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The guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing 8k hours

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273 points isaacfrond | 1 comments | 01 Nov 24 09:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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8b16380d ◴[07 Nov 24 01:43 UTC] No.42072368[source]▶
Can’t help but think that amount of time is better spent elsewhere, and that goes for all video games. A bit sad really.
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lvturner ◴[07 Nov 24 01:52 UTC] No.42072432[source]▶
“Better” is a very subjective statement, after a very long absence from playing games, I’ve started again - and the positive impact on my mental health and therefore time spent on other more “serious” activities is both increased and more focused.
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1. bongodongobob ◴[07 Nov 24 03:45 UTC] No.42073169[source]▶
This post made me think about my OG WoW days. My main had over 1 year of play time, and my alts, maybe another 20-30 days, so that puts me at about 9600 hours. I played for 5-6 years intensely in a progressive raising guild, then faded away over about a year after some crazy guild drama, it was such a loss.

It burned me out and I basically quit gaming for the last 10 years, now that I think about it. Some sim or resource games here and there, nothing multiplayer and nothing "reactive". Maybe a few hours a month.

Anyway, I reflected on it as this big waste of time, so I felt I had to grind at life instead. Games are a waste of time, do something productive. I'm only now appreciating the anxiety that caused.

This intern I work with is a gamer and asks me if I play anything. I realize I'm older than his mom so he's really getting a kick of my stories cause "I'm like too old to play games haha, wow that's crazy"

He said something like "you can afford it, how do you not have a gaming computer bro?" I thought, he's got a point.

So I find a tricked out craigslist gaming computer a few weeks ago and download some games on steam. I was floored at A. What games have become and how fuckin good they look B. How much fun I was having and C. How I was able to soothe anxiety

Just do what you like with your spare time, if it makes you happy and doesn't fuck your life up, do it.