Or it's just a message to his friends and colleagues that's not intended for wider distribution. Just a little public blip of "hey, I'm not at this company anymore, but I still exist and I'm doing something new".

Hacker News does this all the time: take something that's on a person's personal website/blog that might be intended for a limited or self-selecting audience, or meant as a joke or off-the-cuff remark and blow it way out of proportion.

No, you are missing nothing. But I can relate to the sentiment and point I think he is trying to make which is it's not worth it burning yourself out working on code all day, be it games or otherwise. Life seems much better when you start living it rather than just letting it pass you by while you are at work.

Regardless, I find the writing and style to be dreadful. I was hoping for something about the drawbacks of Unity the company or Unity itself as an engine. All I can find here is what amounts to a drunken urinal conversation.