Do you ever just feel too tired from every day life to play games?

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Aomber

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It happens to me way more often than I'd like. I'll spend my whole day working, doing chores, whatever the case, and I'll have a nice fat backlog of games to play, thinking to myself "Right, I'll get home, kick back and play something fun to relax." Only one problem – by that time it's 9 pm, and I can't muster up the energy to actually do it. Video games being an interactive medium requiring a decent amount of attention make it difficult, and usually I just want to lie down and watch TV at the end of my day instead.

Anyone else often feel this way? Anyone felt like this in the past and found a way to get around it? I just feel like I waste my money on games because I really want to play them but it's hard to find the right moments.
 
I like games a lot but they're cognitively taxing. I catch up on weekends basically.

Internet, TV, reading are much easier on the mind.
 
Aomber said:
It happens to me way more often than I'd like. I'll spend my whole day working, doing chores, whatever the case, and I'll have a nice fat backlog of games to play, thinking to myself "Right, I'll get home, kick back and play something fun to relax." Only one problem – by that time it's 9 pm, and I can't muster up the energy to actually do it. Video games being an interactive medium requiring a decent amount of attention make it difficult, and usually I just want to lie down and watch TV at the end of my day instead.

Anyone else often feel this way? Anyone felt like this in the past and found a way to get around it? I just feel like I waste my money on games because I really want to play them but it's hard to find the right moments.
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Yep. Getting older sucks.

The way to beat it is to just start playing. Once the game gets its hooks into you the energy will flow.
 
It depends. A rougher day at work might leave me tired to play, but at the same time a game I'm super into might be able to overcome that feeling.
 
Abso-lutely. Right now trying hard to get through Andromeda (I'm a huge Mass Effect fan), but working till 7ish 5 days a week, then driving an hour to get home, then making dinner, then not being able to play because my wife is ALSO playing... I start playing usually at 1130pm, then get too tired and have to go to bed at like 1230.

An hour every other day getting through Mass Effect. It's like real-time space travel. Kinda nice not rushing for once though, but fuck getting old.
 
It's happened to me every now and then. It's 9:36 pm and I just got home from school. I'm tired as shit but I'll try to muster up enough energy to play P5. Some days I'm unable to.
 
Definitely. I load up Twitch or Netflix on my 2nd monitor, then go "Ugh, I kinda just wanna lay down and keep watching this" than play a game on my primary monitor.
 
I think that's normal.

When I was working a huge number of hours all I could bring myself to do was watch an episode of MASH and sooth my many aches and wounds before going to sleep.
 
Monday through Friday.

Weekend binge. Regret no weekend productivity on Monday and realize I've created the grind for myself.
 
You are not alone OP. After a long day tending to work and family it is difficult to muster the energy to jam out on games for even an hour or two.
 
Since my daughter was born. Games seem more like a chore these days. I'm thankful that the Switch is portable because its the only way i was able to pour over 100 hrs. into BotW in a matter of 3 weeks.
 
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Ain't no rest for the wicked gaming community!
 
Yeah it happens, mostly affects my time with big console games.
I'm playing through ffxv on ps4 and haven't played for about a week, being lazy and needing to sit infront of my tv for hours and neglect my girl makes it tricky.

This is why the Vita is my favourite system, cheeky gaming sessions in a snap.
 
My problem is when my backlog grows too much, I always have trouble deciding what to play. Then I tell myself: "I'm gonna gaf a little bit while I decide". Then is all lurking all night.. Sigh
 
Of course. It's normal.

Life responsibilities and worries clog up your mind giving little room for anything else sometimes.

Just part of being an adult.

I'd love to be young again free of responsibilities.
 
Happens to me far too often OP so I hear you. I get outta work, come home, do some chores, take my dogs for a walk. Prep a meal, shower and sit down and I just can't get into it. I just knock out.

Sports games on the other hand are perfect. Been playing lots of MLB The Show 2017 and catching up on the Steve Austin show and it's been great.
 
Yup. I have a backlog of games, now including Persona 5, that I haven't touched. I'm practically a game hoarder at this point. Most of my gaming experience of late is coming here and reading about other people playing games. Insert sad kitten jpeg.
 
The only time I play games is immediately after I open/download them to "try" them out. If they don't get finished during that honeymoon period they just never get played. I follow gaming news, culture, etc, and me playing the games is pretty much a byproduct of that to stay in the loop.

I never really do it as a hobby, for escapism, or something to occupy my free time. I schedule that shit like an assignment and most of the time it feels just like work.
 
Job. Crazy wife. Two kids. I hardly have time or energy. I find myself just watching TV shows now as they are low effort.

Can't wait until I'm an adult so I can buy every game system!!!!
 
This has significantly cut down on my gaming time these past like....three-four years. Especially in the last two or so years. I theoretically have quite a bit of time to play games but I'm just too depressed a lot of the time. It's such an active hobby, and there's so much else you can do that just doesn't require any amount of effort.
 
I haven't played anything since the end of last month which was Zelda (100%'d it) i think my problem is leading up to BotW i played through Witcher 3 and all the DLC then Horizon then played Wildlands/Zelda and it just completely burnt me out.

Persona 5 i want to play but every time i go to get it out of the box i just feel so tired i end up watching Netflix instead.
 
Gusy said:
My problem is when my backlog grows too much, I always have trouble deciding what to play. Then I tell myself: "I'm gonna gaf a little bit while I decide". Then is all lurking all night.. Sigh
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Haha. My life almost every night :D

Until I get tired of GAF too :p
 
Add me to the growing list!

Work can be so draining. I don't know about you, but i find playing shorter, action/story orientated games more fitting for my schedule usually.

I rarely enjoy games that include too much grinding, learning or exploring....ok i lie, i've demolished my spare time lately with Yakuza 0, Persona 5 and Neir. But not without consequence :p
 
Yep, all the time. I can play more on weekends but during the week my time is limited. My brain just can't stay alert enough and I get exhausted.
 
Pretty much. After work, grad classes, studying and trying to be social with people I just don't have the energy to go through the process of starting a game up and engaging myself. Even the times I can muster up the energy to play, I play maybe 1-2 hours or less during a weekday. The weekends are usually a lot better when I can play more but even then it doesn't even measure up to how much I played during my teenage years.
 
Yup and then I end up just playing shitty mindless mobile games.

Working 60+ how weeks and the idea of a full on game like Horizon or Persona sounds like a chore. I've got a couple small titles like Wonder Boy or Blaster Master Zero if I get the urge but otherwise it's Fire Emblem Heroes or some light reading.
 
After a combined 40 minutes commute and 9~10 hours at work (on my feet all day) I'm lucky to play for more than an hour a day before falling asleep.
 
Have a wife and 2 kids, but I still manage time to play in the evenings for about 2-4 hours on the Xbox.

Gaming is basically my escape. I bought a Nintendo Switch recently and this device has become a miracle for me as I can play it anywhere.
 
Yes, all the time. I call it mental fatigue. I don't have nearly as much time when I was younger and if I did, I'm too tired to make any meaningful progress on said game. The result is me dozing off while playing them lol.
 
Not really. Lately it's more likely that after work, working out, whatever other things need to be done, getting/eating dinner, a little bit of tv and talking with the significant other, it's late and I have to squeeze in some time to play or I won't be able to. Time is the problem.
 
All the time. Especially on days that I have intense exercise sessions which about 5 or 6 days a week. Much easier to watch Netflix than focus on playing a game after a long day when I'm exhausted.
 
Yeah, RPGs require attention to detail most of the time. I'd hate to half-ass them and miss out on some nuance of the story that would help appreciate the overall quality of it.

So....in those times, it's good to play a pick up & play(hack&slash, racing, fighting, etc) game without much story to enjoy. Luckily, I don't have many of those days where I can't muster the energy to play an RPG attentively so I don't feel like I'm wasting my money or anything.
 
Of course. Especially games that require a lot of thought or patience. I absolutely adore the Souls games, but I definitely can't play them all the time.
 
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