13 Harsh Realities Of Gaming As A Grown-Up
Short campaigns used to be criminal, now they're a godsend.
When you're a kid, you imagine adult life being an absolute playground of gaming freedom and possibility. Simply because we all spend our teens scraping together enough money to grab the latest GTA on release day, one of the perks of being an adult would surely be the ability to play whatever you want, whenever you want, right?
Kind of. For some reason, once you hit a certain age, gaming just becomes a complete blur of similar looking games, new trends to keep up with and a pervasive feeling of being out of touch with the mainstream. Hell, you might as well be a dad at a school disco as you try to organise a party of players on Overwatch, and finding the time to sit down and play through The Witcher 3 takes a Herculean scheduling effort.
Your once wide-eyed naivety and optimism gives way to responsibilities and nostalgia, the harsh reality of gaming as a grown up starts to rear its ugly head, and before you know it, your gaming glory days might be over...
13. Hitting The Mute Button As Soon As You Join An Online Match
While you used to love nothing more than to revel in the trash-talking of online games - and you eventually grew into using the mic to boss around a well-coordinated team in Battlefield - public parties might as well not exist once you're in your twenties.
Because at some point, it stops being worth it to hear the tirades of hyped-up thirteen year-olds on the latest COD, as you're trying to find someone actually willing to engage with the game properly.
Trash-talking isn't inherently bad thing (and can be good fun), but when you're being berated by someone over a decade younger than you, the whole thing just gets a little bit too weird.
Everyone gets muted. Instantly. This is a dictatorship, and all online communication is outlawed.