I've been playing games for a very long time, like a lot of people here. It was a social thing I did when I was at uni, but now i'm an adult with a job and a family, things have changed.
I'm not neglecting them - when i'm with them i'm 100% present because they are my world. For the past few years games have been that quick break, that little, no-hassle escapism from work or being a parent I could turn to once he was asleep or between finishing work and picking him up from nursery. In the evenings my wife and I often do our own thing as after work/commuting then dinner/bed time it's fairly late and we're both A) mildly neurodivergent and B) absolutely done by that point in the evening so o


