This is why I qualified my statement with "usually." The other use for games for practicing real skills. Flight simulators are a great example of this, as the b

This is why I qualified my statement with "usually." The other use for games for practicing real skills. Flight simulators are a great example of this, as the best ones actually count as credit towards a pilot license. The joy of these sorts of games is the same as playing with music synthesizers, or some new complicated software, or building a side-project, or studying math. Pushing a button to get a drip of dopamine doesn't qualify for this category either.