I think games are coming out that are still just as fun. The only reason I may have less fun with gaming is because outside stress in the world makes it harder to engage as fully with the games today
Interesting point. Care to elaborate with “outside stress in the world” part?
There’s lots of human-imposed economic stressors at the moment such as excessive rent, but for me the bigger one is our steady and cognitive-dissonance-filled march towards ecosystem collapse and climate catastrophe
This is an older video, but has some good points.
To the first point about developers making safe games for profits, I have to say I’m impressed with how far Unreal Engine has progressed in the last few years. It’s much easier to make a professional looking indie game using UE5 than ever before, and I really hope we see a resurgence in good games based on fun concepts in the near future. As much as I hated Fortnite, the massive influx of cash really helped drive UE development forward.
And as far as the overstimulation stuff goes… I’ve been busier than I used to be recently, so the game time I do have now does seem a lot more fun. I’m not “chasing the dragon” with games anymore, because I barely have time to play the games that I want to play. And I find it easier to walk away from grindy games because I enjoy doing other shit with my life.
My #1 piece of advice for gamers is to just start working out for 30 minutes every other day. Not only does it improve your physical state, but getting up and forcing yourself to do something else that isn’t based on your brains reward center, even for a short while, makes coming back to your game that much better.
Maybe shooters aren’t? I’m not into it and i still find the “just one more hour” games pretty much as regularily as ever (except the 2017-2019 which were really fucking dark age if you weren’t into button mashing or platform jumping)
