Video games do get a lot of flack for being the thing most associated with immature men. Granted, for that "30 year old in his mom's basement," if it were not video games, it would be something else that was an equal waste of time. The problem is not the video games.
If we all made lists of those activities that we considered a waste of time, they might all be activities that we ourselves did not participate in. It's easy for me to say that video games have no productive value, because I don't know much about them and don't have much room to stand on. At the same time, I might get defensive if my enjoyment of coffee and bicycles were deemed wasteful.
If all things are created for our enjoyment (within the boundaries God put in place and in moderation) then can anything be called a waste of time? Is there any definition or standard? I would argue that the standard is God's character. When ___ behavior does not reflect His character or cause us to ponder Him, then I might go so far as to say that it is a waste of time.
For believers, I think it is our duty to "spur up one another" in activities that edify the body or edify my personal involvment in the body. I think if i were to ask myself how some of my behaviors are edifying, I might have little to say about their productive value.
And just to throw a low blow out there to stay on topic, I have seen very little productive and edifying value to video games, and have heard poor defences for their value.
Also, responding to a discussion that originated from Twitter in this form is probably a waste of time as well :)
