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[–] uymai@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Personally I apply the pomodoro technique to my gaming and use features like quick resume to play really long games in short intervals

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

oh man you have to pomodoro it? I do not have kids, but I feel like this would sort of kill the fun for me a bit. It would make play feel like work. I get that maybe that's just what you gotta do, but I do not envy gaming parents.

[–] uymai@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 months ago

It’s probably a cross between not as bad as you think and exactly as bad as it sounds— a bit more about managing expectations and hoping that you can pause during cut scenes

The next bad thing is now I’m apparently also old so I can start falling asleep at 11ish :-/

[–] luciole@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, if the parents are both working 40+ hours and spending 10+ hours in transit every week, there will be no free time. It's kind of unfair to solely blame parenthood for that though imho. Another important point to remember is that kids grow fast.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

Patrick says as much in the article, saying that he'd rather spend the time with his kids now while they still want to spend time with him.