Why is gaming such a big thing these days?

It’s a hobby that requires good eye-hand coordination, strategy, puzzle-solving, exploration, managing resources. Some games are like movies that you play. People find that fun.

Not only as a culmination of audio and visual media, but as an engaging and reactive experience, video games have the potential to be the highest form of modern-day art. And despite our best efforts, human intelligence just hasn't caught up to video games yet. VR hitting mainstream will be a significant milestone in realizing the potential of implementing augmented "video games" in a productive corporate environment. There's a ton of money still on the table for the industry, but sadly most devs are content with settling for a quick buck in the mobile market. Video games are still in their infancy.

They're fun, they all have a story to tell, they teach you hand-eye coordination, it's for the same reason people like music or people like tv and movies.

Absolutely. Just another drug that kills human time and also draws money. Amount of man hours wasted is just atrocious.

Games aren't like pacman and stuff anymore,any are like choose your adventure books, combined with movies. They're nearly photorealistic these days too.

The game I'm playing now is a hyper realistic horror and is more frightening than most movies I've seen.

Yeah, to get good it takes a lot of time and then it takes up most of your time. It’s fairly genus of the manufactures but not great for people who would prefer a life

one could say that certain/many/but not all video games are interactive audio books that players get as much out of as other people reading books

5 hr Short (horror) Story- Little Nightmares

10 hour horror story, with a 20 yr/8 game legacy- Resident Evil: Village

50+ hr- history of the Old West -
Red Dead Redemption

A 15 yr 4 game series about Greek Mythology - God Of War

maybe being an 8 ft tall intergalactic soldier is more your thing-
Halo series is here for you

and for every one of these games there is 100 30 min to 2 hr games, and I haven't touched on VR games, or the fact that many jobs including the military are using the technology to train people for the job.

It always was, there's just less stigma now than for instance when I was a teen at admitting you enjoy it

I don't have time to game. I would rather do something productive any day.

Everyone is different. What appeals to one will not to another.

Not understanding something or the situation that different people are in to appreciate the appeal of video games for them can hinder ones understanding.

For some it's a waste of time and others a simple distraction from their current stresses along with an unlimited list of other reasons and factors.

Yeah, i think that's just maturing, and having your priorities in order.

As a gamer myself, it’s fun! 🤩

They're probably created to be addictive.

I have seen it really detract from my daughter's life. She gets no exercise and does not seem to do much else in real life. It becomes an obsession that everything revolves around.

yeah...keep it real

Some people make good money from gaming/streaming that’s why.

never been my thing either 🤷‍♂️