Games

"Euphoria" has been popping up on my news feeds more frequently in the past decade or so. First jokingly, like the /r/atheism post that got a lot of mockery, "in this moment I am euphoric..." But now in a more traditional sense of the word in articles like this. It's interesting because I'd always associated it with intoxication, like it is a private experiential state that an individual has entered, so it had a slight negative connotation but obviously there are these positive situations for using the word too.

A linguistics student should write a dissertation on semantic shifts for words online (I'm sure this has already been done by someone).

That's nice.

Even for the rest of us, I think it's just good for a person to experience other versions of "me".

I'm a white dude, but games can give me hints about what's it like to be someone else, and it doesn't have to match my reality in any way whatsoever. Even more than books, games immerse me into the perspectives of others.

I still remember playing Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Seeing those slender elegant fingers (*my* fingers) picking a lock gave me such a good feeling that I can still recall it up to today.
Of course back then I was totally oblivious and didn't understand where that feeling came from.

Is that The Hulk?

Another comment because now I’ve read the whole article.

As a gamer myself, and a hardcore one that is, I’ve played way too many MMOs and such where you can create your own avatar.

There once was a male character, we were in the same guild. In voice chat, one asked "dude are you a girl? Your voice is so high" and a simple "no“ was enough.

Most just don’t care.

Gaming is huge. According to Forbes business magazine, the sector’s global revenue is more than the music and movie industries combined.

I hate that language. Appealing to CEOs and soulless money hungry dragons