Cake and grief counseling.

You could try Shadeaux, but I don't know if it would have the desired effect or even be available. But, it's a thought.

You know what sucks more? Monopolies.

Such a tiny inconvenience which causes steam to at least have some small amount of competition

For great justice…

My poor carpal tunnel comes back everytime I see the words Gunz the Duel. But seriously I wish games like this with a never ending skill ceiling still existed.

Try the subreddit r/tipofmytongue or r/tipofmyjoystick

Series X.

I don’t care about racing games and the lack of diversity of games is just killing for VR.

I’m not missing out anything.

That's why I don't like smaller competitive games.

Take a game like Chivlary or battlefield and it's 60ish players of all varying skill levels in the same game. That's what's fun to me.

Ah yes. The underrated Best Action Game of the Year award winning Returnal. And a bunch of BAFTA awards, too.

It is an incredible game.

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If your casual matches aren’t relaxing it’s because you’re taking it too seriously.

It’s okay to lose. Don’t sit up in your chair when they’re beating you. Don’t switch to your main or sweat build. Let it happen. Your mmr will drop and you’ll get into easier lobbies.

If you’re “working like crazy” you’re forcing yourself into more difficult matches. You’re playing against higher ranked players who are actually taking it casually.

For some reason I’m guessing it’s the game called Fate, slimes and spiders were both common enemies and it came free on a lot of PCs back in the day

Okay... I can think of several games off-hand that fit those criteria. Was it for Windows, DOS, or something else? Did it use ASCII art or have actual graphics?

Ugandan Knuckles

Great answers already so here is one: "Plants vs zombies"

Rocket League. If I keep it installed and if I let myself, I'd play that for an hour or two every day, instead of playing other games that actually offer new, fun experiences.

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Tetris

EXACTLY. I am right there with you. Halo 3 was my bread and butter my dude. I am now 27 with a kid, a small business, and a full time job on top of that. With the very few hours a week I get to play, I don't want to have to sweat just to NOT get my ass stomped completely. Like I said, I don't mind it every once in a bit but I don't like never being the top. If I am the top, its once a week, max, followed by endless games of destruction. Gaming, I am realizing, is only causal when you play it solo.

Yup that was me in High School. One day you realize that it has to be enough. May take 500 hours or closer to 2000 (like in my case) but then you don't look back because you realize how much better you feel having time to do things that don't fill you with bitter emptiness.

To create.

What do you mean they don't just work? I agree they're annoying, but I've never had them not work. Or is this a unique situation with the Steam Deck?

Tales of Maj’Eyal

Put over 100 hours in over the course of a week. I didn’t get much school work done that week.

as much as i hate the game i cant stop. it’s probably unhealthy tbh

I'm kind of partial to The Definition of Insanity... not nessecarily becuase it's the funniest, but becuase I think it's spread the farthest away from gaming so I never know who's gonna drop that line.