The claim that video games are superior to other media rests on a simple idea: that they allow us to momentarily become someone else. A late 1970s Atari ad famously tempted the prospective player to "be a flying ace, a race car champion, a tennis star, and a space pioneer all in one afternoon." Although the means for achieving that have obviously changed dramatically since then, the promise of games as a medium remains largely the same.
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