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psychoticmilkman  ·  2844 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what do you do to unwind?

Books, video games, movies and TV.

For me it's about immersing myself in a world or a story that can distract me from my own anxious thoughts.

Lots of time playing video games while listening to an audiobook.





user-inactivated  ·  2844 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How long have you been playing video games listening to audiobooks? I realized of late that I haven't been playing music when I game as much, which can make grind-oriented games one hell of an unpleasant experience.

I like the idea of listening to audio books instead a lot.

psychoticmilkman  ·  2844 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For quite a while.

A video game has to have extremely good music or be very immersive or intense for me to not mute it. Subtitles are almost always an option nowadays so I rarely feel as if I'm missing much from the game.

I first started listening to my own music instead when playing, but over the last decade I've been listening to more and more audiobooks and podcasts, so I started listening to them while playing so I could get through more of them.

user-inactivated  ·  2843 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Noted. Looks like I found my alternative to music. Thanks!