Whats the attraction?

I’m not into computer games and “I don’t get them” either.

I don’t think that enjoying computer games is different to enjoying any of the other countless hobbies people get involved in. I imagine some games replicate the thrill of things like participating in a motor race or building a community, but as I don’t play computer games except except online sudoku and wordle, I don’t know. 

I think you need to distinguish between single player games, where you are playing against the computer, which are solitary and for entertainment, and multiplayer games where you play against other real people, which are also entertainment but also a shared experience.

With other people they can be on the same room, or online. But you can interact and sometimes talk to them.

You can also play for money if you are very good,. So it can be a means to earn money.

The meta verse is something different. The best way to think of it is it is an online world, where you have a set of your details, likes, friends, photos, interactions, just like in the real world. They may be the same or there may be differences. You may have a slightly different persona.

I think people may want to return to the real world as the emotional connection online is not the same.

I think you need to distinguish between single player games, where you are playing against the computer, which are solitary and for entertainment, and multiplayer games where you play against other real people, which are also entertainment but also a shared experience.

With other people they can be on the same room, or online. But you can interact and sometimes talk to them.

You can also play for money if you are very good,. So it can be a means to earn money.

The meta verse is something different. The best way to think of it is it is an online world, where you have a set of your details, likes, friends, photos, interactions, just like in the real world. They may be the same or there may be differences. You may have a slightly different persona.

I think people may want to return to the real world as the emotional connection online is not the same.

I was very much on the outside looking at other girls playing at school. I would never want to go back to that time. I used to play chess in the school chess club, but that was pretty much structured time rather than free play time. I much preferred to be outside among animals when I was a child. 

I don’t particularly care that I don’t enjoy computer games. Lots of autistic and non autistic people don’t play and it is perfectly usual. It’s certainly not a case of “everybody is playing games”.

I was reasding about the amount of sexual assaults on female characters/avatars or whatever in the metaverse and that any policing is even worse than in real life. Not a place I want to visit.

I've looked at computer games and apart from being totally unable to use the controls, I've not seen the attraction, I'm terrible at puzzle solving too, I remember when WoW came out and everyone was raving about it and watching people play, nah didn't get it. It was all to bright and colourful to me.

I don't understand a lot of the things people enjoy either, like sport, or chess.

I feel very much like the little girl I was, an only child watching other's playing and not knowing if I wanted to join in, if they'd let me, or how to join in?