Like, dude. I sympathize with you. But you really need to let this shit go. By constantly bringing this topic up, you are letting it dominate a significant part of your life and affect your well-being. The truth of the matter is, you are not in control over what is happening right now. None of us are. By accepting that and focusing on doing productive things with your life, this whole thing eventually becomes a little easier to swallow.
This is all fair, honestly travel has been the hobby I've been thinking devoting the money and time to instead of gaming, going out and seeing places I've never seen before.
The virtual world of games and internet was a paradise for a long time, now it's honestly turning into a hell, so that funny little thing called "real life" starts to sound more appealing.
Not saying don't vote with your dollar, definitely do that. But I think you gotta accept that a chapter of your life has long passed and it's time to move on. Video games/pop culture aren't going to be the same as they once were, and frankly I'm fine with that. We aren't defined by them or the decades we grew up in.
It's hard to let what was the happiest days of your life go, it's hard as hell, the good times always feel like they end just shy of when they should have, I waited a long time for another transcendental experience like I used to have, just one more of those and while I got close, it was never quite 100% and seems like it's sadly a window that has forever closed to me and now it's time to move on to other things.
Gaming when you're a certain age truly is a magical experience, the feeling you get of truly been whisked away to some other world, it's a potent thing and something you can't help but keep chasing even when it suddenly becomes clear the magic is gone.
I think the last 4 games that really hit me hardest was Dead Rising, Bioshock, Fallout New Vegas and Batman Arkham City, I guess Arkham City on PC was the last time it was a "I literally can't believe what I'm seeing" moment, that was just over a decade ago, then I got ultra hyped for Bioshock Infinite which disappointed me and I knew right there that I would neither be able to get as hyped again and that nothing would ever manage to live up to as high expectations I had, that was only confirmed when MGSV disappointed as well.
That was all happening as the culture was being seized away from gamerbros like me and towards fat chicks with blue hair and the insipid bullshit they think is cool, that was really when I should have bailed but at least the initial duof of Switch games, Breath of The Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, gave me the most of that feeling since the good old days, but that was years ago now.
It's probably time to say goodbye but it's still very hard to say it, time is a cruel mother fucker, we never get just as much as we want from something.
You're so weak that you can't even stand with your perverted convictions without APOLOGIZING.
Nice catch 22 there buddy, you give me shit for talking about it, you give shit for apologizing about it.
Another typical contrarian asshole.
What I was trying to say is I have no apologies for my love of vidya and anime T&A, you will find a less apologetic guy about it, but I'm sorry if I power level about it a little too much here as it's not really the apporpiate place for too much of it.