haha a question made so I can answer it myself even before hearing you!

I feel good playing games. work and college is most of the time not very rewarding. I know that if I did not play games, and instead further honed my skills just tried harder, I'd eventually overcome all difficulties. right? right? but it is hard to try harder every day, every week, for several months. so I play games. after all, when will you have tried hard enough? I play as medic or engineer in Entrenched at Roblox, helping people, it is very satisfying to dig trenches. or I play some RPG, improve after some grinding and finally defeat a boss; feels good.

sometimes I have very unpleasant tasks to do. I'm faced with spare time. I could work immediately and then enjoy this free time free of guilt when I'm finished. but past experiences say time is never enough, no matter how much effort you throw, this task will remain unfinished and be delivered super ugly. so why do things early, if you can never finish anyway? and so I play. and I'm happy this way. am I?

anyway.

I have brain damage.

when i was your age, i felt like that too

They stimulate my beeg bwain.

Is this a trick question?

Games are fun and typically grant you an immediate reward. A month of dedication will pay off considerably in a video game whereas you'll still be in the training phase of any real-life skill.

I don't make trick questions >:(

Because most of my hobbies, especially 3D animation and working out, are essentially just work without the pay, so I need ONE relaxing, unproductive hobby to prevent total burnout. That would be video games. Also, most movies, TV shows and books suck now or are remakes of stories I've already experienced, while gaming at least has a thriving, consistent indie community for when the "triple A" industry fails to provide the fun.

For me, it could also just be that, as an animator, I kind of know "how the sausage is made" and as a result I can no longer go back to the days of simply sitting in front of the TV watching whatever without nitpicking animation/VFX errors or plot contrivances, while video games are still voodoo magic to me created by people that are way smarter than me (especially when it comes to math), so I can still enjoy games in pretty much the same exact way I did as a wee lad.

First of all, to escape reality, second, I have become insane due to going to a shitty school, and it's a good way for me to cope.

Real 21st century phylosopher here, we, as a living being, like to practice what we please, such as hobbies, some of them being by playing vydia, also, why would you do something you don't like or want, that's just stupid, and sadistic. do you really hate yourself that much to torture yourself that way? take a break and play some gamesz bro

For fun, that's it.

Only difference now that I'm in my mid-30s is that I have less time to do it, and often when I do have time there's other things I'd rather be doing like painting, exercising, and other activities. The days of playing games all day are few and far between now, haven't had 24+ hour session of gaming since I was in my teens. I collect games more than I play them at this point.

Mostly because of Boredom

hmmmm yesterday I didn't show up to a test because I didn't study to it. then I worked really really really hard all day to compensate. at night, I joined Guts & Blackpowder at Roblox, and I spent the entire night playing flute nonstop while way more skilled players bashed zombies relentlessly until wave 29. epic day.

on the same page, i like playing videogames but i dont like playing videogames, videogames are my life. i cant let videogames go, i fucking hate videogames but i like videogames, i play videogames a lot because im a gamer, i play games and thats what i will do till the rest of my life, im a video gamer.

I play them because I enjoy them! 😃I don't always feel like playing videogames and may feel like drawing instead, I particularly love cold rainy days because that's just the perfect occasion to me to just sit back, relax and play my faves

I DISAGREE STRONGLY

I totally agree with Yosos. I also play videogames because I don't have anything smart to do, unless stupid ahh schoo.

I play Geometry Dash mostly.

Why? I did it for the lulz.

Then there's nostalgia playthroughs.

Then there's the memes. All three of them are funny in their own way.

I totally disagree with Yosos. The guy is full of shit

Because Beating insane demons, and destroying opponent teams is very fun

Might follow this thread, but why do I play video games at all? To have fun, get the best high score, play with friends locally or online, talk to users, share our interests in general.

That is why I play video games at all.

It's a hobby, that bashes boredom out of the mind to escape from reality a little. Immerse into a story, do unproductive, yet fun tasks without consequences, unlike in real life.

Basically - highlight one or more, whatever it fits.

I've been playing videogames my whole life and it's one of my biggest passions, it's fun to play games, to experience all sorts of ideas from the minds of such different people with different stories and, especially for multiplayer, cross paths with others and be part of their life even for a tiny tiny tiny bit. I like other kinds of creations obv but the active involvement at the heart of games is unbeatable

Playing games is fun, and that should be reason enough.

Well if I'm completely honest it would have been easy to say "oh yeah cuz it's fun and I have been doing it since I was like 5 so it's second nature at this point" but at the same time I am not sure why I game. I think about my backlog and imagine a time where I've cleared, and I see myself "being free". Free from what? I don't know. I'm not sure I have the healthiest view of gaming. Like it's literally my entire life, I also work in the gaming industry so I am constantly surrounded by gaming yet I yearn to be free.

I guess I have a hard time giving other hobbies the time of day because I feel like I need to beat these games I've put 100s of moneis into. But other times I genuinely enjoy gaming, and other times I don't want to play at all and do something else.

Maybe I'll go with "brain damage" as my answer

Because I fucking hate them

To be honest it IS a good question... maybe Our current world makes it "obvious" that games are part of neo-culture... or there can be a great elaborate on this... I just prefer some old fashioned - choose answer below :3

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[ToBeOnTime].........................[OK]

[ToLearnNewSkills]................[OK]

[ToDisconnectYourself]........[OK]

[ToCreateSomething]............[OK] [I'm probably here :p]

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i liek funny screen and hot fictional men (link(leon resident evil 4(shrek from shrek 2))) on my Nintenders (not gay)

Cuz they bring me Serotonin