I lean toward "efficient entertainment", but I do sometimes wonder what that chunk of my free time would look like otherwise.
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I'm in the computer industry, haven't played video games in decades. The time sink that video games demand, on top of working with machines all day every day just isn't appealing to me. From the outside, seeing the vegas style "no clocks, windows and plenty of air conditioning" gamblingification of the games industry, from microtransactions, loot crates, games as personal identity, leads me to reckon they're absolutely a thief of focus, as that's what garners the most revenue for the games producers themselves. It's a snake eating it's own tail, with lifetimes spent, just clicking away.
Video games don't demand your time more than any other hobby... do you avoid woodworking because you're scared you'll make an elaborate wardrobe instead of a little box? Do you avoid swimming because you don't want to go across the English Channel?
You can play small games and you can play for an hour a week, there's no need to burn every hour of every day on it like a teenager.
It's possible, but it can really change the type of games available to you too. I used to love Skyrim and similar, but eventually found I needed a minimum session of 2-3 hrs, otherwise I hadn't even done any real playing, just inventory management, or getting crafting supplies. These days, with kids and work, I like rally simulator games, it can be satisfying to just do one or two stages, which can take as little as 5-20 mins. But it's a whole different thing, no story, character development, surprises...a bit like going from watching Kurosawa films to watching the sports highlights.
Agreed. It's the same reason I occasionally pop in Madden or 2K. I can play a game or two and then just be done with it.