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New report claims gamers spend more time watching videos about gaming than playing games
(www.gamesindustry.biz)
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2024
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people want to play with friends, and with gaming getting lonelier, i think people are seeking the parasocial relationships on streaming sites.
or it's because IRL our gaming interests aren't something we can talk about. I haven't had a IRL friend who thinks gaming is cool since I was 15. I'm 40 now. for 25 anytime I bring up my interest in games my 'friends' or girlfriends cringe and tell me to STFU about my weird immature stupid interest.
on twitch and youtube i can find people who share my joy of games and appreciate them and openly talk about their fond memories of playing them and how important they were to their childhood. IRL talking saying shit like that gets you socially shamed and ostracized.
the friends i have who game either cant afford it anymore, or are playing just rocket league and fortnite for multiplayer now. 😫
If "friends" or even "girlfriends" tell you it's cringe, it's them that's cringe. Worker-bees with sticks up their arses. Get away from such toxic people.
I get it, I'm gaming for 40yrs now, and i know how it feels to be ridiculed for it. Fuck them. Especially when it's coming from people who spend their time watching TV or mindlessly scrolling fuckbook et al. They really should STFU. Gaming always was an art-form, now more than ever. And adults have a right to, nay, the freedom to enjoy their passions guiltfree.
Drag plays video games with drag's partner. Right now @HonouraryDragon@lemmy.nz is playing through Deathloop. We only have one copy, so unfortunately drag can't invade its game and kick it off a cliff as Julianna, but it's still fun to watch it play through the early stages. On its first loop after unlocking infusion, it got the Strelak Verso AND the Sepulchra Breteira! Only cooler thing would have been getting the Heritage Gun.
Anyway drag can't imagine having a partner who isn't into games. Luckily, everyone drag has ever fallen in love with enjoyed a variety of entertainment media. Probably because boring people are too busy watching broadcast TV all day to hang out in the cool places.
If the partner is enjoying games, and especially the same games, it's awesome. My wife isn't as fanatic as i am, but has her own share of game-love. Couldn't imagine a partner that wouldn't at least get it either.
Try to find new friends, or a community where your interests are shared. Anybody who makes fun of another person for their interests is not a good friend.