I wonder if it's because the active nature of gaming tricks people into thinking they would've spent that leisure time doing productive things, and not realizin

I wonder if it's because the active nature of gaming tricks people into thinking they would've spent that leisure time doing productive things, and not realizing it's actually leisure time? So once they start getting bored of the leisure time, their first reaction is to just keep doing it more to try and get the feeling back - which winds up feeling like work. Which is pretty much exactly what my 2 year old does when he's tired: he doesn't know he's tired (or bored, or hungry) so he just tries to play harder to solve the problem for himself.