Air Hockey or Hot Air?

We see a lot of video games that mimic things that we can physically play. I refer, of course, to the genre of sports games. To be honest, I never really understood the appeal of sports games. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m trying to play a simulated version of something I can go out and do for real, or perhaps it’s the repetitiveness of the same games being released every year with only a few noticeable changes (I’m looking at you Madden).