LogFAQs > #955747280

For some people they definitely are.

Everyone needs hobbies, but there are plenty of gamers that spend all their time playing vidya games when their lives are in shambles and they should probably focus some attention on other aspects of their lives.

Video games is one of those rare addictive hobbies where because its so low energy and fun you can, and many people do, spend literal days at a time in front of the screen and just keep going. It can be dangerous in that regard and some people truly go overboard.

Its hard to do that with most other hobbies. Almost no one really plays basketball, exercises, wood works, gardens, paints, etc for 16+ hours a day.

Pretty sure Joe is a self proclaimed video game addict, so he is probably talking from the point of view of someone who went overboard with it and saw it was negatively affecting his life.