video game
A video game is a digital pastime that lures players into an endless loop of challenges under the guise of thrilling adventures. With vivid graphics and sound, it promises heroic quests while actually turning you into a button-mashing automaton. It guarantees a taste of victory, then dangles ever-higher difficulty to drag challengers into a bottomless swamp of retries. Claimed to foster social interaction, yet often leaves you talking to your screen in solitary rituals. Billed as a way to spend free time, only to have controllers sealed in your grip long past midnight.