Single data point: my young, working, well off gaming part of my family is just out of energy. It’s easier to watch a YouTube video instead of TV or gaming, before then falling asleep to wake up for work. Seems like much of their circle is similar.
As for myself, I’m going through a, uh, icky phase of life and am not really motivated to play unless it’s coop.
…Maybe others are struggling similarly?
Also, the games we do look at tend to be from indie to mid-size studios, with BG3 and KCD2 being the only recent exceptions.
BG3 is still from a mid-size studio, Larian is not AAA, they are AA. They are just really fucking good at what they do and are able to pump out AAA quality cause they focus on their strengths, which is making CRPGs, instead of trying to chase trends.
This is why work/life balance is so important. I wouldn’t ever call myself “well-off” but I don’t have kids and my job allows me ample time off to play games and watch movies and shit. It’s kind of awesome.
I get paid less than I could be, but I don’t care about that since it means I don’t need to work 70 hours a week and spend the rest of my time sleeping.
This is why work/life balance is so important. I wouldn’t ever call myself “well-off” but I don’t have kids and my job allows me ample time off to play games and watch movies and shit.
Neither do they! They aren’t workaholics, they’re home bodies that work the least they can!
It’s just that the workplaces are shit. One went back to mandated RTO for no reason even though much of the work is overseas at odd hours. The company’s literally trying to make employees miserable so they quit without severence. The other is work-from-home, but with enough pointless meetings and complete workplace dysfunction to eat energy.
All I can say is: unionize. My position is union (and has been for a very long time so its ingrained into the culture there), and it’s difficult to even comprehend the number of ways it has improved working conditions. Literally invaluable. I couldn’t work there more than 35 hours a week if I wanted to.
Single data point: my young, working, well off gaming part of my family is just out of energy. It’s easier to watch a YouTube video instead of TV or gaming, before then falling asleep to wake up for work. Seems like much of their circle is similar.
As for myself, I’m going through a, uh, icky phase of life and am not really motivated to play unless it’s coop.
…Maybe others are struggling similarly?
Also, the games we do look at tend to be from indie to mid-size studios, with BG3 and KCD2 being the only recent exceptions.
BG3 is still from a mid-size studio, Larian is not AAA, they are AA. They are just really fucking good at what they do and are able to pump out AAA quality cause they focus on their strengths, which is making CRPGs, instead of trying to chase trends.
This is why work/life balance is so important. I wouldn’t ever call myself “well-off” but I don’t have kids and my job allows me ample time off to play games and watch movies and shit. It’s kind of awesome.
I get paid less than I could be, but I don’t care about that since it means I don’t need to work 70 hours a week and spend the rest of my time sleeping.
Neither do they! They aren’t workaholics, they’re home bodies that work the least they can!
It’s just that the workplaces are shit. One went back to mandated RTO for no reason even though much of the work is overseas at odd hours. The company’s literally trying to make employees miserable so they quit without severence. The other is work-from-home, but with enough pointless meetings and complete workplace dysfunction to eat energy.
And these seem like well above average jobs.
All I can say is: unionize. My position is union (and has been for a very long time so its ingrained into the culture there), and it’s difficult to even comprehend the number of ways it has improved working conditions. Literally invaluable. I couldn’t work there more than 35 hours a week if I wanted to.