Gaming

I go to the same barbershop every two month or so, but not always tge same barber. Every now and then i get a guy around my age who is pretty chatty, but we have literally nothing i. Common. So every time he remembers that i play video games, because he also plays video games. But for now a decade or so, his answer is always: fifa and cod and gta, when the new one came out. He has literally no idea what i'm talking about when i name some games i play. "Video games" to him is synonymous for fifa and call of duty. So we still have nothing in common

I've had several girlfriends who were like "you play video games? Like... call of duty?"

They were all relieved when I was like no.

Less relieved when I got them to play cuphead co-op.

Niche stuff casuals rarely play.

that's the kind of gatekeeping I'd like to avoid in my hobby

I play the wikipedia game. Start on a random article, click the first link over and over until you reach philosophy. How many clicks did it take? try and beat that

And then I go "Hey what if you could play CoD from the perspective of the psychopathic senior officers whose orders make all this violence happen?"

Give us names here. This is what it's like when normies ask me what music I listen to.

OP likes playing Witcher 3, doesn't they?

Indie narratives games only.

you exclusively play mainstream slop games, right?

OP:

Since you didn't mention those games by name: do you play them with one hand, perchance? 🤪

Let me show you my drawf fortress world

old games, indie games, games with the graphics settings turned all the way down

What's the polar opposite of AAA?

Love me some factory simulators but most people haven't heard of them. Games like Satisfactory or Dyson Sphere Program, or the one I'm putting way too many hours into right now Captain of Industry.

Word.

Probably 95+% of the time I play is Single player.

I also dislike competitive gameplay, so with that most of the PvP goes into drain for me 😃

indie only

ITT: OP says he’s niche… refuses to elaborate.

I play the Sakura series and everything from my favorite publisher Kagura Games.

Don't ask why I have so many boxes of tissues. They're uh....really sad and emotional games.

I dunno about your choice of meme templates here, but ydy I guess?

I only play old games.

Whenever someone asks, they are usually a decade ahead of me.

every individual's preference is distinct.

I feel like FIFA should have been in the list

G*mers really make it easy don't they

Europa Universalis, Stellaris, BG3, Schedule 1, Rimworld, Timberborn, Terraria, Surviving Mars are some of my most played games.

I also have played Witcher 1/2/3, Mass Effect 1/2/3, WoW, GW 1 and 2, TERA and a little Battlefield and COD(BO2).

You see, I am somewhat of a gamer myself.