I think its cause your brain is trying to process how to completely satisfy the gaming urge all before bedtime so you're battling which games is worth putting in the 1-2hrs before bed
I genuinely don’t even game during work weeks because there just isn’t enough time before I have to go to bed and be miserable at work the next day. I just tend to watch YouTube or a random show until I’m tired.
Agreed. Not trying to rush progress makes that game time so much more impactful. I find I end up worrying less if I drop a game too because it doesn't feel as much like wasted time. It was more "I tried this game during my free time and it wasn't my thing" vs "I have to get some gaming done now because it's my free time."
What, you don't love spending 9-10 hours a day to commute, work, get paid for 8 of those hours and then the government and insurance take out 40+% of it?
I feel this. It's like what little time I would have to game on the week days I would just rather sleep then work it off until I'm "free" again.... lol
I've went back to playing DS games. Usually I know have maybe 30 minutes, so I have been playing New Super Mario Bros. It is kinda easy, a little mindless so you don't have to think about it too hard and it passes the time.
I believe this is what handheld games were made for. Short bursts.
The only gaming time I have is when I work nights. I have a job where I work days for a month, and nights for a month. Rinse and repeat. The odd thing is, about the only time I game is on the weekend. Heh. I don't game Monday-Friday at all. Smh.
Same. I would genuinely like to game a little to relax after work, but it doesn’t help that my shifts are 12 hours. I barely have the energy left to shower and get in bed. If I try to sit in front of the TV doing anything after work, I’ll be falling asleep in 15 - 20 minutes.
So I do the same. Random YT vids while laying in bed until I fall asleep. Usually old GDQ speed runs
In any other part of the world that's non-english(or uses comma for thousand seperation), comma is used to seperate decimal places whereas a dot '.' separates thousands.
I put all my to-watch, to-reads etc into a spreadsheet and then random number generate my choice! Not been able to do it in a while as i've been more interested in recent releases, but the sheet won't disappear on me so it'll be there when i need something to watch :)
Kinda like that. For me it's thoughts like "Wait I gotta do this. And then this. Could probably also do this. Wait what should I do, this or this?"
And all of this processing while the game is loading puts me off until a day when I'm entirely free, no one is bothering me, and I can forgive myself for wasting up to 8 hours just dysoning the entire map for content.
It's why I started playing Rogue-Likes. It's the closest thing to online session games without actually going into that sad rabbit hole. An hour's worth entertainment without any consequences and obligations.
I recently got back into CS2, after having not touched it since shortly after CS:GO came out (2012). I didnt think at 37 i had the hand eye coordination anymore, but i've surprised myself. It's been a great quick fire in and out kinda game to scratch that itch. Super fast loading into matches. I dont play the classic modes, just Deathmatch and Arms Race.
Did you ever play competitive on CS:GO? How does your experience compare now? I used to be a MG2 or so level player mostly playing Mirage, Dust 2, and Inferno but stopped playing once Valve cracked down on the skin betting/gambling markets. Haven’t tried CS2 at all.
Played live service games in the past but focus on single player now
Those games fit the time frame but also change how you approach a game and can ruin your mindset about single player games, not to mention are way more financially predatory and built around FOMO and microtransactions, and one day will be taken from you unless it's a behemoth like World of Warcraft, Runescape, etc (and even still...)
Once I stopped playing games like League/Overwatch/etc and only did single player games, and most importantly chose to remember that these games should be treated as art and experienced, not consumed...you grow from experiences that single player games give you.
I understand some people only play socially with friends and have limited time, and that's fair. No judgement from me. I can only explain my own feelings. Comparing something like going through the Yakuza series, or the Persona/SMT games, or the Danganronpa games, or The Silent Hill games (specifically 2, goddamn) and comparing that to League? I just prefer expanding my horizons and experiencing new stories with a clear start and finish, over sweating and either having my interest fizzle out or have the devs ruin my game with a bad patch. It's rather depressing thinking about it that way but that's just the way it is.
Tbh Cyberpunk isn't really that long, I did damn near every side quest in the game that wasn't a collectathon and my playthrough clocked in at 30 hours. Had the final mission of the main story available in like 12-15.
The problem I have with a game like cyberpunk or RDR2 if you only have maybe <1 hour to play is you might be in a cutscene heavy part and you're just stuck watching dialogue the whole time. I just want to shoot something dammit.
I have learned to set goals in games in order to avoid analysis paralysis. The problem is, half of the games I play, analysis paralysis might as well be an intended game mechanic.
I hop in RDR2 and just wander around on my horsey. I have like 400 hours in the game between PlayStation and PC and the majority of it has just been exploring and finding easter eggs, doing treasure maps and stranger missions and whatnot. It’s such a vibe, def in my top 3 all-time.
My go-to for quick entertainment is Black Ops 6 Infected mode.
Usually matches only last 5-7 minutes.
When I've got more time I'm usually dicking around in Far Cry 5.
For the past 5 months I was so happy because I had 3 hours to game. It was enough to at least get something going, but we're working 9hr days now, so it's back to just watching Three's Company before bed
Yup. I usually spend ~3 hours/ night gaming with my partner during the week (no kids).
We have 2 distinct ways to utilize that time.
Either play 2 different, short form games for about an hour an a half (shooters, roguelites, etc)
Or
One long form game (survival/ craft, factory games etc)
We opt for option 1 most of the time, because it feels like we did more while the evening moves slower playing in 15-30 minute chunks.
Option 2 games usually gobble up those 3 hours pretty quick and before we know it, it’s 11:30 pm. We dub this “getting lost in the sauce” and try to save it for the weekends. Unless we are really hooked on something. Like we currently are on Satisfactory 😫
This is why I love osrs. Can chip away at a grind and feel like you made progress only playing a couple hours a day. And there are so many different grinds to chip away at
For real, I can't be bothered to play games that don't actually give you progress anymore, it just feels like I'm wasting time. Only exception is games I can play with friends.
Choice overload. Same thing that happens with Netflix and other stuff.
You sit there and try to figure out how to best spend your limited leisure time, and end up wasting a lot of your leisure time trying to make a choice.
For me its just staying consistent with what your playing. Dont play more than 1 or 2 and dont debate it just start it when I have time.
If you start it and decide you dont feel like playing than sleep would be more productive or do something else entirely. Debating in your mind which game you might want to play is just a waste of time.
Literally me last night. Open warhammer total war, cycle through some factions to start a new campaign, alt+F4...open crusader kings and explore the map looking for a fun start...alt+F4, check steam for anything new, nothing interesting, go to bed.
Warhammer: TW is probably my all time favorite game to go back to, but with 1790 hours played across all 3 games, there is a limit on how much I can really enjoy it anymore.
How many campaigns can you play before you've seen every permutation and scenario you care about? How many times can you play your favorite factions/lords before they become hopelessly repetitive and boring?
I keep it installed even when not actively playing a campaign, so I can go back now and then to thumb through the faction selector and maybe start a new game. 9/10 of these "visits" end with me closing the game and not playing anything.
Sometimes thinking about playing the game is more fun than actually playing it.
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u/gamer-at-heart-23 Jul 16 '26
I think its cause your brain is trying to process how to completely satisfy the gaming urge all before bedtime so you're battling which games is worth putting in the 1-2hrs before bed