Every now and then I’m reminded of why I tend to eventually quit “games as a service” style gaming and end up back playing my old retro games for comfort.
There’s so many exciting things happening right now that I’m stressed instead of enjoying my hobbies (´-ㅅ-`)ｳﾜ
Genshin is a massive time suck, and even though I’m having a ton of fun, I’m incredibly aware of how much of my free time is spent on this game— and how insanely far away from mastering end game content I am (I honestly feel pretty silly talking about team building at all, considering how I shouldn’t be bothering with that right now and instead focus on quests & exploration)
World of Warcraft Midnight launched this week and I badly want to resub to WoW, but I’m not ready to drop the money for a new expac + monthly subscriptions when I know I will barely have time to play… so I’m feeling the FOMO bad. At least I’m not too fussed about spoilers and have been living vicariously by watching my favorite WoW streamers (ClodaghLunaria and SapphireRosa, go check them out!)
And then we just had the announcement of Pokemon Winds and Waves on Pokemon Day 2026. I’m not ready for the new generation of Pokemon yet! I’m focused solely on Pokopia releasing tomorrow, it’s a dream game come true and I’m ready to get myself totally immersed & make this game my entire personality ✩