Video Game Genres are Like Pets

Look, but do not touch! What a beautiful thing you are NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH. How fun.

All fun, all the time, no responsibilities!

It would be all fun all the time, if you didn't have to deal with the occasional ten-ton, piping-hot, stinking turd.

They seem like a good idea at first, but they demand constant exhausting attention. You can fool yourself into thinking you're interacting meaningfully with someone, but you're really not.

This shouldn't require explanation.

Cool to look at, but you can't really... do anything.

Dude, no one will look at you the same if you own even one of these things.