>>4989218playing games is just interactive entertainment, and many games are quite social, some involve a fair amount of mental engagement some require fine motor skills possibly in a competitive settings. the main reason games are constantly poo-poo'd by mindless normies and the media is because the average consumer only has so much time to devote to entertainment and relaxation, Hollywood doesn't like interactive entertainment gaining ground and taking a piece of their pie. they don't like that games allow the little guy to make a little game himself and maybe sell it to microsoft a few years later for a billion dollars or so.