I have long felt this way as well. Unfortunately, there is a very vocal minority of gamers who scream this idea down. These are the people from which the "game

I have long felt this way as well. Unfortunately, there is a very vocal minority of gamers who scream this idea down. These are the people from which the "game-playing loser" stereotype comes from - the people that really do spend nearly every waking moment churning through long game after long game. They flood forums and Amazon reviews, screaming at how a fantastic 6-hour game was a "rip off". I think there are a lot of adults who lead productive lives and would love to be able to play games that are finishable in a normal person's available free time. But they're not nearly as visible.