Friday Thread: How To Start Doing Something (With a High Barrier to Entry)

This one's a bit involved but it's gonna be good

Today’s Friday Thread prompt comes from Anjali, who wants us to talk about:

How to get into things that seem to have a relatively high barrier to entry.

I say this because I want to get into video games beyond Legend of Zelda/Stardew Valley/Super Smash/Mario Kart, but don't know where to start and it's a very intimidating space. I also feel this way abo…