With
the growing popularity of the internet and internet games, we can now choose to
be whoever we desire to be on the internet.
With the anonymity of the internet to hide our true selves, we can put
up a wall of lies that we call ourselves. There are many people who would like their
virtual self to be their real self, and stay online all the time as their
virtual self. I believe this is completely
understandable; it would be cool if in real life I was actually an all-powerful
warrior from some kingdom, and every day I go on adventures with my friends
without the fear of death because I can just revive if I die. To be addicted to your virtual self doesn’t even
have to involve games either. To be who
you say you are online, a famous model from some European country, or someone who
is talented at everything. If someone
believes you are who you say you are online, what’s not to like? Of course there are moral issues with the
second option. But to go online where
you can be anyone you want seems so tempting; it is surprising not everyone
does it. The reason for that might be
because it is looked down upon to always be “online” and virtual games don’t have
all of the sensual perks of real life...yet.
Running through the woods in a game won’t feel the same as running
through the woods in real life. There
are just things you cannot truly experience in a game that you can in real
life. But hey, I’m all for virtual
reality games that involve all of your senses making it seem no different from
reality. It could be what I do as an old
man reliving what it was like to be young and agile.
