You say the last of us is a game you don’t have to play, but you clearly haven’t played it, it’s definitely a game you play silly, just more cinematic. Until Dawn is a game you don’t actually play. I know you’re talking smack jokingly but still
Honestly, as far as I see it, I know a lot less about the games he runs than he does, if he thinks he can get some reading in, all the more power to him I prefer the chatting, it's a good time in his stream most of the time, it's even nicer when he makes a highlight video of a run, you see the chat, and remember "oh yeah I remember what we were talking about there" I just have faith the runner knows what they're up to
If i were to try hundreds of rounds running a game id prefer some company to keep me entertained. I imagine after a while it mostly becomes myscle memory anyway.