How To Enjoy Gaming (Again) 

One of the biggest things I had to learn is that you have to find multiple ways to enjoy a singular hobby. Instead of just playing games, I want to talk about them here on YT, I want to collect, I want to show other people in my life and online games that might interest them, etc.. Sharing and spreading joy, as goofy as it sounds, is the best part of anything.

my best advice is to listen to your inner child. i bought def jam, simpsons hit & run, conker live & reloaded, king kong, etc for original xbox over the last year to get that nostalgia drip & have some brainless fun. def got me back into loving games if i didn’t before lol

As someone who has committed to making this year the year of defeating my own backlog I can attest to all of these tips. Put down live service games and multiplayer grinds, take a break from your favorite comfort games, make a list and ask yourself what you have always wanted to play but never have, and stick with it.

Another great video and excellent advice to boot. Your channel is such a gem. Thanks for taking me back to the golden years of videogames.

you're right about taking breaks and doing other things. absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I was happiest with games before the internet, before social media. Back when GameFAQs was the only place to discuss things online... you HAD to make friends in real life in order to discover the best games and enjoy the best memories. Goldeneye 64 hasn't aged well, but there's a reason why older millennials wax nostalgic about it whenever you mention it.

A pretty good video with some top tier advice and as someone who also used the spend the whole day gaming at some point I can relate to this video on a personal level. Though I recently started to turn to reading comics, drawing, watching a movie or two or to do something else besides gaming. I mean I still love gaming and all that but I decided to just play games more rarely, like getting a new game or two to play for a few hours a day(like nowadays I usually allocate two or three hours for gaming when I have that game and after I finish it I'll just take a break until a game that captures my interest comes around). And I'd say that this really helps when you stop enjoying gaming, start trying to play less and do something else that makes your life happier instead. That's the best advice anyone can give to someone with that problem. And who knows? Maybe you'll find a new passion or hobby you didn't even knew you enjoyed doing by playing video games less and not spend all day on a chair on in the bed playing games all the time until the sun blows up.

I am very guilty of a lot of the points made in this video. I'm a real nut for impulse purchases, and that has equated to a seemingly never-ending collection. In a rare moment of serendipity, I have just passed my driving test, so because I'm now on the road, I have to force myself to be much more frugal with my money, so that frees me up to actually play all the games I own rather than buying new ones.

Game libraries should have a "I Feel Lucky" for random games for you to play so you don't get burnt out on replays.

Damn son you deserved a sub a long long time ago!! I just now was recommended one of your videos and best Believe ima catch up when im off work next!!!!!! I can feel it bro your channel is gonna be huge!! Keep going bro 🔥

play what u like dont care if the internet thinks its bad or not u can enjoy mostly any game if u try been doing that retro or new

Did anyone else swap cheat codes during recess? I distinctly remember handing cheat codes and swapping memory cards with other children on the play ground. Shout out Jacob Bradshaw, he damn near beat GTA San Andres and let me copy his card. Maybe it was the same day we went and saw Team America World Police. Which my dad took us too, and told the ticket seller we were midgets. Only because they wanted to make sure my dad new it wasn't for kids

Loving your stuff dude! 100% great advice!

Of course I gotta come through and support the bro, I'll check the rest later and give my feedback...but just had to come drop the like real quick!

No wonder I don't have this problem, I already do all the things you recommended in the video. And, well, I can attest they do work 😄

PS5 games I played this year: Elden Ring Shadow of the Eardtree.. PS2 games I played this year: Silent Hill 2 and 3, King of the Route 66, The Punisher. Working through my backlog. Talking about book, I recently got one called Men with the pot. For all the fellas out there that enjoy some cooking. The dude who wrote it runs a channel by the same name.

I just miss the ps2 days man

These are all great advises, and i want to put another one on the table. Unless some reeaaaly rare cases, YOU'LL NEVER ENJOY GAMES AS MUCH AS DURING YOUR CHILDHOOD, accept it. Or at least, not in the same way. When you're a kid, you don't enjoy things rationally, everything looks beautiful, even the worst game ever. Growing up and getting older, you develop your tastes, becoming more rational, and everything feels less magical, even games. That's why you have to enjoy games like an adult. Look at the game design, the mechanics, the artstyle, the sounds and the graphic in general. Think what works and what don't, why you enjoy some particular feature. Make some question to the game and yourself. Do not just think "cool! i can dual weild in this game", but think why dual weilding works, what make it fun and satisfying. First think with your head, and than you will enjoy games with your guts too again

you are right about the connection between social media and gaming decline and its not just about us getting older. its about a generation raised with a high level of exposure to information and the real world froma young age killing the mystery and imagination from a young age . that imagination was the main building block behind the developement of many great games and behind the immersion of the players of that time because all of it was a byproduct of that culture but now games are self depricating and self aware and have goofy artstyle on purpose and are ''too cool '' to take themselves seriously and try to immerse the players which is a byproduct of poeple of this generation.but obviously the personal side is factor .you are never going to find gta san andreas as immersive as you did as a 10 years old.but to me the way i find my enjoyment of games back is by looking at older titles to remind me as well as evolving my type of game and going for slower more strategy based games like deckbuilders like slay the spire or devcision based rpgs but also some old timeless greats like tekken since the desire for excellence and perfect execution is the same regardless of age and the skill cieling is so high you can always improve. i also agree about taking your time to me its never been better now that i dont have school or homework to worry about i can really take my time.

Really enjoy watching your vids. They're a really good way for me to unwind and chill.

Hey man, i just wanted to say thank you for your youtube channel! Youre a hidden gem and you deserve so much more recognition! Keep up your good work and quality bro

Your videos go muah ! :) so good

I also did encounter the problem of not knowing what I wanna play from my library and just scrolling endlessly. At times like these you just gotta organize your library into your favorite games and games that you're done with and don't plan on replaying. Just put the games that you're done with in their own category and hide it. You might be cutting half or even more of your collection doing this, and you will be left with much fewer choices. Before the digital age, these would have been basically the games that I would sell back or give away to someone else because I've had enough of them. But you can't sell back digital games, so hiding them is the best you can do.

this is the reason why i stopped entirely with multiplayer and only settle for singleplayer games... having a stressful day at work/life only to spend your free time you have left for the day getting stressed out in a video game by something or someone that is out of your hand. i admit it was fun when you had good games but it brings out the worst in you lol

For me it's not my phone, but my 2nd monitor i realised thanks to the points you made. Great video, I feel more motivated already :D

I have way too many games on Steam alone (I'm 10 away from 400), and Im constantly going to my tried-and-trues. I do try to play some of the games I have yet to play when I can. There's a visual novel/bartending game that I played recently that I normally do not care for, but the cyberpunk aesthetic, music, and artwork grabbed my attention. I ended up getting hella enthralled until I finished it.

I just deleted all my games. Stopped playing PVP games as a whole and made a roulette with every game on my steam account and wishlist, together with 90s and 2000s games i can emulate. I just play what the roulette provides. And stay away from pvp games and people with an obsession for them.

Went back to retro games from 98/Xp/Vista and 7 era, build a couple of pc's to do so

My experience is that, I don't like these games specifically, so I ask myself what do I want to play, and what I want is old PC games that doesn't exist anymore, they are abandonware, even launching them is a big problem, aside the performance. So figured how to make them work. - I played The Sting (2001), a charming theif simulator, that have game design that is considered challenging for todays standard. - I played Jack The Ripper (2004) a detective quest puzzle adventure game that has some brain teasers but the game is very atmospheric with its pre-rendered First Person view, and it takes itself and its setting completely seriously, and that is something games don't have today. - I played Money Mad another German game, but it's a unique monopoly game, with goofy characters, it's very light and fun. - I played Heroes of Might and m Magic 3 but the original complete version, and that's always fun. - I played Postal 2 and had fun being edgy. - I played Diablo 2 Res. with mods, because i want to have fun with more room and more loot, and more in-game gambling. I had fun, and I want to get home and continue playing them. maybe when I finish them i'll get interested playing other new games.

Me over here with like 12 games on Steam, lol, built over a decade

modern games just don't bring joy no more in my case , literally the best games i have on my pc are from 2014 and backwards , i've been playing PS2 games on emulator since January because newer games just bored me i dunno maybe im a boomer

the best way to enjoy gaming is not play anything released after smart phones happened, bc game design changed for the worse lol

arkansas caught a stray lol

100%

Hey, if you gonna jump, you gonna eat the anti-air until you learn, you don't want to learn you gonna keep eating it. In fighting games if you don't want to get better on an even playground, you just don't like to challenge yourself, and want something easy, but easy doesn't cut it anymore.

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1. Don’t go on Twitter or any other social media 2: Stop watching vids claiming gaming has fallen 3. Stop reading gaming “journalists” and rumors/leaks 4. Don’t look up a guide unless you are REALLY stuck Saved y’all a click go enjoy your games