I dunno, I think there are (or can be, anyway) good games and bad games, and good books and bad books. I remember playing many hours of Sid Meier's Pirates! wh

I dunno, I think there are (or can be, anyway) good games and bad games, and good books and bad books. I remember playing many hours of Sid Meier's Pirates! when I was a kid, for instance, and then my history teacher being amazed at how much I actual history I'd learned about the 17th century Caribbean. And I've read tons of pulp novels that weren't enriching in any way, they were just fun to read, empty mental calories for me in the same way it sounds like Dota was for you. I feel like it's more fruitful to ask what makes good games and books good and bad games and books bad than it is to put all books in the "good" pile and all games in the "bad" one.