I’m in the process of updating the OP with game details, but I wanted to give a few thoughts here:
@HeavyHalfMoonBlade I am in full agreement that life does not require you to antagonize yourself with extracurricular pursuits. If the game makes you unhappy, then that’s an easy fix lol. But, I will say this - there are many, many people out there feeling similarly to what you described and it’s important to not cut yourself off from something you enjoy.
Only you can be the judge of that - I don’t pretend to know your situation or circumstances. But if the message you are getting from the game is that maybe you have blind spots in life and maybe look at things from different angles, is that a bad thing?
I think I can speak for everyone when I say that this game is a great teacher of human nature and behavior, and sometimes that can be a comfort.
From other players, I see a lot of comments in this game renaissance pertaining to a lack of time. Man, do I agree with this!
The effort and hours it would take to truly “play” seems impossible now, even though it used to be common. I’m not sure of what exactly changed, but it’s obvious that it did, and on a large scale.
Several times in these past games I’ve noticed that I could go back and reread and put pieces together, but I didn’t because it was too much effort and not enough fun? Better to just play off of gut impressions and roll with whatever? I dunno, but I see it mirrored in a lot of aspects of RL and it’s fascinating to me, so I figured I’d mention it.
Now back to documenting NA’s lol