Well, if you want to try to use video game playing as a measure of anything, it’s worth noting that his preferences have, fairly recently, shifted from strategy games (the original Civilization when younger, but even as of 2020--2021, he was still playing primarily strategy games AFAICT from Isaacson & other media coverage—specifically, being obsessed with Polytopia) to twitch-fests like Elden Ring or Path of Exile 2… and most recently, he’s infamously started cheating on those too.
I don’t think D4 works, because the type of cognition it uses (fast-reflex execution of simple patterns provided by a coach) are not the kind that would be affected.
He plays Diablo 4, right?
In-game season changes come with balance-patch changes, but if his rift-clearing abilities are tanking, that says something.
Well, if you want to try to use video game playing as a measure of anything, it’s worth noting that his preferences have, fairly recently, shifted from strategy games (the original Civilization when younger, but even as of 2020--2021, he was still playing primarily strategy games AFAICT from Isaacson & other media coverage—specifically, being obsessed with Polytopia) to twitch-fests like Elden Ring or Path of Exile 2… and most recently, he’s infamously started cheating on those too.
Could just be aging or lack of time, of course.
I don’t think D4 works, because the type of cognition it uses (fast-reflex execution of simple patterns provided by a coach) are not the kind that would be affected.