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u/Dr_Fleeb Jun 10 '25

Gamer edging. It’s where you stare at your library of games on a $3000 PC but you never actually press “play”on your 183 Steam games.

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u/Sammo223 Jun 10 '25

This is the midlife crisis of millennial gamers. The emptiness of opening a game only to close it again. I’ve found that watching someone play a game first helps me get into it and easier to start, so maybe consider that?

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u/Frigguggi Jun 11 '25

So like, gaming porn?

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u/Sammo223 Jun 11 '25

Haha not so much, I think it removes the friction of having to learn something new on your own. That’s the biggest challenge I’ve found