It rarely ever feels like a chore… I’m actively hostile to genres that make gaming feel like a chore for me, and when I step out of my comfort zone out of curiosity and end up not enjoying a game, I drop it as soon as I can.
That said, I think of gaming as a hobby, but not a relaxing one, and I wouldn’t want it to be relaxing.
If I want to relax, I’ll read or watch something, not play.
I do, however, think of gaming as a recreational hobby. Like some kind of virtual extreme sport that completely sucks me in, disconnects me from the outside world, and lets me do low stakes awesome shit I can’t do IRL.
It’s not possible to launch evil people into the air and juggle them with a sword, but I can do that in action games, and it’s fun AF.
It rarely ever feels like a chore… I’m actively hostile to genres that make gaming feel like a chore for me, and when I step out of my comfort zone out of curiosity and end up not enjoying a game, I drop it as soon as I can.
That said, I think of gaming as a hobby, but not a relaxing one, and I wouldn’t want it to be relaxing.
If I want to relax, I’ll read or watch something, not play.
I do, however, think of gaming as a recreational hobby. Like some kind of virtual extreme sport that completely sucks me in, disconnects me from the outside world, and lets me do low stakes awesome shit I can’t do IRL.
It’s not possible to launch evil people into the air and juggle them with a sword, but I can do that in action games, and it’s fun AF.