My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.
You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.
In video you are starting with nothing but a black screen. There's no game there. With pinball you at least start with that basic concept, but not with video. The challenge of going from no game to something today is only different because you have to create something so damn fun people will pay $1.