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Re:Why Ever Stop Playing Video Games by TheCowboy on Friday February 24, 2017 @02:21PM (#13726763)
I'm in the same boat and it applies to games overall. I do make an exception for when there is a social component to it, such as playing games with friends.

I'm also not advocating against gaming. A game with enough strategic depth can provide that feeling of learning and creativity when you can share and discuss strategy with other players.

I feel like the trend in online gaming overall has transformed the social aspect into a more robotic process---getting auto-matched against strangers who never talk. Part of this might be due to the challenge of managing trolls/griefers. But I don't like to feel like the game has served as a mechanical distraction and not something that made life more interesting for an hour.

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