open-minded aspect is retained throughout the years after a single dose. The abuse potential of psychedelics is very low as they are not addictive and the experiences are not really something to be experienced daily. Sativa strains of cannabis are perfect for introspection and physical work like weightlifting or cardio.

The three worst drugs are already legal (alcohol, nicotine and various sugar products). Just because something is called a drug or just because it's illegal doesn't mean it's bad.

>tfw 25 and still loving videogames

>>382929710
To take away the depression and enjoy the time you have on Earth to do things you like

>>382929727
How the FUCK do I get my hands on DMT?

>>382929727
>using psychedelics to make your mind better

Sounds retarded.

>>382929972
That's a very open-ended "goal" and I don't really like doing anything.

File: 1445903596159.jpg (22KB, 300x300px) Image search: [Google]

22KB, 300x300px

>>382929972
>needing drugs to enjoy life

My problem is that i'm too obsessed with my favorite game series (i'm ashamed to name it). I'm even writting a "gameplay fanfic" (ideas i have to improve the gameplay). I tend to obsess like that with stuff. I feel like playing other games it's a waste of time, and that i should drop vidya, at least for a time, unitil i improve my life.

>>382897754
if good games came out, you would play them

i have barely touched videogames in the last 7 years yet i enjoyed witcher 3 to death

>>382930914
so long as it isn't an mmo. it isn't an mmo, right anon?

or mobile trash.

>>382930015
You can find recipes online on how to extract DMT from various grasses with 1-2% yielding enough for multiple breakthrough trips. Mushrooms are safer to cultivate or just purchase in Netherlands though.

>>382930136
That's because you are depressed.

>>382930038
>>382930412
People who never experienced a psychedelic trip on a powerful substance like DMT are in many ways still children. You can't understand it if you haven't experienced it. People like Terence McKenna or even Joe Rogan talk about this subject in detail if you are interested beyond memeing about drugs being bad.

You need drugs to enjoy life btw, just because your drugs keep you sober in your frame doesn't make your choice any better.

>>382931053
Probably a series that /v/ermins pretends to hate, like soulsborne.

>>382902623
This. Your 3000th hour on CS:GO or your 20th playthrough of New Vegas is why you're getting burnt out. Start playing old shit or try out new genres.

File: 1471278959398.gif (486KB, 238x155px) Image search: [Google]

486KB, 238x155px

>be anon
>reading books is his hobby
>he reads a few shitty books because he has shit tastes and the low tier marketable shit appealed to him
>"books aren't good anymore. Ive grown up, guys. They just dont make them like they used to."

>>382929727
Heroin is worse than all of that. Everybody is different. Telling someone to do this isn't good advice.

>>382902312
Hiking. It's a meme non-hobbie that makes you feel good and you can pretend you're in a fantasy world while you do it.

>>382933909
>Heroin is worse than all of that
But it isn't. Prohibition of heroin is what makes it worse. Pure med grade heroin with proper education is very cheap and pretty much manageable but that's not what the market is about. I wouldn't advice for heroin however, but I wouldn't ban it either. Considering most people die to tobacco products and heart diseases I'd say heroin is much safer option for the society in general and its use actually declines when other options are available (like psychedelics and cannabis). The first world will soon hit the 1:2 diabetes ratio because liquid diabetes with 41g of sugar in a 0,5L can (much of it in fructose) is the number one brand of the world and 67% of population is overweight or obese. Just check out the work of Carl Hart, he studied medicine to help his community with addiction problem and then as a doctor discovered there is no general issue with addiction when it comes to drugs, even addictive drugs like cocaine. Yeah, some people are alcoholics too, but generally people can handle their addictions well enough to function properly in their society and alcohol is legal.

>Telling someone to do this isn't good advice
Why? There is literally and I mean literally nothing wrong on trying DMT or psilocybin mushrooms.

How do I motivate myself to learn a skill?

>play videogames
>no enjoyment
>hang out with people
>no enjoyment
>go fucking ziplining, island hopping and canoeing
>no enjoyment

wew lad