Video games can be useful in various ways, and one of them is wish fulfillment. This is defined as the satisfying of unconscious desires in dreams or fantasies. Recently, I was very disappointed with the performance of a local cricket team – the Sunrisers Hyderabad, when they crashed to a terrible defeat against the Kolkata Knight Riders in the final of the Indian Premiere League. As a spectator, there was nothing I could do about that result. But as a gamer, I could do the next best thing and seek revenge using a video game. And that’s what I did.
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