Do video games still make you as happy as they did when you were a kid?

Sometimes, it depends.

Bully I mean wtf

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truthfully, the games I played as a kid are most of the only games that make me happy today. No nostalgia glasses, shit was just more engaging. Triple-A titles bore me to a crawl, and the fact they're the only ones getting spotlight sucks.

The only current games that do anything for me are indie games that were inspired by the dev's childhood, and even then a lot of them are weak. That new Mina Hollowed rat game looks great, because Link's Awakening was a big game from my youth. It's nice to have at least 1 thing to look forward to now.

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Video games never made me happy as a kid, video games were a distraction from the times when my mother would try to stab my dad with a knife and then I'd have to hear the screams of her being beaten while my older brother tried to break them up only getting cut/punched in the process every couple of days

They were a coping mechanism for me to drown out the shit around me and they're still that very same coping mechanism today. Everyone around me is full of hate, all they want to do is argue and fight one another. As long as my life is like this, I'll be playing video games till the day I die

No. Very few games make me want to keep playing after 1 hour. Last game I enjoyed was Jazz Jackrabbit 2, because you can finish the whole thing in like 4 hours.

Yeah, but only if I play them the right way. The first time I played through TW3 I just spent my time zipping between the undiscovered bits on the map and clearing all of the objectives. It was a slog and by the time I finished the main story I was sick of the game.

Some user in another thread recommended just taking the game in, ignoring the map and just discovering things as you find them naturally. Started a new save recently and started doing just that. Going slowly between one town and another, noticing the little environmental hints for treasure and story telling. Just taking in the sound design and listening to the trees blow in the wind, branches snapping as you traverse the world. And I've absolutely fallen in love with it.

I think with age sometimes you feel the need to rush through one game to get to the next, but the best experience is always in taking your time.

as happy? maybe for brief moments.

Same here. I bought a 3070, but ended up using the PC more for emulation than for new releases.
I just don't know. I can play hours and hours of Banjo Kazooie, but I get bored to tears playing Outer Worlds.

Yes in terms of shutting down my brain from thinking but these days I have to play games on mute and listen to audiobooks or something else while I'm gaming as a second layer of distraction.
Back when I had a job it kinda worked but there were times games just didn't feel that great to pick up anymore and the internet is diluted and therefore there's nothing interesting or new that feels refreshing.
Drawing or reading books helped during down times but I believe it's time for me to personally pick up other proactive hobbies like camping, gardening, learning to drive or just something diy. I think spending time doing those would be more fulfilling than video games.
Also if I recalled from my time working I didn't enjoy how monotonous life was, it almost felt like I was going crazy but time was also flying by like crazy so I didn't think I was genuinely miserable.
I think I'm happier now than when I was a kid because I was too naive, dumb and I didn't have any money. Now as a grown up I have more control over my life and I can blame myself for poor decisions but I can also self reflect and get myself back up. In a way it's a good feeling to be aware of things good or bad and that your life is not gripped by a product anymore.

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