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When I was a kid, I didn't have meaningful connections with any other people. My family was terrible, and despite really trying to fit in at school, it wasn't ever an environment I could settle into. The friends I did make were pretty abusive, and not just verbally. It wasn't until adulthood that I found even a couple of people who I could genuinely call "good friends".
When online gaming was becoming a thing, that was the first avenue through which I was able to make genuine connections with other people. Of course there's still plenty of jerks online, but being in an environment where everyone around me automatically shared at least one interest, and because in that environment we were expected to work together to accomplish a set of goals, it made it a lot easier for me to make personal connections. To this day I have very deep relationships with some of those people.
So, for me, I can confidently say the world would be significantly worse without video games. Even aside from the general relief of escapism that they provide.