Playing With My Goblin
Yes, I play a video game as a hobby. Some would say World of Warcraft is a lifestyle choice, not a hobby, since it consumes so much of its players time and lives. But I still call it a hobby, like playing golf with one’s buddies on a Saturday afternoon…er, playing golf four or five hours a night, five days a week plus weekends.
I am often ashamed to admit to my lifestyle in mixed company. Saying that one’s hobby is a video game is often, to another man, a signal that he can feel superior to you. It allows him to say that in his free time he goes to the gym/plays a game of football with his friends/rides a bicycle/runs a marathon/makes love to multiple women at the same time. Or just watches sports on TV. Yes, even watching sports on TV trumps video games in manly culture.
Never mind that in his man cave, you will probably find an XBox and a Rockband setup, which he uses to jam to “More than a Feeling” when he’s feeling special.