I have a friend who got into owning a chain business location. They don’t want kids, so he would spend months at a time gaming. It was a bit cool and a bit sad. The area he lived in to do this was super undesirable and other towns were an hour-plus away. I’m talking gaming from eyes open to eyes closed with the small breaks to crunch some numbers.

I also gamed obscenely when I was young. I don’t miss the long duration but I do miss the eagerness for each new experience that I think came from gaming as thing rapidly got better.