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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

recontextualize where you were, then finally get to some fun task

This is my hang up, the other parts are pretty meh with the advent of SSDs and such and I'm old enough to remember how long things took in the before times lol

But man, games are much more complex now and once you've lost that inertia it can take awhile to get going again on a game because of that whole recontextualiztion process and if it's been long enough, re-familirizing yourself with controls and everything too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

There have been a few times where I want to get back into a game, load up an old save, flounder around in it because I forgot some essential game mechanics, decide "fuck it, I'll just start a new save" and then get back to where I was and beyond quicker than I remember getting there in the first place.