Do you ever feel guilt while you're gaming?

[Havelsaurus]

When I say guilt, I don't mean guilt over your actions in game. I don't feel guilty when a shop keeper runs away from me in Fable because its an evil play through and I have horns.

I mean thoughts like "Why am I playing this," "I could be doing something else," "Why play X when I can play Y" etc.

This is especially prevelant for me with games I've acquired for free (The Repo, other sources, literal free games) vs something I've paid real money for. An example, I have a FreeMcBoot Fat ass PS2 rammed with stuff but then sometimes those physical games I spent a few quid on that might be worse games start singing my name. Another example is my Steam family library. 700 games are mine, 300 a friend's. Will I play em all? Ha.

It'd be interesting to hear what other people think about this or if anyone used to feel this way and overcame it

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

Nah, gaming is the escape hatch that lets me run away from the things that actually make me feel guilt or anxiety in real life.

It's almost funny how some random NPC always ends up paying the price for my mental release.

 

[Dr.Kisaragi Dr.Kisaragi]

Well I am limit to seven gen and beyond I don't play 8th gen onward since I have a lot of games on old

Well it doesn't matter if I have one million sometime this games will be time capsule for example a time we don't have a Internet for one month because of things happen my stored download games come handy and play them we had fun out of it

Even they some games I might never play one but at least one of members may can play them.

 

[Mileena]

Nope, I love to escape reality. I’ve no shame nor guilt lol

 

[PSVitaForever]

I could be doing something else,"

This, because sometimes games for me have become a way to find joy when I had no way in real life to "open up" (because of various heavy family problems), and until now I still can't give up on games even if I could and I have to do other things, more important for me.
But at the same time it is a beautiful moment when I can play THAT game that's in my backlog and I find out is great, just within my expectations.

 

[Nuxx.exe]

Controversially, this was me trying to get through Breath of the Wild. Just couldn't vibe with it. Luckily I was only borrowing it from a friend, though I did beat it and returned it safely.

 

[Clippy]

 

[kbcinharoxa kbcinharoxa]

When I say guilt, I don't mean guilt over your actions in game. I don't feel guilty when a shop keeper runs away from me in Fable because its an evil play through and I have horns.

I mean thoughts like "Why am I playing this," "I could be doing something else," "Why play X when I can play Y" etc.

This is especially prevelant for me with games I've acquired for free (The Repo, other sources, literal free games) vs something I've paid real money for. An example, I have a FreeMcBoot Fat ass PS2 rammed with stuff but then sometimes those physical games I spent a few quid on that might be worse games start singing my name. Another example is my Steam family library. 700 games are mine, 300 a friend's. Will I play em all? Ha.

It'd be interesting to hear what other people think about this or if anyone used to feel this way and overcame it

I used to feel like this sometimes when I only played games and didn't really do anything else. Now I'm trying to have more self-control. I only want to play on Saturdays and Sundays, and during the week I want to do other things. Of course, I'm still starting small.

I work from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with about a one-hour break. Around 7:30 PM, I go for a bike ride near my house. I usually get back around 8:00 or 9:00 PM, then I have dinner or read for a while, and I go to bed around 10:00 PM. .-.

Well... that's the routine I'm trying to stick to. Sometimes I still end up playing on weekdays instead of waiting for the weekend, but I'm working on getting rid of that feeling of, "Why am I doing this when I could be doing something else?"

I don't mean guilt over your actions in game.

And about THAT... YEAH, I REALLY DO FEEL BAD. xddd

I don't really know what it is, but it's like in Undertale. I just can't bring myself to do the Genocide Route. Every single time I try, I end up killing Undyne and then resetting the game. ;-;

It's not because I'm afraid of Sans or anything—I’ve beaten him plenty of times in those online battle simulators. xddd

I don't know... I guess video games affect me emotionally. It's the same with Telltale's The Walking Dead. :,)

I always try to be a good-guy Lee and help as many people as I can, because that's the kind of person I like being. And whenever I'm a jerk in a game, I end up feeling really bad about it. :,v Even if I'm just roleplaying as an asshole for fun.

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

From time to time yes

 

[shaggi shaggi]

No. I play for relax and escape from reality.

 

[Nebra]

Yeah, me too—that's why I hardly play anymore.

 

[kbcinharoxa kbcinharoxa]

Yeah, me too—that's why I hardly play anymore.

come back to gaming

 

[Morgan Katarn]

The only guilt I get is why dont I play more games why do I have to go out and be part of this shitty ass world and it greedy selfish humans.

 

[Jdan-S]

I sort of did when I got my PS Vita. I've played only bootleg CDs when I had the PS1, so I bought a few PS1 Classics that I really enjoyed to have legit copies.

With PlayStation today and the all the problems with the rest of the modern gaming industry, I have no qualms with falling back more on emulation.

I still support indie developers and buy their games on Steam when I can though. And in general, I would only emulate a game if it's already from two console generations ago and beyond.

 

[Havelsaurus]

Interesting you say support indie devs, Denshattack just came out and I want to get it but can't justify it because my pile of stuff I already want to play reaches to the moon and back.

I bought Antonblast and Demonschool full price and I gotta get my ass in gear and play them

I sort of did when I got my PS Vita. I've played only bootleg CDs when I had the PS1, so I bought a few PS1 Classics that I really enjoyed to have legit copies.

With PlayStation today and the all the problems with the rest of the modern gaming industry, I have no qualms with falling back more on emulation.

I still support indie developers and buy their games on Steam when I can though. And in general, I would only emulate a game if it's already from two console generations ago and beyond.

 

[Vardalis]

Nah, not much any more. I used to when I felt like I could've been doing something more productive, but now I just use it as a good honest escape like when I was a kid or teen.

 

[HydraSavior]

There are people who get up every day and actively work hard to make the world a worse place.

Not gonna judge myself for doing something I like when other people want to ruin the world because other people happen to be in it.

 

[Shaddycat]

Yes, constantly. Especially as someone who has a ton of projects to work on. Every second I spend playing games is time I could spend fixing games, arcade and otherwise. So I get stuck in this stasis where I'm not playing games because I'd feel too guilty, but I'm not fixing games either because I'm too wiped out from the day to work.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Only if i feel i am playing too much during the day, once night falls and it's my free time, the world can end as far as a i care

 

[Havelsaurus]

Yes, constantly. Especially as someone who has a ton of projects to work on.

I feel that, last month I went down the analogue video digitisation rabbit hole and that severely cut into any and all of my available free time. Any gaming I did in the period just felt  wrong when I could be digitising the old butlins (UK working class holiday camp) tapes or something

 

[RageBurner]

No guilt, just the weight of my backlog.

 

[DjQuick2008]

i work flat out in this house so any game time i get is welcome.
Im never done with stuff needing sorted out.