floatland

I love getting called out on my stardew valley addiction

Escapism in a nutshell.

Everyone’s talking about quarantine but that’s extravert talk. In my opinion this reminds me a lot of someone who is failing to live up to the standards of life. They are in a bad situation and so they escape into a game where everything seems perfect they never want to return to the real world for a reason. But In doing this they neglect the need to eat,sleep, change there clothes, hygiene in general. They probably barely even notice. Sometimes you can get so caught up in a single game as a way to escape reality you start forgetting what is real and fake. Uh idk what else I was going to say

this was a good wake up call. i’m finding myself terrified of the mundane never ending cyclical nature of life so i’m always searching for a different escape from reality all the time. i’m going to make efforts to make plans with people now. i’ve never watched a video and seen it describe my own habits so accurately, i’ll probably be here in a few weeks as my escape again LOL.

I like how at the beginning, it says the possibilities are endless but later on she keeps repeating the same tasks over and over again I feel like that’s kinda symbolic in a way

me with animal crossing during the quarantine

I felt this......... The escapism. The initial joy of finding something new to distract from reality. At first, it gives you the same joy of meeting new people and trying new things without any of the fear. You bury yourself in it. Who needs real life, with all its risk, with all its rejections, disappointments, hard work, and pain? Here, I know true freedom. Here, I have control. You play the game non-stop. You exhaust every mission, but there is this creeping feeling of.... Emptiness. The characters keep repeating the same dialogue, the tasks are clearly running on a loop, and the illusion dissipates. You have nothing to show for all those hours you spent. It was all a lie. You took no risks, and your only reward was a hollow shell shaped like something more than what it is. A fleeting simulacrum of true joy. Maybe you needed that. Maybe it made you ready. Maybe now the risks are worth it, if the pain of real life means it never feels as hollow as this.

1:16 "Sometimes I wish the waves could take me away.." Getting deep aren't we

2:23 right when she said 'its time to say goodbye' my laptop ran out of charge and the screen went black. Not to say that's the spookiest thing that's happened to me but that's the spookiest thing that's happened to me.

I seriously thought she was just gonna yeet herself off the building but glad to know that wasn't the artistic direction

I'm very addicted to escapism. Especially with games that have really defined characters and the fact that you have the ability to become close to them. I can't tell you how many times I wish I could just jump into Undertale. Or how perfect life would be in Stardew Valley. Even Minecraft, things would be so peaceful and just paradise. Unlike reality where we have homework, chores, crappy people, bills, taxes, money, getting old, and all I wanna do is make spaghetti with Papyrus. Or get married to Shane. And fish in the ocean in Minecraft.

I genuinely resonated with this. Video games that emulate social elements, while not always realistic, like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing were (and still are) games that give me a lot if joy. But over the years I've ended up rejecting opportunities to socialize with people because they never are as unrealistically ideal and positive like those games. I've felt more cared about by pixels on a screen than real people. And now I'm just sitting here thinking about how making social video games my safe space has fucked me over and I still hate real people, just as much as I did beforehand.

Theory: This was kittykat96 before she became a famous youtube.

I love how well this captures what it feels like to get lost in a game. Reality disappears; you can't leave. Even if you can't play, that's all you'll think about. And then one day you get bored of it or are forced to end it, and the real world hits hard.

I just feel so connected to this, when my depression started i obsessed over this game called omori, once i finished it i felt so empty, i just keep feeding that void with other games bc i can’t even get out of bed

That happened to me with Magi (an anime). It was such a beautiful world where fun things happened, everyone had friends and had adventures. When I finished watching it and realized that I was locked in a room completely alone watching a screen I felt ... Empty. Those things would never happen to me; My friends were boring (and few), I didn't go out anywhere and ... I don't know. I felt the world was so flat and sad.

okay so I was a bit scared there and thought she was goiong to kill herself at the end, I'm super glad she didn't.

reminds me of when I got obsessed with stardew valley

i probably watch this around once every couple weeks. i think its probably one of my favorite pieces of art ever

Out of all of vewn’s videos I think this one resonates with me the most due to my habit of distancing myself from and disconnecting myself from reality out of fear of the real world and the nature of life, so I use the virtual world as a means to create what I want the world to be like and just immerse myself in that so I don’t have to face reality. It’s scary