Are "prime-age males" who choose not to work in favor of playing video games the vanguard of a new work-free society, or lazy moms-basement-dwellers, or both?

Seems like both.

There's a real tradeoff between time, money, and energy in this country. 

http://pandawhale.com/post/1417/time-money-energy-and-3-stages-of-life-enjoy-life-and-all-the-things-you-have-at-the-moment-because-you-cant-have-everything-all-at-once

Wonder what would happen if something took their video games away?  https://brightside.me/article/a-thought-provoking-experiment-showed-what-happens-when-children-dont-have-the-internet-for-a-whole-day-42855/

Only 3 out of 68 participants managed to last 8 hours without smartphone or television?!