Screw healthy New Years resolutions mine is to play more PC games

Date:
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:00:15 +0000

Description:
While a lot of New Years resolutions concentrate on physical health, Im going to help my mental health by playing more PC games.

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The last few years have been awful . This means that the New Years
resolutions we make to ourselves as we enter 2022 are more important than ever.

Thats why for my New Years resolution Im not telling myself Im going to lose weight or write a novel or eat less pizza (youll have to pry my pizza cutter from my cold, dead hands). Instead, Im going to make a promise to myself that will do me a lot more good: play more PC games .

Im not joking either. This will be my goal for 2022. And itll do me a lot
more good than forcing a FitBit on my arm or wherever youre supposed to stick them. PC gaming is a comfort

The most important reason for making this resolution is that since I was young, PC gaming has been a comfort. Sure, its often a complete pain in the wherever you stick a FitBit, such as when you try an install a game via the Xbox Windows 11 app on any other drive apart from C:, but throughout the years, its been wonderful escapism as well.

From the first PC games I played on my beloved Amiga A500+, to immersive graphically impressive titles I have sitting in my Steam library, PC gaming has allowed me to escape the sometimes stressful and upsetting real world.
Its let me set sail for mythical islands whispered about in pubs by wannabe pirates over mugs of grog, fly across the world in all manner of aircraft,
and visit far-off planets. Most importantly, its allowed me to switch off . When Im playing, Im not thinking about work or bills or the end of the world; Im not doomscrolling on my phone.

Instead, Im liberating an island from a dictatorship, planning an elaborate assassination using an exploding rubber duck or building the theme park of my dreams. Sometimes all at once.

Its an act of mindfulness and mental breathing space. For some reason,
playing games is often dismissed as a childish hobby, but Ive found it to be more effective for improving my mental health than more grown up mindful techniques like meditating and Im sure Im not the only one.

Something Ive found during this past difficult year is how important it is to look after your mental health, so for 2022 thats what I am going to prioritize. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Making time to play 3 Tips for getting into PC gaming

1. Laptop or desktop?
If you want to get into PC gaming, you'll need to decide if you want a
gaming laptop or gaming desktop PC . Gaming laptops are portable and
powerful, while PCs offer more value for money - and can be upgraded.
2. Know the specs that matter
Sometimes specs can be a bit confusing when buying a gaming PC or laptop
(and checking if games can play it), but you really just need to make sure it has a modern processor and decent graphics card (Nvidia's RTX 3000 series and AMD's Radeon 6000 series are the most recent).
3. Have fun!
The most important thing is having fun. With PC gaming you have access to an immense amount of games as well as many community-made mods. These can improve and transform the games you play.

While I love playing games on my PC, Ive found it harder than ever to make time to play them recently. This has been a shame, as its meant Ive not been able to take the time out Ive needed mentally, while also having you know some fun . Which is also important.

But, real life has an annoying habit of getting in the way. Ive not had a chance to play as much as Id like to and that in itself has been stressing
me out.

It means I have an RTX 3090 -powered rig thats not been used for much outside of opening up Word, while my Steam, Epic Games Store and other libraries continue to grow with an untouched backlog.

So, I have the hardware, and I have the games. But I dont have the time. So, for 2022, Im going to make the time. Carve out a little bit of the day every so often to escape, and chip away at that backlog. Achievements

Another important aspect of this New Years resolution is that its actually going to be achievable. For too many years, Ive made resolutions that were
too ambitious, so even if I did well, Id inevitably fail and beat myself up about it. Thats not healthy. (Image credit: Shutterstock)

With this one, its something I actually can do, and thats going to once more help me feel positive. In the end, the New Years resolutions we make should help us, even in the smallest ways, not make us feel inadequate.

So, thats why for 2022, Im going to be playing a lot more PC games. These are the best gaming laptops



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