There are tons of games these days, for PC, console and mobile, that are designed to just be time-sinks. MMOs, village sims (Harvest Moon/etc), Match-3, infini

There are tons of games these days, for PC, console and mobile, that are designed to just be time-sinks. MMOs, village sims (Harvest Moon/etc), Match-3, infinite runners... Even sports games and multiplayer shooters. They designed to be played for many, many, many hours without only slight changes most of the time so that you just keep playing. Yes, they're interactive, but you're doing the same thing over and over and it's largely non-educational, just a time-sink. Entertaining, but otherwise useless. They're the sugar of the game world. I've played plenty of them myself, but there was a long time there that I played way too much of them. A great one will still reel me in, but I prefer experiences that have a built-in end now instead. Anyhow, my point is that both TV and games can be things you can fill your time with mindlessly.