"'A game can be more fun when you get the chance to act and be like your ideal self,' explained Dr. Przybylski. 'The attraction to playing videogames and what makes them fun is that it gives people the chance to think about a role they would ideally like to take and then get a chance to play that role.' .... 'I was heartened by the findings which showed that people were not running away from themselves but running towards their ideals. They are not escaping to nowhere they are escaping to somewhere.'"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803133553.htm
