Like the rest of us, John Carpenter prefers playing video games to directing movies

Thankfully, Carpenter seems to be having no problem taking it easy and enjoying himself, as he tells Entertainment Weekly that the only two important things in his life right now are “basketball, when the season starts, and video games.” As it turns out, he’s a way bigger fan of video games where “you have to sit in a chair and really get up and do anything” than he is of going to the Arctic and making alien movies with Kurt Russell. “That’s my job now,” he adds, “to sit around and do nothing.”

That may be disappointing for Carpenter fans to hear, but in his defense, that new Spider-Man game is really cool. Also, the new Destiny 2 expansion has really reinvigorated that game, and Red Dead Redemption 2 comes out at the end of the month. Screw making movies, video games are way better right now.