Spectator Sport
We have Mario Party for our old N64 game system. My kids have had many hours of enjoyment playing this game. Frequently they would plug in all the controllers so that they can control all of the players. I’ve seen Link do this many times. He plays all of the controllers in turn so that he can make sure that the right character wins.
Lately though they’ve found a new variation. They set up a four player game and make all the players be computer controlled. Then they sit back and watch the computer play the game. At first this baffled me. Why just watch a computer play? Then I realized that it held the same fascination for them as watching sports on television has for many people. They would each have a character they were rooting for. I could tell how the chosen character was faring by the groans or cheers I could hear chorusing from the family room.