A New Life

                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.