Yeah, yeah, I'm sure we're all here because we are all "gamers" or something on this forum but honestly... It's not that important for me anymore. I got other stuff to do. I can literally study Marxism for fun (and old religious text, among other things such as psychology and philosophy). I'm starting my career soon enough and I'm wrapping up university and having fun with it. On top of that, I got tabletop RPGs that I'm doing and I'm re-learning Turkish. Movies, TV shows, social media... They'll be there. I write on the side, mostly technical writing, but also fictional writing. And hey, it's nice to do exercise every now and then.
^ Now, if you went through all that, you probably may think I'm a bit of an asshole to gloat about all this and lord it over all the gamers or what not... But I'm honestly not gloating. I'm sort of looking back at the fact that video games... are the best they've ever been (unpopular opinion, I know)... but they're also kinda not the center of attention that they used to be for me.
And since I know that video games put the workers that make them through misery, at least in certain projects where it's very egregious, it seems like my extreme OCD talking to me since I was a child saying "You must play this game or else you'll miss out" or some shit. But honestly, what's stopping me from refusing to buy games now that I've pretty much mastered my OCD and have all these other things going for me?
Yeah, I get it, I'm sure that some thing out there will be laced with "blood money" whether it's metaphorical or not, but I can at least minimize what I consume or negate it entirely.
I'm not saying that it's every video game, but the question of this thread is: what's stopping us from just sort of not buying a certain game or games? We literally have more options than ever before and we have more things to do than ever before.
It's funny because I was on a gaming hiatus for years until 2020 and then I started playing again. But hey, I hit an equilibrium with this thing and I doubt that I really need some game that was made through horrible business practices or overwork or suicides or prison labor or whatever shit hasn't been revealed yet.
So yeah, awkward feeling, but that's where I'm at right now.
Anyone else feel the same way? What made you get to this point? Did you ever think you'd get to this point? Discuss!
^ Now, if you went through all that, you probably may think I'm a bit of an asshole to gloat about all this and lord it over all the gamers or what not... But I'm honestly not gloating. I'm sort of looking back at the fact that video games... are the best they've ever been (unpopular opinion, I know)... but they're also kinda not the center of attention that they used to be for me.
And since I know that video games put the workers that make them through misery, at least in certain projects where it's very egregious, it seems like my extreme OCD talking to me since I was a child saying "You must play this game or else you'll miss out" or some shit. But honestly, what's stopping me from refusing to buy games now that I've pretty much mastered my OCD and have all these other things going for me?
Yeah, I get it, I'm sure that some thing out there will be laced with "blood money" whether it's metaphorical or not, but I can at least minimize what I consume or negate it entirely.
I'm not saying that it's every video game, but the question of this thread is: what's stopping us from just sort of not buying a certain game or games? We literally have more options than ever before and we have more things to do than ever before.
It's funny because I was on a gaming hiatus for years until 2020 and then I started playing again. But hey, I hit an equilibrium with this thing and I doubt that I really need some game that was made through horrible business practices or overwork or suicides or prison labor or whatever shit hasn't been revealed yet.
So yeah, awkward feeling, but that's where I'm at right now.
Anyone else feel the same way? What made you get to this point? Did you ever think you'd get to this point? Discuss!
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