slag%20is%20not%20slag said

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I still want to try this, for old times sake.
However – rant.
I have struggled with the notion of using video games at all as a form of entertainment or escapism for quite some time. We all need down time, which I recognize. I just find that for my purposes, as much as I want them to, playing video games do not adequately leave me feeling satisfied with my life. There are literally millions of real, tangible things I can be doing with my time at any moment. I find that after playing video games I leave with nothing. No peace is gained, no satisfaction earned, nothing learned and no tangible achievements to speak of. At some point, I realized how pointless playing them is. I don’t think, even with a title brimming with nostalgia like D3, I will ever be able to return to video games as a means of self entertainment.