I’m an older dude whose phase of staying up all night playing was back in the early console days. I prefer in-person tabletop RPGs like D&D, Traveller and Call of Cthulhu. Just not into computer games anymore, but that and social media seem to be most people’s primary computer activities.

Game chatter has changed over the years - I used to see a lot of talk about graphics quality and massively powerful hardware - maybe that was during a period when it was rapidly improving, I dunno. But the current focus seems to be more on game industry business decisions sucking.

Anyway I’m just wondering how common it is to use computers more for coding and other technical non-game stuff.

  • Professorozone@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 months ago

    I use the crap out of my computer.

    -Video editing -Music editing -Word processing -Spreadsheets -Microprocessor programming -YouTube viewing -Image editing -Shopping -Investing -Web surfing -3D printing -CNC Routing -Website development

    • Oh and gaming.
  • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    I spend a lot more time coding than playing games. It’s not unusual for me to not be active on steam for a month.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I use online games as a way to hang out with friends. Usually it’s about an hour or two a day. The rest of my computer time is spent coding or doing work stuff.

  • Boozilla@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Same as you. I used to game a lot (too much) in my younger days. Now I use the computer to support my tabletop gaming hobbies, 3d printing, a little coding, and streaming.

  • TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    I’m a sysadmin, so non-game stuff is my entire day job.

    When I use my PC at home, it’s a variable split between internet, media and gaming, depending what I damn well feel like at the time :D

  • ExperimentalGuy@programming.dev
    3·
    2 months ago

    I have games installed but I mostly just write programs for fun now. I usually don’t get a ton of time to play games, plus they haven’t been as fun as they used to be as a kid.

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    Mainly gaming but if I’m looking things up online and need multiple tabs. I won’t use mobile. Mobile sucks ass for that.

    Multiple tabs and two monitors makes things much easier to do research.

    Spreadsheet work for my business… on mobile?

    I’m crazy not stupid.

  • Kaiyoto@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    My main computer is a 500$ laptop that I use for writing, bills, shipping, etc. My gaming laptop comes out maybe once a week.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    The primary use of my computer is for work as I am a 3D artist. I also watch a lot of videos and it serves as my audio rig for my music and headphones.

  • ultranaut@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    I work all day on the computer. Its been a long time since gaming took up the majority of my computer time.

    I think the stagnation in graphics improvements, combined with the extreme costs of high end GPUs and the massive growth in the industry, is what changed the dynamic. Most gamers just don’t care about the high end like they used to and now its corporate BS that has a more direct impact on their gaming experience instead of better hardware.

  • thevoidzero@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    I rarely use my computers for games. Occasional bomb squad game with my wife. That’s about it. I use it a lot for watching things, and coding a lot, related to work/personal projects and such. It was weird for me to find out most people that spend a lot of time on computers here are doing it because of games. Not because computers are fun to work with.