At some point I realized I was spending my free time doing something that was supposed to be fun, only to end up more pissed off than I was before I started playing. God awful matchmaking, bad teammates, matches where everything goes wrong, and suddenly an hour that was supposed to be relaxing turned into a miserable experience.

And the worst part is that you queue up again anyway because you want to end on a win. Then you lose that one too, and now you can't even enjoy going to bed because you're still thinking about a fucking video game.

Single-player games don't have that problem. You can play at your own pace, explore somewhere interesting, get invested in a story, learn a difficult boss fight, or just wander around a world without worrying about your rank or whether some random guy is going to scream at you through his microphone.

And if you still want the social aspect, co-op games are right there. Play with your friends instead of treating each other like competition.…