I hate how much my brain starts remembering interesting stuff when I finally sit down to play a video game - eviltoast

This might sound super weird, but whenever I actually find time to go “I have like 4 hours to spare, might as well play a game,” my brain just goes “hey, remember that movie you wanted to watch?” or “hey, remember that thing you wanted to wikipedia?” or “Might as well pay rent now, it’s due in 3 days.”

I just wish my brain would do this when I’m actually bored.

  • iusearchbtw@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    This might sound weird, but are you actually engaged with what you’re playing? Maybe you need to find some higher intensity games to keep your attention.

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      1 year ago

      “higher intensity” is extremely vague and I’m having trouble grasping what you’re getting at. Horror? FPS? Competitive?

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        1 year ago

        Not the same person you reply to, but I think they meant some more gripping. More exciting. For you. Whatever you consider more exciting and gripping

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          1 year ago

          Well that’s the thing, it happens when I play games I find exciting, no matter the genre. Even when I pumped hundreds of hours into it. I put like 88 hours in cyberpunk 2077 but I found myself drifting away every time I’d start up the game.