Guitar and 40K, guitar because it just clicked with me, I love music and it does things for me that nothing else can, and 40K because I just love stupid shit.
Gaming: very convenient. Don’t have to put just about any effort into turning on the computer after work and spending the entire evening.
Hunting: I feel like a part of nature in a way growing potatos in the garden does not come close to.
How did you get into hunting? That’s very different from gaming lol
I live in a tiny town in north Scandinavia. Common hobby, easily accessible.
Not if you hunt game.
For me, gaming got me into hunting lol. Specifically RDR2 and theHunter.
I also started thinking more about the ethics of meat consumption. I basically decided that I should be participating if I continue to eat meat. My dad hunts deer, so I told him I’d go with him if he bought me a rifle.
And it usually only requires a one time purchase, making it a rather thrifty hobby!
For instance (pls don’t judge, I have a life, I promise):
I got over:
- 5000 hours in dota, a free to play game
- 800 hours in satisfactory, after paying like 25 € once
- 600 hours in Timberborn after paying like 15 €
The cost per use is insanely efficient!
When I was in college, I blew almost my entire savings buying a new Playstation and the latest copy of Street Fighter. The practical side of me immediately started second guessing myself for ‘wasting’ all my money. So I started tracking how many hours I spent playing it.
By the time I graduated, it worked out to something like costing me 10 center per hour of playtime. I reached the point where I probably needed to start adding in the cost of electricity. Although the initial buy in price is high, gaming is an amazingly cost effective entertainment. (Not sure this holds true anymore with subscription games charging a monthly fee, but it was solid when you owned them)
Gaming and cooking
Fun and relaxing
Tasty and relaxing
Mead making. Good quality time with my wife, and we get to drink it, so… what’s not to love?
Music production
I was a professional musician most of my adult life, but it was all performance and I never really got to experience the recording/audio engineering side. So I’m semi-retired out of that now, and I built a little recording studio in my house and have been slowly studying production while continuing to write and record music. It’s a good hobby for me because it allows me to keep scratching that musical itch I’ve always had and gets me out of my own head after working in a lab all damn day.
Tabletop rpgs are the only artform that merges artist and audience. Telling a story is probably the oldest human artform. With a well-designed RPG and a good group you can tell a story and thrill yourself at the surprising outcome. It’s a unique and timeless hobby.
Film photography. I enjoy all aspects of it. Travelling around to all the antique stores looking for cameras, composing shots, developing the film…
Gaming. It gives me enough dopamine to keep going.
As a middle aged man, playing soccer. I fell back into it just before I hit 30 and have made a boatload of interesting friends from all walks of life in the decade since. It’s also a lovely mental yoga, for an hour several times a week I don’t think about work, politics, life of anything, just keeping a dumb ball out of my dumb net and helping others put it in the bad guys’ net. Physically, to keep playing I’ve had to stay in shape, which is a lot easier when it’s directly related to a fun hobby instead of a vague concept of being healthy.
We’ve been at it so long that a couple teammates who met playing have just had their first kid.
Hiking: I’m in my mid-50’s and did a lot of hiking and backpacking in my youth. I have chronic back issue that precludes me carrying a heavy back pack for days on end. However, I do still love to go for day hikes. Mainly because I love being in nature, but also it’s good exercise for my old bones.
Audio Electronics Repair: I like to take old amplifiers and pre-amps and bring them back to full function. Satisfaction is what I get out of this. It can also be a puzzle that needs to be figured out.
Mountain biking. Mainly the biking part because where I live you’re lucky to find as much as a hill, but there’s still plenty of nature and footpaths to explore. Fun way to exercise, commute, and it gives me a reason to go outside every day.
It got me into doing bike repairs too, and the skillset and tools are applicable for lots of other areas too, which has saved me a ton of dosh over the years.
I do a lot of gardening and cooking.
Sourdough bread is probably my favorite because it still blows my mind that flour, water, and salt are the only inputs and can deliver a loaf I could sell for $8-10. Literally some of the best bread I’ve ever eaten, and there is no reason it should even work.
Gardening is sometimes magical and sometimes tragically frustrating.
Yoga I value because it keeps my body and mind in good shape.
Can you share good resources for making sourdough bread?
The website The Perfect Loaf has been a big help. His recipes look funny but it is because he’s using bakers %, you don’t need to be that precise.
The book Tartine Bread also helped me get better at making bread.
If you have a robust starter, sourdough is so much easier and more forgiving than a dough made with commercial yeast.
Plastic models, specifically Gunpla. I like working with my hands and the feeling of satisfaction of building up a kit from just pieces. I also find it kinda funny that a hobby that revolves around working at a desk by yourself has led me to multiple communities, a new friend group, and even has me traveling around some for model shows.
What is your favourite hobby
I enjoy programming and listening to music. Between the 2, I would rate music higher than programming.
what do you value it for?
I’m not sure what this means in this context. Could you explain?
What is it you enjoy so much about it?
gaming. freind got DnD when I was young and still love all sorts of tabletop and computer. Why? Its fun.
