You Can't Play Everything

Been reading all of your own thoughts and experiences and it's wild to see how many people this video resonated with, and even when it didn't to see you all sharing your own personal stories is really touching. I recommend reading the comments below, some amazing perspectives to be found! Thank you all ❤️

"You can't do everything" is the only cure to FOMO. You cannot experience everything. You are absolutely going to miss out on a lot. So instead of worrying about what else might be out there, try to cherish the experiences that you, and maybe only you, make. If you enjoy the strange indie game you just got into, you don't need to chase the trend and play what everyone else is playing. If you do find yourself enjoying what's popular at the moment, that's also great - be glad that you can make this grand discovery alongside everyone else. If you think that what you're doing is worth it, there is nothing better to do, because if you were doing something else, you wouldn't be doing what you are doing, and you would be missing out. So all you need to ask yourself is, do I want to do what I am doing?

"Time you enjoy wasting, isn't wasted"

As Confucius said, we have two lives....our second life starts when we realize we only have one.

Are you challeging me?

Don't tell speedrunners this

I just need immortality and enough money to buy every piece of entertainment in a single day.

I literally cried and said the last line in your video at the same time as you did. Bravo. Videos haven’t gotten me emotional since I can remember

Thank you for reminding me why my 30+ year gaming hobby came to a grinding halt 5 years ago. I loved gaming, it was my life, but I had finally realized that there were so many other things out there that I passed up trying just because how difficult it'd be to keep up with my gaming. Im happy to say Ive been learning to play guitar for 5 years now, and i love every moment of it.

I usually finish the games i start but i end up buying every game im interested in on sale and never end up playing 50% of them 😂

Giving me existential dread right out the gate

This is a video I’ll keep coming back to.

“Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.” - Jorge Borges

This is something that applies to life itself really. You can't do everything. You have to make choses and cut out the things that you don't prioritize.

love this. I tried to play Elden Ring and put it down after a few hours. it just wasn't for me and I didn't want to force myself to play it and not enjoy my time. I think this is a big reason why a lot of people are like "gaming is dying", they force themselves to play games they're not enjoying to be able to engage in the discourse or understand what's happening online, and then they get all mad and call games "not fun anymore". edit: wow this blew up, also I love how some of you assume I'm a dude lol

Great video that serves as an important reminder, it isn't worth trying to chase it all. You can tell yourself "I'll just finish this one then I'll focus on other goals", or "This one is different, really" but the core experience each time is pretty similar. As a man of 30 years who's played video games as my main hobby since I was 5, and now taking a complete break from video games for a full year. I can say they've been a big part of my life, brought me much enjoyment and comfort in hard times, shaped me as a person, and taught me some interesting things. However I paid a price in time and energy that was redirected away from important areas, especially socialising, which only gets harder as you get older. You take it for granted that you'll always have the same time and social opportunities at 30 that you did at 18. Not to mention, I find videogames just don't 'hit me' in the same way they did. You can't fully immerse yourself like you did, when you have a job, bills to pay, chores to do, and self-improvement to consider and make time/energy for. Always followed by a feeling that you should be doing better with your time. Plus, after 25 years of gaming, it feels like there's very little that seems original or can engage you in the same way anymore, 'it's all the same' aside from the odd indie game. I have moderated my VG consumption in the last few years, spent time in more areas that yield more tangible lasting rewards, such as fitness, racing, dancing, marital arts, and trying to make in effort to actively put myself out there socialising. It's going in the right direction, but it's hard to shake the feeling that I've started a little late, mostly because videogames made it far too easy to entertain myself and occupy my time, 10 years goes by super fast if you're not paying attention, I promise. Surprisingly I haven't missed them as much as I thought. Once my year away from them is up, it will be a strict weekend/holiday hobby and no more than 2 hours on those days. I think I appreciate them as a side hobby than a main one, and for the memories and experiences they gave me as opposed to the more muted experience I have with them now. I'm content to let most new games slide as I know how much of life they can take up, and how much more life has to offer. Videogames can still be fun, but always aim for the Good Ending in Real Life guys. 🙌

The part about playing micromanagement games like City Skylines being like looking at a spread sheet resonated with me greatly. I work as a software engineer, and after I started working, this type of games became a chore to me, because I felt like I'm continuing my job in my free time, planning, ensuring efficiency, removing duplications, abstracting things, devising a pipeline, all those things I do in my work, I stopped wanting to do this in my free time also

Normally I'm not even logged in to my YouTube account, but this video resonated so much with me that I signed in just to write this comment. I was shocked to see that this video didn't even have over 1000 views at the time of writing this because it was so well-made. Your taste of games is really similar to mine and the example of Apex Legends just hit home because it caused the exact same thing to me, I played the game even though I felt no sense of accomplishment. The people who played this game with me, I barely talk to nowadays, which makes me kind of sad to be honest because we had a really good time together for a while. I think Video games played a big role in shaping who I am, and the experiences we made will stick for a lifetime. So with this comment, I just want to give my sincere thanks to you for making this video and wish you a statistically speaking wonderful next 47 and a half years of your life.

It’s nice to know that there are a lot of us out here. Sometimes I worry that I have spent too much of my time playing video games. In all honesty, I feel like sometimes my real world is when I’m playing a new game… and that going to work and taking care of myself are just chores in between. I do other things of course, but none of those things feel like proper spending of free time the way finishing a great rpg does. I appreciated this video a lot for the relatability.

I had a shift in my thinking about 4 years ago. I was 38 and I was doing what most people were doing - buying expensive games, telling myself I was enjoying them, and then quitting them as soon as something else came along. Being married with 2 kids, I was finding myself stuck against the wall of not having enough time to satisfy my gaming craving and then it hit me that I don't actually enjoy the games I am playing. So I resolved to sell my 3k gaming PC (at a heartbreaking discount) and quit gaming all together. I got really into being outside, exercising, and trying to better myself professionally and personally. Fast forward about a year and the itch was too much and I started buying games again, but on xbox. I told myself that I would avoid any multiplayer games because I wanted to be able to play whenever I want and how I want. I made the same mistakes and kept buying expensive games and forcing myself to say they were good. Then 2 games came along that changed it all: Diablo 4 and Starfield. I enjoyed D4 through the story and then fell off hard at lvl 91; it was providing nothing of interest anymore. I held my breath impatiently for Starfield, played it for 155 hours, and then cursed it's existence as a soulless piece of junk. I bought a $5 bullet heaven and found myself having a blast; 100x more than I was having with the $70 piece of junk space RPG. It hit me right then that it wasn't gaming that I hated; it is AAA games that I hate. I started buying up every indie title that interested me and have been having a blast ever since. I think we can all agree that gaming is objectively a waste of time. But so is the majority of everything we do in life. So don't feel guilty for enjoying playing games. Feel guilty if you trick yourself into playing something for reasons other than that you thoroughly enjoy it. Then also realize that the games aren't going anywhere and it is okay to do other things. Play games that challenge or inspire you to grow as a person. Encourage your kids to play them with you and foster a healthy relationship with games for them to enjoy their whole life. Don't let it get to the point that it did for me where you think you have to quit and the struggle to avoid it and deny a part of you. We aren't people who play games. We are gamers and it is part of our biology, so don't try to deny it and learn to control it instead.