For me I can't play games anymore because there's something in the back of my head going "Why am I not learning or creating something? I should be improving my skills right now."
The brain needs it, and who knows, you might get inspired.
I know what you mean though, but I’ve been working hard to just let my brain rest at times. Games can be useful to turn off or tune down the machinery at times.
So agree here, I built a PC to play a few games last year and I haven't turned it on in months, feels like such a waste of time. But at the same time I waste countless hours doing other dumb stuff that and reading about things I will probably never actually implement. We need to play more is probably what it comes down to.
I set a little time aside each day, outside of working hours, to spend learning new things. As long as I do that time I’ve stopped feeling that I should be more productive when I play games. Took a while but I got there!
Very frustrating.