Joe Rogan nails it re video games. They are dangerous because they are way too much fun.
“Video games a real problem. You know why? Because they’re f**king fun. You do them, and they’re real exciting, but you don’t get anywhere.”
Joe Rogan has described video games as a “waste of time” for 'most people': https://t.co/8phVgmGYP9 pic.twitter.com/HGVgCfr7mh
— DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) July 26, 2020
They are digital opium. And then you look up from your game console several years later and you realize that you threw a big chunk of your life away. You could have been working on your real life. I know of several relationships that were distressed or destroyed because the guy couldn’t or wouldn’t walk away from video games.
Anyway, the newest thing these days is watching people play video games.
Meet the Chang Gang:
https://www.twitch.tv/lord_kebun
These are professional (paid in tips) voice actors doing LIVE IMPROV of the video game situations using Grand Theft Auto as the backdrop. They are a band of criminals and bumbling wise-guys, friends and foes, tow truck drivers, EMTs, reporters, henchwomen, park rangers, rock singers, lawyers, and ninja plural.
Now there is a college which has added Esports (video games) to the curriculum.
A waste of time back when it was just pong and space invaders, perhaps.
But now video games are mainstream and accepted as (fulfilling) careers.
There is a part of me that still is curious how this all ends, though.