Just because you choose not to think about games doesn't mean they don't provoke thought. There are many people who read books such as "50 Shades of Grey" and d

Just because you choose not to think about games doesn't mean they don't provoke thought. There are many people who read books such as "50 Shades of Grey" and don't think very much about them at all. Indeed you can think equally about a video game as you could some fiction book. They are likely intellectual objects of similar complexity. A book can, however, provide useful information. I assert this is the benefit that a book has over a game. You can think about either as much or little as you want, but the benefit of a book comes from the information therein and not from some kind of abstract mental exercise involved in the process of reading.