what job do you work that's 6:45 to 3 pm? I want it. I want it. I WANT IT
I would love a four day work week SO MUCH.
Try playing vidyah games when you're married... with children...Only have time for it on weekend nights. Use to play for my kids on Saturday morning, but now they do all the gaming themselves.. :doge .... :'(spoiler (click to show/hide)(http://insufficientscotty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Al-Bundy.png)[close]
Sometimes play on my Switch on the couch when my wife is watching stuff I dont want to see and our kid is sleeping
Sometimes when my wife falld asleep early
Sometimes I have a late shift and I play in the morning which can give me a few hours :-* (if i clean up the house and do some chores)
Sure when kid number two drops this will decrease
Just want to stress Switch is a game changer in this married with chlidren life
Also my only other hobby is watching a game of football.
First post on the whole internet (gaf, bore, resetera) since the Switch has been announced (24 months ago) that makes me kind of want to buy it (Switch).
You don't. :shh
I played more this year than in the last 5 years or so. Mainly thanks to the Switch. Being able to play anywhere (at home) and the quick Sleep/Wakeup function are a godsend.
I play mostly when my wife and kid are sleeping and since they go to bed early that works out mostly okay.
I can't play anywhere as much as I'd liked but that goes for a lot of other things as well. Honestly as far as hobbies go, video games are actually well compatible with being a grown up compared to other free time activities. Only downside is that many SO's aren't particularly enarmored with it (compared for example with sports). What i do miss are gaming binge sessions. Sometimes it was just fun to waste a saturday afternoon away playing some game for 10 hours straight - that's just not possible for myself anymore.
Some thoughts that helped me having fun gaming fun with the little time that I have:
Don't think that you can play anything like when you were a teenager. Limit yourself to games you really want to play. You don't gain anything by being knowledgeable about every game released under the sun.
Drop games you don't enjoy quickly, they rarely get better.
If you liked a game for the first 20 (30,40,50...) hours but grow bored of it, drop it. Don't force yourself to finish something just because the story hasn't ended or you feel you need to end a game.
Don't pick up games just because they're cheap. Time is more rare than money for most adults. It's better to enjoy one 60$ game than not knowing which of your backlogged games.
Stay with games you enjoy.