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Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple by nine_k on Monday May 22, 2023 @01:58AM (#36027917)
I think video games (like movies, books, etc) are a different kind: they are about consuming, while programming (electronics, carpentry, etc) is about creating.

Some games, like Sim City or Factorio, sort of blur the line though.

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Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple by emodendroket on Monday May 22, 2023 @02:17AM (#36028056)
The phenomenon is mostly the same though: something I’ve enjoyed for a long time doesn’t have the same prominence in my life anymore because of other things I’ve taken an interest in.
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Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple by ehnto on Monday May 22, 2023 @03:14AM (#36028356)
Games are somewhere in between, you are engaged in the doing of the game and that itself can be creative and involve problem solving. Certainly moreso than TV, but less so than a craft of some kind.
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