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I recently got a job after finishing university, all is good. However, after 5 full days of being behind desk job, I feel a bit exhausted of being behind desk.

Thus my desire to game on PC has soured immensely. Despite having a huge backlog and actually want to finish games.

I’m debating to purchase a Steam Deck OLED in the hope, I can actually play some decent games on there without getting fatigue of desk/ screens but that’s a big investment (€670-700).

So I was wondering; how do the adults of Lemmy with 5 full days of work still get the time and desire to play their games?

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[–] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Portables are the best for this, imo. Steam Deck or a used 3DS are my choices. The latter is easy to mod and play all sorts of games including the gigantic DS/3DS library.

I find both systems clutch for the suspend function. Lets you pick right back up where you were. I will say the 3ds is much better at this with clamshell design that suspends on closing the lid and it's battery life in suspend is fantastic!

I also find stress relief games. Mindless 3rd person action games for me. Mad Max was great because I could drive around picking fights or crashing stuff. The Batman Arkham games and the Shadow of Mordor games are other great examples for me. I have not found any relaxing "cozy" games that work for me. Nothing has really grabbed my attention enough to stick with.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I also find stress relief games. Mindless 3rd person action games for me. Mad Max was great because I could drive around picking fights or crashing stuff. The Batman Arkham games and the Shadow of Mordor games are other great examples for me.

Yeah, so for me it would be most Switch games through emulation (such as Captain Toad, 3D World and Odyssey) and P3R/P5R.

I have not found any relaxing "cozy" games that work for me. Nothing has really grabbed my attention enough to stick with.

I checked ‘cozy’ games but like you, they don’t seem to be my type of games.

I’m truly debating about the Deck but €670 is a lot to invest when being uncertain. Also what if it wouldn’t fix the exhaustion issue of screens and desks.

[–] Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I work from home, so the last thing I want to do on my leisure time is sit at the same desk I've sat at for the last 8 hrs. So I lounge on the couch and play through my huge steam deck library. It is not a cheap device, to be sure. But I felt it was absolutely worth it for me.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

game without [being exhausted of the] screen

There is your answer: if screens exhaust you, do something without screens.

Games are supposed to give you a good time, reinvigorate you, and prepare for your "real life". If you're sick of screens, then pick up pottery, or squash, or hiking, or skydiving, or cooking, or... thousands of activities out there to have a good time without a screen.

having a huge backlog

That's work. Just don't. Do stuff that makes you feel better, not just tick a box in a backlog so you feel slightly less bad.

[–] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

This. So much this.

The "backlog" is not something to work through, it is a lesson to learn: Do not buy a game unless you have time and are motivated to play it that very moment. If you buy it to play it "later", or "next week", you very likely are not going to play it, and it is just wasted money.

(The same is true for books, by the way. And when it comes to books, I refuse to learn this lesson.)

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's the neat part: I don't. I've played so many games I see most of them as minor changes from games I've played before. Most of them do not do anything interesting for me to invest my time in an experience I've already basically had. Very few games manage to feel different.

But if you are exhausted at the screen, touch grass. Playing video games may not be the vacation you think it is, you may need to go outside and spend more time doing things that are different from what you do most of the day: eg your work, your sleep and your main hobby. Go pick up hiking. If you find hiking boring, get a RC trail car and do rc hiking. If you really need that brainrot current popular fps vibes: go do hiking with toy guns: airsoft/paintball

[–] sculd@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know this is not for everyone, but may I suggest you to try Hoyoverse games?

Since they are designed to be played both on desktop and mobile, the game play session can be short but still meaningful.

At least this is what I do. I still play other indie games but Hoyoverse really made be forget the need to buy "AAA" games that are designed to waste players' time.

[–] balssh@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The story and graphics are top notch, but at times can be pretty grindy.

[–] sculd@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

Yup The key is to do it bits by bits. Still pretty fun!

Well, I don't have a desk job and I'm on console. So while I can sympathize, I'm not really able to offer advice.

[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

I work full time at a computer. I have two jobs, so I put in 68 hours a week (second is 28 hours a week, no overlap).

I have no issues with eye fatigue best I can tell, that or I've just gotten so used to it. I will note I do have the blue light filter on my glasses lenses my optician recommended.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i can't play anything that requires more than 0 minutes of my time in a session because i have extreme levels of adult ADHD or something

[–] Monkyhands@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago

I play pretty much exclusively on handheld these day. The last thing I want to do after a long day working, is to sit at my desk some more.

I have a Switch and a Steamdeck, both are fantastic for different purposes, and both let me game while relaxing on the sofa or anywhere else.

I usually bring one of then when I travel for work as well, great for killing time in airports or while flying. I'd highly recommend the Steamdeck for your situation - it's definitely worth it.

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