The Hero Inside of You

It is true that as society has advanced, our need for a hero-- and thus many traditional oppurtunities to become a hero-- has become less and less. While it is also true that the hero may take many forms, there is a natural drive to push oneself, to evolve in some way, to take the journey to a new level of one's mental, emotional and spiritual state. Earlier in our society, out of necessity and tradition most young people undertook some form of a hero journey without fail.
It makes sense that engaging in gameplay can be a way of fulfilling that instinct, of inspiring that feeling. People spend a great deal of time and energy playing these games, and are often very emotionally invested also. As we have discussed at length, gaming is a real experience, and is considered an alternate reality by some schools of thought. If this is the case, it follows that the missions and quests completed have indeed become an experience for the gamer, essentially allowing th em to have embarked on that particular kind of hero transformation.