For the record, I can play a video game 3-4 hours a night until I get stuck, I beat it, or something else interests me. Then I'll go months without turning the console on. I'm one of those annoying shits that can wait for Steam to get its shit together before deciding between The Big 3.

And I think you're right - there's a little bit of "amateur hour" to it. Turntables have outsold guitars at Guitar Center for more than 20 years… although now I'll bet it's all Serato. For one thing, you need two of them while you only need guitar. But notably, it takes half a year to get mediocre on guitar. It takes half an hour to get mediocre on the tables.

Back when it was "Warcraft" and you got the first chapter for free with an Ensoniq Soundscape sound card, I played Warcraft for 12 hours straight. And I beat the first chapter. And I was all set to run out and buy the full game when I realized that was twelve hours I'd never get back.

I write. Some years I write a lot. And when I have a lot to write and it's hard and I'm stuck, there's nothing I want to do so much as play The Sims. Which I have wisely never purchased nor played. I can create worlds, so I do that instead.