For me, it is any city/building construction game like City Skylines, Two Point Hospital, Planet Zoo etc.

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None … I understand how video games work. You play them.

Lol, being down voted because I liked to play video games.

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You’re not being downvoted for your view. You’re being downvoted for your condescending tone.

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Oh man we’re going to tell the NFL, FIFA, and the others that fans are out of line and must be prevented from watching any games.

P.s. you’re being downvoted for a gatekeepy asshole comment.

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I’m not saying anybody is out of line… I’m just saying * I * would rather play games than watch them. And I think games are most fun when played (which I don’t think is really a crazy statement).

But it’s true, I’m not really into spectating sports either, I don’t get much out of it. I would much rather play a pickup game of basketball than watch the NBA finals.

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You play them.

Funny how that means “I”.

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My spouse and I are gamers. It’s fun to introduce them to a game and watch them experience it for the first time. Every now and then they don’t like a game I’ve introduced, and other times they end falling in love with the game. Right now my spouse is introducing me to Hades, and they’re watching my experiences with it: it’s a good game so far, but they rave about it so I wanted to know what it’s like. We get to hang out while they watch me play, and it’s quality time together. Who knows, maybe this will be a favorite game of mine too?

I don’t watch strangers online play games, but let’s pretend there’s a content creator who I enjoy watching, is close to my age, and I enjoy their personality. How cool would it be to watch that person play some of my favorite games: nostalgic games, ones that inspired me, introduced me to new concepts, broke me, etc. If I aligned with that content creator, I’d love to hear what they think - what they liked and didn’t like about the game, how they felt with the thought-provoking moments, etc.

With that said, some persons like to watch others play games for these reasons and more.

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Oh, I get why people like watching games, I’ve watched people play games lots. But mostly I’ve watched when I can’t play a game myself. I had a job with a lot of downtime for a while, and while I couldn’t install games on the computer, I could watch twitch or YouTube all I liked. But given the choice, I’d much rather be playing the games.

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Most RPG/Crafting games.

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Any game that starts with you punching trees for wood can fuck right off at this point.

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THE WITCHER 3

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None.

I have absolutely no interest in watching someone else play a video game, excluding short clips of gameplay to get a feel for the mechanics.

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I was talking to a friend about a parallel topic yesterday, regarding movies/TV shows about video games. I argued that it’s like watching porn when you can be having sex - I’d much rather be in control than watching an idiot fuck it all up.

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In porn, don’t you WANT them to fuck it all up???

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“oh no baby, I’m cumming so hard I just sharted on the dog” as the dog starts to bite the guys sack, the camera falls over, she’s screaming and he’s losing a heavy amount of blood, the emergency services arrive and the video ends with their OnlyFans link

And I’m like “…and I paid pornhub for THIS?”

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I watched some gameplay of Shattered Pixel Dungeon, just to help me not suck at it. It’s a roguelike with a damned steep learning curve. 25 short dungeon levels to get through and it took me like 42 attempts before the first time I beat it.

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