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For pure entertainment or passive turn-brain-off type games I'm inclined to agree with you. Mario Party isn't exactly changing lives out here.
Games that tell a story though, they can be extremely impactful just like any form of story. Through stories I myself have changed my world views, taken new perspectives in life. Star Trek The Next Generation's season 6 episode Tapestry changed my outlook on risk taking especially in my professional life, my username reference to the Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask got me to overcome my extreme fear and anxiety of being rejected by friends. Was I much younger when I experienced those stories, sure, but they still changed the course of my life.
My day job is working on satellites, I'm a hobbyist carpenter, been teaching myself to play piano, frequently go camping/hiking into Colorado's mountains, work on a project car, and sure this evening I've been playing Factorio but I've been doing so while sipping wine that I made myself.
You could call me many things, but I don't think boring fits.