Re:Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket
by Arrath on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:06PM
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> I also try not to play more than a handful of games at a time. The paradox of choice is real.
In general I'm like this, but I also have games that are exclusions to the rule that I pop back around to from time to time, like the save I have in Factorio that I come back to and tinker with now and then (I keep a text file around with my general to-do list so I don't spend an hour running around the base trying to remember what the hell I was doing, while marveling at various bits of kludged together spaghetti)
As for books, I'm generally working through at least 3 at a time: One on audible, for commutes, one on my kindle, and one in print. I try to keep the kindle/print books varied so I switch between whichever strikes my fancy at the moment.
Re:Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket
by khalilravanna on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:17PM
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Yeah I compartmentalize exceptions like these as well. Like I don't count "ongoing coop games with friends" or "long term games" (like your Factorio save, or something like League of Legends) towards my broader "What I'm currently playing" count.
I tend to play older games, and games I can pick up and play for five minutes at a time. Think Game Boy. A level here and a level there can feel like you've achieved way more than some longer, more grindy games.
I keep a couple of lists of games.
A massive "sounds interesting" list of games that I hear about along the way. I may never play some of them, but it sounded good at the time. Title and system is about all I put here. If I come back and don't remember what it was, it probably wasn't as interesting as I thought.
The other is list with WIP, started, and finished games.
If something slides into the started pile and I forget where I was, I just remove it. Life is too short to worry about things that are supposed to be fun.