Bored
Did you think game development was all about fun and excitement and roller-coaster thrills? Did you imagine the devs sitting around a TV, controller in hand, laughing and laughing as they concoct another little moment of joy for the masses?
You were wrong. To illustrate the point, I'd like to invite you to have a look at the blog of an esteemed co-worker of mine.
Everyone, meet Jim. He is bored.
Update: GAAAH! Link taken down. Site now contains graphic cat spaying pictures. This stretches even my rather broad definition of interactive entertainment.
But well, at least he's not bored anymore.