You seem to be illustrating this point without really understanding it yourself. I can't speak for Haz, but I personally spent about 2 years living with my parents while self-studying - not paying any rent or bills but living off around $500/year - hardly ever seeing any of my friends or "having a life". I did that to put…
If you want to make games, yes! Personally I believe that many people who think games is a hard career have the opinion that the grass is greener on the other side. I know people who work in other industries and while we, obviously, just share the cool parts of our jobs, we all know that no job is just as easy as we make…