The other way to look at it is 'When was the last GOOD SimCity game?' 2000, 15 years ago?

He said "innovated". And as much as i'm looking forward to Overwatch, it's hardly innovating. Everything the game does has been done before, but without the Blizzard charm.

Blizzard's owned by Activision. With the way the rest of Activision makes money from CoD, it definitely won't be for a while.

And nothing of recent value was lost...

They can do whatever they wish and I accept what they are doing. However, that does not mean I need to endorse it. It feels like a waste of time to me when thinking rationally. Usually people do something to achieve/get something. In this case, the person is achieving/getting very little for the time dedicated to the…

Reminds me of that South Park episode where they killed bunnies non stop.

I admit, I chuckled.

Expense of whose happiness? The guy who dinged 100? Why should his happiness have anything to do with what some people on Kinja say about it?

I kind of guessed this was what you were trying to go for. Sorry to say that your straw man does not really hold much water.

Okay.

The Legend of the Compulsive Herb Picker

I like how you have no stars, even though your comment made the most sense. This is an idiotic, colossal waste of time. There is no way the process itself provides actual enjoyment; he did something tedious and mundane over and over again, just so he could be the only one who has done it.

Hand-eye coordination, developing problem solving skills, teamwork, leadership, meeting new interesting people etc. Many things one can accomplish by playing games.

The only way that's a valid analogy is if I decided to level my Destiny character up to 30 by shooting the same enemy over and over for months, then posting every moment of my "progress" on Twitter in the hopes that Kotaku writes a article about me.

No, but it is in our place to have and express opinions about what other people do. It's a natural by product of having a human brain. Why should that bother you so much?

Clicking a mouse for months is not an accomplishment.

No, I'm on a blog about video games for a few minutes discussing how people use their free time for months on end.

No, some people do things that matter and are satisfied with how they used their brief time here.

I have great doubts that he actually enjoyed doing it. Probably enjoys the results of his work or he wouldn't have continued.