Playing video games has recently taught me some interesting lessons that, while hard, have been eye opening and not really in good ways. You see, you think you know someone, but the best way to really get to know/understand someone in the deepest way possible, seems to be through video games. It doesnt matter which ones either. It can be a bloody violent one, or a simple passive childs game. The way someone plays reveals so much about their behavior and can tell you so much about their psyche and state of mind I am sure they dont even know. It can unfortunately also kill friendships/relationships as well due to learning just how much someone stops paying attention to EVERYTHING around them but the game when they play, or how they decide that reality is the game in which they are playing and when you try to talk to them they equate everything you say/do as in the game and not real life. It can also show how one misunderstands information about someone or something and when given the chance, or a simple joke is played even when told it was happening, they explode and attack people and things not worthy of it.
My point here is that while video games can be fun for stress relief and for escaping when you are "trapped" in place AKA covid, but some people take the games too seriously or too far and then you see the worst things come out and it ruins everything and that is what is really sad indeed.
Relationships are precious and should be treated as such. It is a good way to find out someones true personality playing games however as what you see on the outside can be looked at as "window dressing" since they wear Masks that can be changed depending on environments and needed circumstances. In games though their real behavior comes out and they are not able to hide how they naturally react which shows you what their true personality is like without a filter or mask. Might be eye opening for you and honestly for them when they understand truly what is happening, so much to the point they might attempt to change it, but when a stressful situation comes up either in life or in game, natural personality takes over and they will revert back to "Factory settings" which cant be reset.
--Caleb--
