With competition this intense, what prize are they fighting for? "Just bragging rights," he said.
But he added that the video games, which can get physical, are also a good form of exercise to counter all the eating and lazing around at home he'll be doing during the holiday.
Another person sticking close to home this Spring Festival is Peter Johansson.
From November until January, the 26-year-old had been traveling between China, Russia, Tanzania and his native US, and he said he wants to take a break from all the shuttling around.
But he does want to see more of Beijing, his base for the past year-and-a-half, so he came up with an idea for an adventure. Along with one or two foreign friends, Johansson plans to hop on all of the capital's subway lines and see what lies around each of the terminus stations.
"The idea was, 'What's a good way to motivate yourself to go see parts of Beijing you otherwise would not be able to or have the time to?'" he said.
"I was just staring at the new subway map ... and thought, 'What's out there on those edges?' I just have no idea."
Johansson, a research associate with the Institute for Emerging Market Studies, initially thought of spending a day on the mission. But when a reporter told him that just going from end to end on all the subway lines would take more than a day, he said he might give the plan up to three days.
"Let's see how far we get and how much fun we're having with it after the first day," he said. "If it's fun, we'll keep doing it."
Johansson said that if he has more time during the holiday, he might also pick a bus line and explore the neighborhood around its terminals.
What else will be keeping him busy during the break?
"I need to clean out my kitchen," he said.
For some men, this might be the ultimate home adventure.
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