Weirdly enough, gaming never subverted any part of my life. 12 years as EOD with 3 combat tours and then I changed it up and moved into medicine, where I presently practice primary care. Still play games nearly every day for maybe an hoir or two, just not 8hr stints like when I was much younger. I shelved the hobby during times when it wasnt feasible (deployments, children, school). But I never let them "emasculate me" and still go to the gym or run 5 days out of the week and have a family I support. Plenty of other hobbies I swap in and out as well, firearms being one of them.