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A little bit of Brotato and Slice and Dice because I need to be one-armed when holding the baby and is sleeping on my shoulder.
Otherwise, a bit of Dota2 lately. I have to finish up on Tainted Grail on the backburner.
We just found out a couple weeks ago that my wife is pregnant with our first child, I suppose I’ll need to start looking for games I can play one-handed
Congratulations!
Anectodally from other fathers in my cycle, roguelikes are the genre for dads now. Especially things like Slay the Spire, Monster Train and the like.
You are generally a bit sleep deprived, because you have to sacrifice sleep for entertainment, therefore you tend to prefer one-off games then end in about an hour or so, instead of story rich games like bg3, because you don't have the energy or mental capacity to remember what's going on every time you begin a gaming session.
After a while, about a year in, things settle a bit and you start more complex one-off games, like dota, path of exile and so.
Second child and on, maintain same pattern because you already know how to handle things with the kids. It's a lot easier.