Michaël Samyn wrote:

Ultimately, like so many discussions, this would have become a semantic one. And those are so boring! Maybe the title to this post should have been “Ten Reason why computer games are not just games” or “Ten reasons why I could think people prefer playing computer games over other games”. Fine by me if that makes it more acceptable for you. Ultimately, I’d rather spend my time inventing more imaginary solutions than attempting to reduce reality to a single meaning.