About to turn 26 and this already applies to me. There’s just something soothing when we engage with activities consciously vs playing them out of habit. Great art and post OP. Felt like young Eckhart Tolle vibes (if he played video games lol).
I had to go to travel for work for a week. High stress job. My wife was sick so the house went to shit. Spent all weekend taking the kids to things staying up late to do laundry,cooking supper , cleaning when I got home. I finally got a 1/2 hr while my wife was working and supper was in the oven to play a stupid little solo game on Sunday and found my controller on the floor with the charger connection shoved in and broken off. Now I know why dad wouldn’t let me touch his stuff.
I think the best way to enjoy adult gaming is getting back to your young roots.
Scream while you play, watch beautiful scenery in awe, laugh at dumb dialogues or let yourself feel vulnerable in sad moments.
Then drop this shit and go play Deep Rock Galactic with some premades, the most fun you can have in a coop game, rock and stone, brothers!
I’ll be serious again for a moment: gaming is a hobby, in an ever growing society that values money over anything else it’s not fair to feel like your favourite thing to do to have fun is wrong. It doesn’t need to have a reason, it doesn’t need to give you back something, if you like staring at Minesweeper for 3 hours or playing Fortnite do it. If you are feeling like you are not having fun right now, quit and watcha movie, or idk… call your uncle? I’m just saying that maybe it doesn’t need to be fun “like it was when we were young” to still be fun enough.
Not only is it very untrue for many of the 30+ people I know (myself included), it was also pretty boring. Like, the entire mindset in the comic is so boring I want to choke myself with my controller instead of playing with it. So maybe it was a successful comic after all.
i mix my gaming with exercise – use a xbox controller while im on the elliptical using steam in big screen mode. it is fun and i break a decent sweat — i do this 40 minutes every day for cardio
im sure the fitness purists would be aghast, but its better than nothing
What the heck are you going on About dude? Just play if you feel like it and if you are fighting yourself so much don’t do it and find something else to do. It’s that simple. This is definitely a case of overthinking.
Some good advice, I mean I’ve been playing games for over 20 years now, so games just don’t feel as special, I’ve seen all the tropes, so to standout to me, a game really has to be something.
I think my issue are that a lot of new games by design try to rub stuff like routine and ranks into your face.
Back in the day you just joined some random arse dedicated server and had fun. Now you’re bound by matchmaking, battle passes, login rewards and all that stuff. Sure you can ignore them, but I didn’t need to exert that level of control back then.
I could just play some single player games I suppose.
Don’t play games you don’t enjoy. It sounds obvious but SO many people play games they really don’t like just because it’s a habit, or they have sunk cost, or for whatever reason. If you’re getting pissed off and angry at a game… probably at all, but especially if it’s on a regular basis, it’s time to retire the game. Just play something you have some damn fun with, it doesn’t even matter if it’s a game you might have the instinct to look down on. If it’s fun it’s fun and that’s what matters, not being the sweatiest, most hardcore winner ever.
“Don’t tell me how to enjoy things”
-Rick Sanchez
“Created with love by a large number of people” – lol. If this was true games would be finished upon release.
Also applies for masturbation
I think I’ll just enjoy my games the way I choose to enjoy them.
Thanks,
39-year-old, life-long gamer
The 4th tip is stupid… You already have little time to play games, why would you ever take a shower before it ?
About to turn 26 and this already applies to me. There’s just something soothing when we engage with activities consciously vs playing them out of habit. Great art and post OP. Felt like young Eckhart Tolle vibes (if he played video games lol).
I’d like to add…. “Fuck you Destiny 2” waste of my time. Legend of Dragoon has ending credits.
I had to go to travel for work for a week. High stress job. My wife was sick so the house went to shit. Spent all weekend taking the kids to things staying up late to do laundry,cooking supper , cleaning when I got home. I finally got a 1/2 hr while my wife was working and supper was in the oven to play a stupid little solo game on Sunday and found my controller on the floor with the charger connection shoved in and broken off. Now I know why dad wouldn’t let me touch his stuff.
Great, now I feel old. Thanks!
Dont speak for me.
Start game, play game. Enjoy game. That’s it.
“It’s finally the weekend I can’t wait to game tonight”
Later that night.
“God I’m tired…”
I think the best way to enjoy adult gaming is getting back to your young roots.
Scream while you play, watch beautiful scenery in awe, laugh at dumb dialogues or let yourself feel vulnerable in sad moments.
Then drop this shit and go play Deep Rock Galactic with some premades, the most fun you can have in a coop game, rock and stone, brothers!
I’ll be serious again for a moment: gaming is a hobby, in an ever growing society that values money over anything else it’s not fair to feel like your favourite thing to do to have fun is wrong. It doesn’t need to have a reason, it doesn’t need to give you back something, if you like staring at Minesweeper for 3 hours or playing Fortnite do it. If you are feeling like you are not having fun right now, quit and watcha movie, or idk… call your uncle? I’m just saying that maybe it doesn’t need to be fun “like it was when we were young” to still be fun enough.
I have no idea why this applies specifically to people over 30.
This is a remarkably visually unappealing comic.
Or you know, just calm down and play the games however you like.
ITT a lot of salty motherfuckers.
So much negativity here. I think this is awesome
This comic was really, really bad.
Not only is it very untrue for many of the 30+ people I know (myself included), it was also pretty boring. Like, the entire mindset in the comic is so boring I want to choke myself with my controller instead of playing with it. So maybe it was a successful comic after all.
Yeah no, an eu4 game would take a year
This would be great advice but the writer forgets that most of the games these days are designed to dick us down and take our wallets at every turn.
i mix my gaming with exercise – use a xbox controller while im on the elliptical using steam in big screen mode. it is fun and i break a decent sweat — i do this 40 minutes every day for cardio
im sure the fitness purists would be aghast, but its better than nothing
What the heck are you going on About dude? Just play if you feel like it and if you are fighting yourself so much don’t do it and find something else to do. It’s that simple. This is definitely a case of overthinking.
Some good advice, I mean I’ve been playing games for over 20 years now, so games just don’t feel as special, I’ve seen all the tropes, so to standout to me, a game really has to be something.
I needed this
I think my issue are that a lot of new games by design try to rub stuff like routine and ranks into your face.
Back in the day you just joined some random arse dedicated server and had fun. Now you’re bound by matchmaking, battle passes, login rewards and all that stuff. Sure you can ignore them, but I didn’t need to exert that level of control back then.
I could just play some single player games I suppose.
Don’t play games you don’t enjoy. It sounds obvious but SO many people play games they really don’t like just because it’s a habit, or they have sunk cost, or for whatever reason. If you’re getting pissed off and angry at a game… probably at all, but especially if it’s on a regular basis, it’s time to retire the game. Just play something you have some damn fun with, it doesn’t even matter if it’s a game you might have the instinct to look down on. If it’s fun it’s fun and that’s what matters, not being the sweatiest, most hardcore winner ever.
Rayman 2 start menu. Masterpiece
This feels like a lot of projecting
This comic could apply to literally any hobby and feels like it was made by someone who’s never played a video game before
Also eating microwave popcorn and lighting candles while playing a game on MnK is psychopathic behavior
an hour, lol
Calling something OC when you copy a bestof thread onto a gaming related comic format is quite the stretch.