My great taste and good habits

11 Feb 2025

I wasn’t totally sure what to write about first, I have some games pinging around in my head but looking at my steam library I noticed a funny pattern that I might as well talk about.

Hey, do you usually play all the games you buy? In a reasonable timeframe after buying them? You probably don’t, in this age of sales and bundles, games can accumulate rather fast. How bad can it get though?

Well.

I kind of struggle to commit to playing games that I know require proper investment, because I often struggle to muster said investment. What I mean is, I know In Stars and Time is a good game, I’ve heard a lot about it, and I’m certain I’ll love it. But it’s going to destroy me right? Emotionally? And I don’t feel like now is a good time to be emotionally destroyed- And so I play games that are easier to pick up and put down, and lose track of all the bangers in my library.

Like Peggle.

I do think it’s a bad habit, in reality I will probably become invested in these games just fine once I start them, it’s the starting I struggle with and that’s on me. And like, I DO also often fall out of playing games in the middle of a lot of stuff happening, I don’t think I’ll ever beat DS III or Elden Ring for this reason, they’re too long. That’s still on me but I can’t pretend it doesn’t go through my head when I’m debating if I should finally get around to SMT 5.

This is highkey just me yapping, but if you play video games much you probably have some gems laying around that you forgot to play, go look for them! Probably better than another 2000 hours of Siege, I’ll get around to how I learned that lesson another time.

There is something to be said though about how a game with a tight central loop can make it easier to bridge that initial gap. ChronoArk did this for me, it’s a roguelike deckbuilder (yeah, I know) that I ended up absolutely glued to after just a few runs because of the story. It’s a game I really want to write about, but somewhat struggle to articulate my points for, especially without spoiling the whole thing. Safe to say though, I wasn’t expecting to sink 20 hours into it when I gave it a shot, I was even a little dismissive about the story until it eventually hooked me.

Now I think about it all the time, I have some of the music on my phone, that’s how easily something can become a part of your life going forward, which is why I want to change how I choose what games to play. Maybe I’ll do some little filler posts just talking about what I’m playing at the time, less to say something structured and more just to catalogue fun experiences… much to think about.