Sometimes when I'm at my sister's house and see my little niece engrossed in an online game with avatars, It looks real interesting. But then I see how much into this game she is, without even blinking. It seems kind of scary.
After reading essays on gaming communities, that seems kind of scary also. No wonder people are losing their minds. They get to play in these domains that aren't even real but yet they're doing things that are. One person said the character came from behind him and gave him a "thump" that he could feel. Then the same character sneaked up on him and killed him. He was dead. The fact that these players bring their own unique personalities to the game so that it is unpredictable makes this thing too real. A person could lose all sense of reality. Especially when it was indicated that in the Narrath game that 20% view themselves as living there and 22% express desire to live there there. Again, that's scary. I think the future may be like a SciFi movie.
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That is scary. It seems to become a problem when users let their real life and their virtual life become intertwined. Some people get too involved. Like, if their character in the game dies, they become angry and depressed while not playing the game.
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