Why are millennials addicted to video games?

Why are millennials addicted to video games?

Cause it's good. Go back inside your house oldman

They're pretty fun.

More fun than real life.

>This is what millennials call "Freetime"
>This is why whites are becoming minorities in their own countries

Why is gen Z so based lads?

>Why are millennials addicted to video games?

Why are boomers addicted to watching OTHER MEN play a game with a ball?

Fun, social and affordable. I can always fit a few rounds of sf2 or whatever in a night. I also own a few nice ddr mats which are always a hit with the kids or drunk adults.

Escapism with a little regret. I watched classmates and friends of mind become professional gamers, making far more money than I ever could. Deep inside there's a part of me that wishes I could be the same.

Because we cant smoke in bars and there is really no constructive reason to go outside

>Hurr durr videogames are degenerate
>Shitposts on an imageboard all-day

>Boomers watch men play with a ball
>millennials play video games
>gen Z watches other people play video games
>gen x are faggots

because they fail at everything

>type "millennials" in archive
>this bitch in every single OP

shill; sageru

This, what the fuck is there to do outside anymore. If I lived in a more hilly, forested region I would go hiking, but I live in flat, open suburban monotony. My neighborhood is also not a great place to be outside in.

Because women and life aren't worth it m8

Video games are a surrogate activity for those with out jobs as we transition into post labor.

>he thinks we actually care!
um sweetie, that is really cute but we actually don't

because my dad told me to get a life

but i'm a gamer

i have many lives...

there won't be a geeration x

Because unlike real life, you can shoot your problems until they die, without going to jail afterwards.

Men have always busied themselves with games in their free time. Before video games, they did shit like play golf or whatever.

Video games give the illusion that you are learning new skills or improving.
Considering most city jobs are inane bullshit and millennials have had thier egos shattered by the previous generations condescension (everyone gets a trophy, everyones opinion is valid) they desperately seek some form of self improvement and videogames are an easy way to meet that need.

Why haven't you killed yourself is a better question

Which is more degenerate?
Anime or vidya?

I think anime because it is passive
A game forces you to think and make decisions

Low effort, high payoff - you just sit on your ass at home and the reward is tons of fun and satisfaction. It's kind of like porn in that regard. However video games are also an actual, legitimate form of syncretic art that can be deeply experienced on multiple levels, analysed, interpreted and whatnot. Most consumers are not capable of that though, so you get thirty something year old Call of Duty geeks.

>call up people in order to gather and socialize
>"nah man, I got work to do/nah, I don't have the time/nah, I already got plans/nah, I'm selfish piece of shit and I don't know you well so it's not happening."
>shit, what the fuck do I do?
>oh yeah, there is a whole ocean of video games to be played and they simulate social interaction too while giving me challenges to exercize my mind and let me explore worlds I don't know yet!
>this is a joy!

I honestly can't blame anybody being into games these days. on top of that, jobs don't exactly fall into your lap either so you can't really gain friends as quickly. and it happens only if you go to work and there is some common goal.

Wtf is sf2

Because women are terrible. They are also the reason men do anything. So if they suck, I have no reason to go and do stuff to attract a woman.

Therefore waifus and vidya 23/7

Post Sup Forums approved vidya

Pic related, you go deus vult on evil demon cultists who are clearly an analog for Jews. After driving them out, the hero, Seliph, takes the throne and makes Jugdral great again.

Who's the grill though?

Free market sociopath simulator 2003 Ver. 37.2

AKA pic related

Street fighter 2.

autism in space.

Don't h8, m8

>why do millenials do X
>same girl every time

what is this dank maymay

more fun than books

oh, was it time for our weekly "post about millenials with an OP of Soe" thread?

I'd completely lost track of time; thanks for being so punctual! :)

Hi from Provi

Because no one told us it was additive till it was too late

why do you care? this is all i have, user.

If you were born before 1995 gtfo NOW!

more rewarding than looking for a decent mate

Because it is the superior form of interactive entertainment

Because life sucks

Because outside of work and college i dont care for life. A beautiful woman is something i want, but all that I have met are worth it. Sluts all around glaring at eachother with their thousand cock stare....

sadly this. the interactive jew sure is rewarding.

Bet they still haven't gotten laid

Generation x fucks your mom kid. Real hard after a long day of drinking. Don't forget. Gen X was the last generation to have it good. Enjoy your soylent green bitch. BTW, the grids going down. You can pretend to play vidya and then you'll finally get to use your imagination.

>tfw growing out of vidya
sucks desu

James really dodged a bullet on this one.

I'll play GSGs and stuff like hearthstone casually but it's really just a chore just to keep myself from going insane, I don't find any enjoyment from games and I desperately try to. I'm losing interest in TV shows and music also. Entertainment has become a monotonous routine.

I'll probably go spend $600 to play the new Zelda, beat it, forget about it and then add it to the collection of dusty consoles and games that I have been closely guarding for no reason over the past 20 years.

partially blame Sup Forums

who is this qt?

It's a pattern:
The pre-boomers played these ballgames themselves.
The boomers just watches others do it.
The millennials play videogames themselves.
The gen Z just watches others do it.

>play video games
>fuck my long time gf
>have kid
What are you doing to better our chances faggot?

The Let's Play scene died about 2 years ago. Youtubers have turned to (((video game themed))) live action skits/comedy and then the livestreamers are just doing podcasts with chatrooms whilst unconsciously playing games, nobody actively watches or cares about the gameplay.

No, that audience merely migrated to twitch for the live interaction. All in all, the concept remains the same.