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The Library Must Grow
Gamedev
18 days ago 41.9M views 0 shares
The Library Must Grow
Two titans locked in an epic battle, yet they're basically the same person. Book hoarders and game collectors are cut from the same cloth—both convinced that someday they'll get around to it. Your Steam library has 847 games, you've played 12 of them, and you're eyeing the next sale. Your bookshelf is collapsing under the weight of unread novels, yet you just ordered three more because they were on discount. The real kicker? You'll spend 2000 hours in the same game you've been playing for five years, and reread that one comfort book for the tenth time. But the collection? The collection must grow. It's not about playing or reading—it's about the potential to play or read. It's about options. It's about that dopamine hit when you click "Add to Library" during a Humble Bundle.

Based On Personal Experience
Hardware Gamedev Programming
1 month ago 106.8M views 0 shares
Based On Personal Experience
So you're telling me the same hands that can execute a perfect headshot combo in a competitive FPS can't manage to type without looking at the keyboard? The duality of gamers who code is wild. You've got muscle memory so precise you can pull off frame-perfect inputs in Dark Souls, but ask you to touch-type a simple function declaration and suddenly it's like your fingers forgot the QWERTY layout exists. The real kicker? Those same controller thumbs that can execute complex combos and perfect your aim are completely useless when it comes to navigating your IDE. Meanwhile, keyboard warriors are out here hunt-and-pecking their way through code while simultaneously claiming they're "optimizing their workflow." Sure, Jan. Pro tip: If you can memorize 50+ keybinds for your favorite MMO but still look down to find the semicolon key, you might want to reevaluate your priorities. Or just admit that gaming skills don't translate to typing skills, no matter how much we wish they did.

Summer Sales Got Me Like
Gamedev
2 months ago 2.5M views 1 shares
Summer Sales Got Me Like
The Steam Summer Sale: where your backlog grows faster than your compile times and your wallet shrinks faster than your motivation to finish side projects. You see that 90% discount on a game you've never heard of and suddenly it's a "strategic investment." Your library hits 847 games while you're still rotating between the same 3 titles you actually play. It's the same energy as installing 47 npm packages for a simple todo app or bookmarking 200 Stack Overflow answers "for later reference." Hoarding is hoarding, whether it's indie games or code snippets you'll definitely need someday (narrator: they won't). The real kicker? You bought it because it was cheap, not because you wanted it. Classic programmer optimization: minimize cost per unit while completely ignoring the actual ROI. Your backlog is basically production code now—untouched, unplayed, and quietly judging you.

Definitely Feels Like This
Programming
2 months ago 984.6K views 0 shares
Definitely Feels Like This
Your wallet is screaming, your backlog is already 847 games deep, and you know damn well you'll never finish half of them. But here comes Steam with their Summer Sale, dangling 90% off that indie game you've never heard of and suddenly you're adding 23 more titles to your library. The best part? You'll buy them all and immediately go back to playing the same game you've been playing for 3 years. It's not about playing the games—it's about owning them. Developers understand this feeling on a spiritual level because we do the same thing with side projects, tutorial courses, and programming books we'll never read.

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It's That Time Of The Year Again
Gamedev
2 months ago 1.1M views 0 shares
It's That Time Of The Year Again
Ah yes, the annual tradition where Steam transforms grown adults into financially irresponsible children. You logged in just to check what's on sale—totally innocent browsing—and suddenly your cart is filled with 47 games you'll never play because you're still working through last year's haul. The Steam Summer Sale is basically a psychological warfare operation disguised as consumer savings. Games at 90% off? That's not a discount, that's a hostage situation. Your wallet didn't stand a chance. Sure, you needed groceries, but did you REALLY need them more than that indie roguelike with "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews that you saw for $2.99? The best part? You'll buy 20 games, play one for 30 minutes, then go back to the same game you've been playing for 3 years. But hey, at least your library looks impressive now. Ramen for dinner it is.

This Is The Way
Gamedev Unity
5 months ago 305.9K views 0 shares
This Is The Way
You know you're a true gamer when spending 45 minutes tweaking anti-aliasing, shadow quality, and FOV sliders is more important than actually experiencing the game you just downloaded. The sacred ritual must be performed: boot game, immediately pause, dive into settings, max out everything your GPU can handle (and maybe a few things it can't), benchmark it, adjust again, read three Reddit threads about optimal settings, then finally—FINALLY—you're ready to play. Except now it's 2 AM and you have work tomorrow, so you quit after the tutorial. The optimization was the real game all along.

Me During Steam Sales
Programming
6 months ago 404.5K views 0 shares
Me During Steam Sales
Your body becomes an automated purchasing system that converts 75% discounts into dopamine hits, completely bypassing the rational part of your brain that would ask "will I actually play this?" The "0 minutes / Last Played: Never" at the bottom is the real punchline here. You've got a library of 300+ games, 200 of which you bought "because it was such a good deal" and will die before ever launching. It's not hoarding if it's digital, right? Programmers are especially vulnerable to this because we understand the value proposition intellectually: "$4.99 for something that was $19.99? That's an 80% ROI!" Except ROI requires actually using the thing. But hey, at least your backlog is well-optimized for maximum regret.

She Wants Everything, Bruh
Gamedev
7 months ago 384.5K views 0 shares
She Wants Everything, Bruh
You know you've got your priorities straight when your Steam library is worth more than your car. We're talking hundreds of games accumulated over years of sales, bundles, and "I'll definitely play this someday" purchases. Now she wants half of those 847 games you've never even installed? The audacity. Real talk though: your Steam library is probably the most honest representation of your life choices. Every unplayed indie game, every AAA title bought at full price that you rage-quit after 20 minutes, every humble bundle you bought for ONE game but got 12 others. That's not just a collection—that's a digital museum of your optimism about having free time. The lawyer's gonna have a field day trying to value your account with 600 hours in Factorio and 2 minutes in that fitness game you bought during the pandemic.

Will I Ever See You Again?
Gamedev
8 months ago 330.4K views 0 shares
Will I Ever See You Again?
PC gamers and the Epic Games Store have a relationship that can only be described as "transactional at best." You open it once a week to claim your free game like you're collecting coupons at a grocery store, then immediately close it and pretend it doesn't exist. The Epic launcher sits there in your taskbar, wondering if it'll ever experience the warmth of human interaction again. Spoiler alert: it won't. Not until next Thursday when they're giving away another indie game you'll add to your library of 47 unplayed titles. Steam stays open 24/7 like a loyal golden retriever, but Epic? That's the friend you only text when you need something. And honestly, Epic knows what they signed up for.

Name The Game
Gamedev
8 months ago 411.6K views 0 shares
Name The Game
Steam sales are basically a psychological warfare experiment at this point. That game you've been eyeing for months? 50% off! What a steal! Time to finally buy it, right? Wrong. Even with half the price slashed, you're still dropping $30+ on a game you'll probably play for 20 minutes before returning to the same three games you've been playing for the last five years. The discount makes you feel like you're saving money while simultaneously spending money you weren't planning to spend. It's the digital equivalent of buying something you don't need just because it's on sale. Capitalism wins again, and your backlog grows by another entry that'll sit there collecting digital dust next to the other 347 unplayed games.

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It's That Time Of The Year Again...
Gamedev
9 months ago 404.5K views 0 shares
It's That Time Of The Year Again...
The annual ritual where your wallet screams in terror while Steam dangles those sweet 90% off deals in front of you. You're excitedly grabbing every discounted game like it's Christmas morning, completely ignoring the 247 unplayed games from last year's sale still gathering digital dust in your library. Meanwhile, Epic Games is sitting at the bottom of the ocean like a forgotten skeleton, having given you so many free games that you've become completely numb to their existence. They literally gave away GTA V and you still haven't installed it. The hierarchy of attention is clear: Steam Winter Sale is the golden child, last year's backlog is the neglected middle child desperately trying to get noticed, and Epic's freebies are the family skeleton we don't talk about anymore. Your backlog isn't just drowning—it's achieving new depths of abandonment.

It's That Time Of Year
Gamedev
9 months ago 359.2K views 0 shares
It's That Time Of Year
Steam sales hit different when you're a developer with a backlog of 847 unplayed games. Your rational brain knows you have enough games to last until retirement, but Steam's showing you a 90% discount on some indie roguelike you'll definitely "play later." The logic doesn't matter anymore—it's not about playing games, it's about owning them. Your library becomes a digital hoard, a monument to good deals and poor impulse control. Every seasonal sale is just another intervention that nobody shows up to because they're all too busy buying games they won't play either.