definitely see exploitation from companies and such to take things and apply it to their own creations without much respect to the original medium

agreed, but it really depends on the purpose of the game

I can relate to this, sometimes I would imagine how I would be in the game world and especially if they are open to interpretation I can imagine how the game world would play out in many scenarios

a great way to spur imagination of the player

Financial problems are bigger than ever from covid and games definitely are a momentary escape from these problems.

I also really like online games, playing games without online functionality make me feel alone in the world

I would also say its easier to do so in the sims, compared to real life which is much harder than any game

definitely true as ps5's have been sold out super quickly and consoles in general have been flying off the shelves

this would make things so much more efficient to apply the same principles to learning

great how this is applied to benefit real world scenarios

interesting and true, using a virtual character to explore and do things we would not do in real life so we can "experience" it ourselves. (like the game gta)

projective identity, the player seeing themselves in the virtual character

This is the identity that combines real world and virtual identity, where we associate the player character as ourselves in the virtual world

real world identity is the player's identity itself

virtual identity refers to the character itself