I’ve always understood this site to be anti-gamer but for some reason I’ve always chosen to blind myself to the fact that many of you are just selfdepricating gamers.

You’re not really invested in the cause.

I feel like I’m in an Alcoholics support group and I’m the only one not drinking while you guys just hate on yourselves.

I feel like a clown, feeling supported by TRAITORS.

I stand alone with a double barrel shotgun surrounded by people double handing gamecube controllers what the FUCK

  • Yor [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    36·
    2 months ago

    tbh I find it hard to comprehend that some people literally never play video games. I can understand not every day, but never? genuinely incomprehensible to me

    • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      Life isn’t very long, most work the majority of the day and only have a few hours to yourself tops. Gaming systems are expensive and associated with nerds. Are you going to play a poorly simulated game rendering of reality or be the game?

        • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          Sure, or dosbox games etc that can be played on absolutely anything, but when a lot of people think gaming systems they think the latest game ads with high end gaming pcs, PS5/XboxX or stronger phone models, not their own phone, their work laptop, etc. That’s far too expensive for a hobby if you only know of the broadest terms possible and don’t have time to look into it seriously. Popular flashy new games that in consciousness needs an investment vs obscure ‘sad nerd’ games they can play on any old thing.

          Do pc or console gamers consider phone gamers their siblings? No, there’s quite a bit of elitism, even the can X run Doom jest belies some of this mindset.

          Also there’s the appeal of concrete immediate tangible sensual reality and escapism via say cooking, drawing, or knitting etc which all produces something IRL as a result, vs gaming which usually has very little to show minus pixels for all that time spent.

          • The_Jewish_Cuban [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            6·
            2 months ago

            Does this perspective still hold up when considering the popularity of sports? Playing a pickup game of basketball doesn’t have a real world tangible result besides being a bit healthier no?

            • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              3·
              2 months ago

              Playing a pickup game of basketball doesn’t have a real world tangible result besides being a bit healthier no?

              That’s a massive benefit though. Your tangible result is living longer/living healthier lol

            • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Somewhat. You’re sculpting your body and reflexes with sports, but you can sculpt reflexes with games (and make yourself sick overdoing it with most sorts of gaming). There’s some material social aspect very well established with sports that has yet to be developed for vidya.

    • rockandsockEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Video games got old to me after about 30 years of gaming. I pretty much retired from gaming in my mid 30s. I fire up an old game in an emulator a few times a year and some Words With Friends and thats pretty much it.