Recently, I managed to get fbterm working decently on my linux; this way I can read pdf, watch movies, write code, browse parts of the web, and if I manage to get Qutebrowser working on fbterm, I'll be able to do proper web browsing without X!

Plus there's the coolness points about doing this without X: https://ykonstant1.github.io/fbvoid.png

For games, I have had some success startx'ing some in their own X context.