Yes, I own other gaming platforms, and no, I haven't spent time on those either. My consoles haven't even been plugged in since I moved to Tampere.
Me not spending more time playing games is less about not wanting to and more about not being able to. It's been years since I have properly been able to immerse myself into a game (there are exceptions of course, which I might talk about some time later). "Why not" is a question that I really don't have an answer for, only thing that I can offer as an excuse is the feeling of uneasiness; "I should be doing something else instead".
I suppose in large part that restlessness was because of my previous work. The rhythm of 'commute-work-commute-free time' that I had left me drained most of the time. I also began putting in more time into making fanart of games rather than playing the games because art is a skill I need to keep sharp.
Would I like to play more games? Yes. There are a ton of games I haven't tried, completed or just otherwise would like to revisit. As anyone with a Steam account would know, thanks to those massive sales they have, games just seem to pile up in one's library...
Speaking about revisiting, there is an astonishing amount of game remakes going about. Last year I got the PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus, which has always been one of my favorites and so loyal to it I of course wanted the new version. I've still yet to play it though, simply because of the sheer amount of hours I had put into the original PS2 game -- back when I was able to dedicate so much time to a game without feeling guilty -- so that I don't see much point doing all the same stuff again.
We only have so much time to use as we see fit and time management is tough. Yet this new school offers me a lot more free (?) time than what I had before, so maybe I could work on breaking away from this boring adult mindset a bit. 😂
I feel this on a very deep level :D
ReplyDeleteI, like i believe many of us, have been shooketh'd with the workload, and it's been days since I last opened up Steam. But I feel like I'm slowly approaching a rhythm where I'm aiming to do the schoolwork during the week, and use one (1) day of the weekend to actually properly indulge myself in whatever it is I feel like that day.
Of course I have yet to experience a perfect week like that but as I said, slowly approaching :D I guess the key is to take it step by step, one day at a time and maybe, just maybe you'll get that 13-hour Borderlands-session in :)