Sure, but 2 hours of playing a video game isn't necessarily as compelling as e.g. seeing a 2-hour film. One of the things I've been paying attention to as I ge

Sure, but 2 hours of playing a video game isn't necessarily as compelling as e.g. seeing a 2-hour film. One of the things I've been paying attention to as I get older is how many unique experiences a thing offers. Games that are hundreds of hours long, or otherwise provide hundreds of hours of entertainment, generally involve a lot of repetition. Repetition is intrinsically unmemorable. The games keep you busy, and you might not describe yourself as bored while playing them, but it's not like you can remember all of the riveting times you fought a Zubat. And in that sense, was it an optimal use of time? Sometime I find it disturbing to think about. There are games where my total playtime adds up to literal months, but the number of unique memories I have of actually playing are depressingly few.