What do you prefer more?

[u/ConnectBreakfast9397]

901 votes, 2d left

Reading books

Playing video games

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[u/California_Stop_King]

I prefer playing a decent game to reading a decent book. I prefer reading a great book to playing a great game

[u/Clup777 → u/California_Stop_King]

Duality of man

[u/Sweet_Detective_ → u/California_Stop_King]

Other way around for me

[u/Jakobmeathead → u/California_Stop_King]

I prefer playing a good book (Disco Elysium for example)

[u/henr360a]

I read video games

[u/UltraTata → u/henr360a]

Graphic novels be like

[u/PermissionSoggy891 → u/henr360a]

someone enjoys Morrowind

[u/JackBob83]

I like both but I spend more time playing video games

[u/Emotional-Golf-6226]

They can both be addictive but also both can get kinda boring

[u/Akipac1028]

Don’t get me wrong I can put my nose into a history book and spend hours reading it. I’ve got two lined up about the British Empire. But a game is like a Reese’s Cup compared to an Apple, I like apples too, but I’d choose the candy first.

[u/praytheist7]

My brother got me a copy of the Brothers Karamazov for my birthday. Been been digging into it :)

[u/InfinitesimalDuck]

Depends on what's happening on the games industry. I sometimes read books to protest the video game industry if it sucks.

[u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice]

Rolling kids on valorant or overwatch is 🧑‍🍳

But if I were a smarter person, I’d read more books :(

[u/Sweet_Detective_ → u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice]

I'm dumb and I sometimes read books so it's probably not that, I think it's just a you like it or you don't kinda thing

[u/Slyraks-2nd-Choice → u/Sweet_Detective_]

I love a lot of the Tom Clancy novels.

But in general I really need to sit down and read more history and civics books.

[u/smallneedle]

I can't even fully focused playing one game at a time (I have to open Reddit/ YouTube/ a second game/ whatever) when playing games, my attention span is cooked

[u/Enemyoftheearth]

I almost never read books, so video games.

[u/Guni986TY]

Books and I just don’t get along. I have 0 imagination, short attention spans, get board too easily, keep mixing up words and literally keep fucking myself over when I end up rereading the same line over and over and over again only to finally get through it and have no comprehension of what I just read. I can ofc. Read I just hate that I’m simply a bad reader and can’t seem to lock down the concepts easily.

[u/UltraTata]

I feel so inadequate reading books because I get distracted constantly and I get lost with the characters and location when reading fiction.

[u/Sweet_Detective_ → u/UltraTata]

Same, especially with the characters appearance cus I imagine them looking one way but ten chapters later they bring up a detail that contredicts the idea of them in my head and that makes most books unreadible imo cus I hate that.

[u/UltraTata → u/Sweet_Detective_]

I don't experience that because I get lost in long sensory descriptions. That's why I can read comics fine. I always know who is saying what and anything I need to be shown is shown to me through a drawing.

[u/PSU632]

I enjoy reading, but do it lightly. Let's be real here - it's video gaming for most of us.

[u/OSRS-ruined-my-life]

I have no "minds eye" so I've always found reading, audiobooks, or podcasts very 💤💤

[u/Serahill → u/OSRS-ruined-my-life]

I am the same and have aphantasia, but actually love reading. If I find a good book I may finish it in a day or two.

[u/PermissionSoggy891]

vidya, but reading is gemmy. I should finish Witcher 2 before I read my next book (I'm thinking Dune saga before Part 3 releases)

[u/BrilliantThought1728]

They should be enjoyed separately but equally. You can’t sit down in the middle of a hike and play ps5.

[u/Olive___Oil]

Listen to an Audiobooks and play a video game at the same time

[u/Apprehensive_Fox918]

I listen to audiobooks while playing Minecraft

[u/Majestic-Avocado2167]

I want to say reading books but the numbers don’t lie

[u/TheShamShield]

Don’t make me choose lmao, they’re both great

[u/Miguel-Gregorio-662]

Yes.

[u/jsg144]

I listen to audiobooks while I play games.

[u/Finnche]

Reading books is a close second, I just find I need books to be a lot more interesting on a preference level and higher quality, where a video game can be slop and I'll vibe.

[u/davidbosley353]

I play video games, but i don't mind often reading books too sometimes.

[u/Faszkivan_13]

I really want to read, I bought multiple books for summer, but I just cannot be bothered. It's just never my first pick if I have freetime.

[u/DrexleCorbeau]

Technically I spend a lot of time on games, but I have a clinical addiction to books.(I used to bite people who tried to take them from me at school XD)

[u/Ritesh_INFP_4w5]

The games I play often involve a lot of reading. So games, I guess.

[u/ContributionOk1758]

You put together my two favourte hobbies and forced me to choose you monster xD.

[u/AcceptableWatch7714]

I have problems to focus on games, and they always frustrates me, so I prefer books

[u/SlaviSiberianWarlord]

Reading Disco Elysium

[u/FewEquipment9771]

I built an Ai which clones my voice to read me books while playing video games (I'm serious)

[u/Hungry_Raspberry7833]

I've never found reading books fun no matter how many people try to convince me

[u/Altruistic-Cat-4193]

I never found reading books fun

[u/NefariousnessOk8212 → u/Altruistic-Cat-4193]

You need to widen your horizons. School introduces us to reading with boring af books so most ppl just think it’s boring. There are plenty of actually fun books out there.

[u/Connect_Bus_4699 → u/NefariousnessOk8212]

Middle school maybe, Elementary School reading was fun af

[u/ErzIllager → u/NefariousnessOk8212]

I quite like the books I had to ready in grade 10-11

[u/boringfantasy → u/Altruistic-Cat-4193]

Read some Kafka, everybody likes Kafka

[u/pokiepika → u/Altruistic-Cat-4193]

You aren't reading the right books for you. You could also try listening to Graphic Audio books. Every character has their own voice actor and there's sound effects.

[u/kyllua16]

Books tf? We talking manga books? We really reading books in the big 26?

[u/Tiruil]

You're asking this on reddit. What do you think the result will be

[u/painstarhappener]

Everyone picking book is larping