You all play video games? I do, and I have fun with them. But I cannot disagree that many are designed to suck the player in and never let them go, turn them into avatars. I don't play online with others, haven't in several years, but it is possible to have non-weird social relationships in games. I spent a lot of time playing with bankers, prison guards, firefighters, orthodontists, aluminum salesmen, etc. mostly near my age, and I'm 53. People get weird about their digital lives, mostly younger than my age, though, and it's part of why I only play offline anymore. I never had much interest in drugs.
You all play video games? I do, and I have fun with them. But I cannot disagree that many are designed to suck the player in and never let them go, turn them into avatars. I don't play online with others, haven't in several years, but it is possible to have non-weird social relationships in games. I spent a lot of time playing with bankers, prison guards, firefighters, orthodontists, aluminum salesmen, etc. mostly near my age, and I'm 53. People get weird about their digital lives, mostly younger than my age, though, and it's part of why I only play offline anymore. I never had much interest in drugs.